كَمْ캄 أَهْلَكْنَا아흘라크나 مِنْ민 قَبْلِهِمْ까블리힘 مِنْ민 قَرْنٍ까r르닌 فَنَادَوْاf파나다우 وَلَاتَ왈라타 حِينَ히나 مَنَاصٍ마나스
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캄 아흘라크나 민 까블리힘 민 까r르닌 f파나다우 왈라타 히나 마나스
그들 이전에 우리가 멸망시킨 세대가 얼마나 많았던가. 그들은 부르짖었으나 이미 피할 때가 아니었다.
How many generations before them have We destroyed! They cried out, but it was no longer a time for escape.
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.