وَكَمْ와캄 مِنْ민 قَرْيَةٍ까r르야틴 أَهْلَكْنَاهَا아흘라크나하 فَجَاءَهَاf파자아하 بَأْسُنَا바으수나 بَيَاتًا바야탄 أَوْ아우 هُمْ훔 قَائِلُونَ까일룬
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와캄 민 까r르야틴 아흘라크나하 f파자아하 바으수나 바야탄 아우 훔 까일룬
우리가 멸망시킨 고을이 얼마나 많던가. 우리의 벌이 밤중에, 또는 그들이 한낮에 쉬고 있을 때 그곳에 닥쳤다.
How many a town We have destroyed! Our punishment came upon it by night, or while they were resting at midday.
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.