وَاقْصِدْ와끄시드 فِيf피 مَشْيِكَ마시이카 وَاغْضُضْ와그두드 مِنْ민 صَوْتِكَ사우티카 ۚ إِنَّ인나 أَنْكَرَ안카r랄 الْأَصْوَاتِ아스와티 لَصَوْتُ라사우툴 الْحَمِيرِ하미r르
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와끄시드 f피 마시이카 와그두드 민 사우티카 인나 안카r랄 아스와티 라사우툴 하미r르
걸음은 알맞게 하고 목소리는 낮추라. 참으로 소리 가운데 가장 듣기 싫은 것은 당나귀의 울음소리이다.”
Be moderate in your pace and lower your voice. The most hateful of voices is surely the braying of donkeys.”
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.