وَكَمْ와캄 أَهْلَكْنَا아흘라크나 قَبْلَهُمْ까블라훔 مِنْ민 قَرْنٍ까r르닌 هُمْ훔 أَشَدُّ아샷두 مِنْهُمْ민훔 بَطْشًا바뜨샨 فَنَقَّبُواf파낙까부 فِيf필 الْبِلَادِ빌라디 هَلْ할 مِنْ밈 مَحِيصٍ마히스
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와캄 아흘라크나 까블라훔 민 까r르닌 훔 아샷두 민훔 바뜨샨 f파낙까부 f필 빌라디 할 밈 마히스
우리는 그들 이전에 얼마나 많은 세대를 멸망시켰던가. 그들은 이들보다 힘이 더 세었다. 그들은 온 땅을 헤집고 다녔으나, 피할 곳이 있었더냐?
And how many generations before them did We destroy, who were mightier than them in power! They searched through the lands: was there any 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.