أَمَّنْ암만 جَعَلَ자알랄 الْأَرْضَ아r르다 قَرَارًا까r라r란 وَجَعَلَ와자알라 خِلَالَهَا킬랄라하 أَنْهَارًا안하r란 وَجَعَلَ와자알라 لَهَا라하 رَوَاسِيَr라와시야 وَجَعَلَ와자알라 بَيْنَ바이날 الْبَحْرَيْنِ바흐r라이니 حَاجِزًا하지잔 ۗ أَإِلَٰهٌ아일라훔 مَعَ마알 اللَّهِ라히 ۚ بَلْ발 أَكْثَرُهُمْ악θ사r루훔 لَا라 يَعْلَمُونَ야을라문
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암만 자알랄 아r르다 까r라r란 와자알라 킬랄라하 안하r란 와자알라 라하 r라와시야 와자알라 바이날 바흐r라이니 하지잔 아일라훔 마알 라히 발 악θ사r루훔 라 야을라문
아니면 누가 땅을 머물 곳으로 굳게 만드시고, 그 사이로 강들이 흐르게 하시고, 그 위에 든든한 산들을 두시고, 두 바다 사이에 경계를 두셨는가? 하나님과 나란히 다른 신이 있는가? 아니, 그들 대부분은 알지 못한다.
Or who is it that made the earth a firm place to settle, set rivers flowing through it, placed firm mountains upon it, and put a barrier between the two seas? Is there a god besides God? No, most of them do not know.
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.