وَمَا와마 كُنْتَ쿤타 تَرْجُو타r르주 أَنْ안 يُلْقَىٰ율까 إِلَيْكَ일라이칼 الْكِتَابُ키타부 إِلَّا일라 رَحْمَةًr라흐마탐 مِنْ민 رَبِّكَr랍비카 ۖ فَلَاf팔라 تَكُونَنَّ타쿠난나 ظَهِيرًاð다히r랄 لِلْكَافِرِينَ릴카f피r린
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와마 쿤타 타r르주 안 율까 일라이칼 키타부 일라 r라흐마탐 민 r랍비카 f팔라 타쿠난나 ð다히r랄 릴카f피r린
너는 경전이 너에게 내려지리라고 기대하지 않았다. 그것은 오직 너의 주님께서 내리신 자비이다. 그러니 결코 믿지 않는 자들을 돕는 자가 되지 말라.
You never expected that the Book would be sent down to you; it is only a mercy from your Lord. So never be a supporter of the disbelievers.
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.