وَمَا와마 أَرْسَلْنَا아r르살나 فِيf피 قَرْيَةٍ까r르야팀 مِنْ민 نَبِيٍّ나비인 إِلَّا일라 أَخَذْنَا아카ð드나 أَهْلَهَا아흘라하 بِالْبَأْسَاءِ빌바으사이 وَالضَّرَّاءِ왓다르r라이 لَعَلَّهُمْ라알라훔 يَضَّرَّعُونَ얏다르r라운
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와마 아r르살나 f피 까r르야팀 민 나비인 일라 아카ð드나 아흘라하 빌바으사이 왓다르r라이 라알라훔 얏다르r라운
우리가 어떤 고을에 예언자를 보낼 때마다 그곳 사람들을 고난과 역경으로 붙잡았으니, 이는 그들이 겸손해지게 하려는 것이었다.
We never sent a prophet to any town without seizing its people with hardship and adversity, so that they might humble themselves.
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.