وَهُوَ와후왈 الَّذِي라ð디 مَرَجَ마r라잘 الْبَحْرَيْنِ바흐r라이니 هَٰذَا하ð다 عَذْبٌ아ð드분 فُرَاتٌf푸r라툰 وَهَٰذَا와하ð다 مِلْحٌ밀훈 أُجَاجٌ우자준 وَجَعَلَ와자알라 بَيْنَهُمَا바이나후마 بَرْزَخًا바r르자칸 وَحِجْرًا와히즈r람 مَحْجُورًا마흐주r라
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와후왈 라ð디 마r라잘 바흐r라이니 하ð다 아ð드분 f푸r라툰 와하ð다 밀훈 우자준 와자알라 바이나후마 바r르자칸 와히즈r람 마흐주r라
두 바다를 풀어 놓으신 분이 바로 그분이시다. 하나는 달고 시원하며, 다른 하나는 짜고 쓰다. 그분께서는 그 둘 사이에 장벽과 넘을 수 없는 칸막이를 두셨다.
It is He who has let loose the two seas, one sweet and fresh, the other salty and bitter, and placed between them a barrier and a forbidding partition.
How to read the Hangul
الرَّحْمَٰنِ르r라흐마니 بِسْمِ비스밀
- Bold = the stressed syllable of the word; a little stronger.
- Overline = long vowel (madd): hold it about two beats. Length matters most in recitation.
- Tiny = no vowel in the Arabic here — just the consonant, short.
- Small Latin letter = a sound Korean lacks, on the next syllable: f upper teeth on lower lip · θ/ð tongue tip between the teeth · r rolled tongue tip (a bare ㄹ is l).
How to read the Hangul
beginning the Christ salvation
- Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
- Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
- Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
- Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
- Small f v θ ð r = sounds Korean doesn't have — f: upper teeth on the lower lip; v: the same, voiced; θ/ð: tongue tip between the teeth; r: tongue curled back, touching nothing.