قَالَ깔라 مَا마 مَنَعَكَ마나아카 أَلَّا알라 تَسْجُدَ타스주다 إِذْ이ð드 أَمَرْتُكَ아마r르투카 ۖ قَالَ깔라 أَنَا아나 خَيْرٌ카이r룸 مِنْهُ민후 خَلَقْتَنِي칼락타니 مِنْ민 نَارٍ나r린 وَخَلَقْتَهُ와칼락타후 مِنْ민 طِينٍ띤
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깔라 마 마나아카 알라 타스주다 이ð드 아마r르투카 깔라 아나 카이r룸 민후 칼락타니 민 나r린 와칼락타후 민 띤
그분께서 말씀하셨다. “내가 너에게 명하였는데 무엇이 너를 엎드리지 못하게 하였느냐?” 그가 말하였다. “저는 그보다 낫습니다. 당신께서는 저를 불로 창조하시고 그를 진흙으로 창조하셨습니다.”
He said, “What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?” He said, “I am better than he. You created me from fire and created him from clay.”
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.