وَالْقَمَرَ왈까마r라 قَدَّرْنَاهُ깟다r르나후 مَنَازِلَ마나질라 حَتَّىٰ핫타 عَادَ아다 كَالْعُرْجُونِ칼우r르주닐 الْقَدِيمِ까딤
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왈까마r라 깟다r르나후 마나질라 핫타 아다 칼우r르주닐 까딤
달에게는 우리가 여러 자리를 정해 주었으니, 마침내 그것은 오래되어 말라 버린 대추야자 줄기처럼 되돌아온다.
And the moon — We have determined stations for it, until it returns like an old, withered palm stalk.
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.