وَمَا와말 الْحَيَاةُ하야툿 الدُّنْيَا둔야 إِلَّا일라 لَعِبٌ라이분 وَلَهْوٌ왈라흐운 ۖ وَلَلدَّارُ왈랏다r룰 الْآخِرَةُ아키r라투 خَيْرٌ카이r룰 لِلَّذِينَ릴라ð디나 يَتَّقُونَ얏타꾸나 ۗ أَفَلَا아f팔라 تَعْقِلُونَ타으낄룬
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와말 하야툿 둔야 일라 라이분 왈라흐운 왈랏다r룰 아키r라투 카이r룰 릴라ð디나 얏타꾸나 아f팔라 타으낄룬
현세의 삶은 놀이와 오락일 뿐이며, 내세의 집이 경외하는 이들에게 더 낫다. 너희는 이성을 쓰지 않느냐?
The life of this world is nothing but play and amusement, and the home of the Hereafter is better for those who are mindful of God. Will you not use reason?
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.