لَقَدْ라까드 وُعِدْنَا우이드나 هَٰذَا하ð다 نَحْنُ나흐누 وَآبَاؤُنَا와아바우나 مِنْ민 قَبْلُ까블루 إِنْ인 هَٰذَا하ð다 إِلَّا일라 أَسَاطِيرُ아사띠r룰 الْأَوَّلِينَ아우왈린
Tap a word to hear it
라까드 우이드나 하ð다 나흐누 와아바우나 민 까블루 인 하ð다 일라 아사띠r룰 아우왈린
우리와 우리 조상들은 전에도 이런 약속을 받았다. 이것은 옛사람들의 이야기에 지나지 않는다.”
We were promised this before, we and our fathers. This is nothing but tales of the ancients.”
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.