وَقَالُوا와깔루 أَآلِهَتُنَا아알리하투나 خَيْرٌ카이r룬 أَمْ암 هُوَ후와 ۚ مَا마 ضَرَبُوهُ다r라부후 لَكَ라카 إِلَّا일라 جَدَلًا자달람 ۚ بَلْ발 هُمْ훔 قَوْمٌ까우문 خَصِمُونَ카시문
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와깔루 아알리하투나 카이r룬 암 후와 마 다r라부후 라카 일라 자달람 발 훔 까우문 카시문
그리고 그들은 말했다. “우리의 신들이 더 나으냐, 아니면 그가 더 나으냐?” 그들이 너에게 그를 언급한 것은 오직 논쟁하기 위해서였다. 실로 그들은 말다툼을 일삼는 백성이다.
and said, "Are our gods better, or is he?" They cited him to you only for argument. Rather, they are a contentious people.
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.