وَكَأَيِّنْ와카아임 مِنْ민 قَرْيَةٍ까r르야틴 عَتَتْ아타트 عَنْ안 أَمْرِ암r리 رَبِّهَاr랍비하 وَرُسُلِهِ와r루술리히 فَحَاسَبْنَاهَاf파하사브나하 حِسَابًا히사반 شَدِيدًا샤디단 وَعَذَّبْنَاهَا와앗ð다브나하 عَذَابًا아ð다반 نُكْرًا누크r라
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와카아임 민 까r르야틴 아타트 안 암r리 r랍비하 와r루술리히 f파하사브나하 히사반 샤디단 와앗ð다브나하 아ð다반 누크r라
얼마나 많은 고을이 자기 주님과 그분의 사도들의 명령을 거스르며 오만하게 굴었던가! 그래서 우리는 그 고을을 엄하게 따져 물었고 끔찍한 벌로 벌하였다.
And how many a town rebelled against the command of its Lord and His messengers, so We called it to a severe account and punished it with a terrible punishment.
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.