وَكَمْ와캄 أَهْلَكْنَا아흘라크나 مِنْ민 قَرْيَةٍ까r르야팀 بَطِرَتْ바띠r라트 مَعِيشَتَهَا마이샤타하 ۖ فَتِلْكَf파틸카 مَسَاكِنُهُمْ마사키누훔 لَمْ람 تُسْكَنْ투스캄 مِنْ밈 بَعْدِهِمْ바으디힘 إِلَّا일라 قَلِيلًا깔릴란 ۖ وَكُنَّا와쿤나 نَحْنُ나흐눌 الْوَارِثِينَ와r리θ신
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와캄 아흘라크나 민 까r르야팀 바띠r라트 마이샤타하 f파틸카 마사키누훔 람 투스캄 밈 바으디힘 일라 깔릴란 와쿤나 나흐눌 와r리θ신
우리는 풍족한 살림에 우쭐하던 고을을 얼마나 많이 멸망시켰던가! 저것이 그들의 거처이니, 그들 뒤로는 거의 아무도 살지 않았다. 그리고 [모든 것을] 물려받은 것은 바로 우리였다.
How many a town We have destroyed that was arrogantly ungrateful for its livelihood! There are their dwellings, hardly lived in after them, and it is We who were the inheritors.
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.