ثُمَّθ숨마 اسْتَوَىٰ스타와 إِلَى일랏 السَّمَاءِ사마이 وَهِيَ와히야 دُخَانٌ두카눈 فَقَالَf파깔라 لَهَا라하 وَلِلْأَرْضِ왈릴아r르디 ائْتِيَا으티야 طَوْعًا따우안 أَوْ아우 كَرْهًا카r르한 قَالَتَا깔라타 أَتَيْنَا아타이나 طَائِعِينَ따이인
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θ숨마 스타와 일랏 사마이 와히야 두카눈 f파깔라 라하 왈릴아r르디 으티야 따우안 아우 카r르한 깔라타 아타이나 따이인
그런 다음 그분께서는 연기 상태였던 하늘로 향하시어 하늘과 땅에 말씀하셨다. ‘기꺼이든 마지못해서든 오라.’ 그러자 그 둘이 말했다. ‘저희가 기꺼이 왔습니다.’
Then He turned to the sky while it was smoke, and said to it and to the earth, 'Come, willingly or unwillingly.' They said, 'We come willingly.'
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.