وَمَا와마 هَٰذِهِ하ð디힐 الْحَيَاةُ하야툿 الدُّنْيَا둔야 إِلَّا일라 لَهْوٌ라흐운 وَلَعِبٌ왈라이분 ۚ وَإِنَّ와인낫 الدَّارَ다r랄 الْآخِرَةَ아키r라타 لَهِيَ라히얄 الْحَيَوَانُ하야와누 ۚ لَوْ라우 كَانُوا카누 يَعْلَمُونَ야을라문
Tap a word to hear it
와마 하ð디힐 하야툿 둔야 일라 라흐운 왈라이분 와인낫 다r랄 아키r라타 라히얄 하야와누 라우 카누 야을라문
이 세상의 삶은 오락과 놀이에 지나지 않는다. 내세의 거처, 그것이야말로 참된 삶이다. 그들이 알기만 한다면!
The life of this world is nothing but amusement and play. The Home of the Hereafter — that is truly life, if only they knew.
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.