ذَٰلِكَð달리카 أَنْ알 لَمْ람 يَكُنْ야쿤 رَبُّكَr랍부카 مُهْلِكَ무흘리칼 الْقُرَىٰ꾸r라 بِظُلْمٍ비ð둘민 وَأَهْلُهَا와아흘루하 غَافِلُونَ가f필룬
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ð달리카 알 람 야쿤 r랍부카 무흘리칼 꾸r라 비ð둘민 와아흘루하 가f필룬
그것은 너의 주님께서 주민들이 [경고를 받지 못해] 알지 못하는 동안에는 불의를 이유로 마을들을 멸망시키지 않으시기 때문이다.
That is because your Lord would not destroy towns for their wrongdoing while their people were 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.