لَخَلْقُ라칼꿋 السَّمَاوَاتِ사마와티 وَالْأَرْضِ왈아r르디 أَكْبَرُ악바r루 مِنْ민 خَلْقِ칼낀 النَّاسِ나시 وَلَٰكِنَّ왈라킨나 أَكْثَرَ악θ사r란 النَّاسِ나시 لَا라 يَعْلَمُونَ야을라문
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라칼꿋 사마와티 왈아r르디 악바r루 민 칼낀 나시 왈라킨나 악θ사r란 나시 라 야을라문
하늘과 땅의 창조는 인간의 창조보다 더 큰 일이다. 그러나 대부분의 사람들은 알지 못한다.
Surely creating the heavens and the earth is a greater thing than creating human beings, yet most people are unaware.
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.