وَإِذَا와이ð다 بُشِّرَ붓시r라 أَحَدُهُمْ아하두훔 بِمَا비마 ضَرَبَ다r라바 لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ리르r라흐마니 مَثَلًا마θ살란 ظَلَّð달라 وَجْهُهُ와즈후후 مُسْوَدًّا무스왓단 وَهُوَ와후와 كَظِيمٌ카ð딤
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와이ð다 붓시r라 아하두훔 비마 다r라바 리르r라흐마니 마θ살란 ð달라 와즈후후 무스왓단 와후와 카ð딤
그런데 그들 가운데 누군가가 자기가 가장 자비로우신 분께 견주어 돌리는 그것, 곧 딸이 태어났다는 소식을 들으면, 그의 얼굴은 어두워지고 그는 속으로 괴로워한다.
Yet when one of them is given news of [a daughter], the likeness of which he attributes to the Most Gracious, his face darkens and he is filled with grief.
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.