وَهُوَ와후왈 الَّذِي라ð디 جَعَلَ자알랄 اللَّيْلَ라일라 وَالنَّهَارَ완나하r라 خِلْفَةً킬f파탈 لِمَنْ리만 أَرَادَ아r라다 أَنْ안 يَذَّكَّرَ얏ð닥카r라 أَوْ아우 أَرَادَ아r라다 شُكُورًا슈쿠r라
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와후왈 라ð디 자알랄 라일라 완나하r라 킬f파탈 리만 아r라다 안 얏ð닥카r라 아우 아r라다 슈쿠r라
밤과 낮이 서로 뒤를 잇게 하신 분이 바로 그분이시니, 이는 깨닫고자 하는 이나 감사하고자 하는 이를 위한 것이다.
It is He who made the night and the day succeed each other, for whoever wishes to take heed or wishes to be grateful.
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.