Question
Assalumualikum
I need to know two things.
The first one is that when we stop between an aayah like a long aaya, our
breath if broken I have been told that we would make the last letter with
vowel into a sukoon (when stopping) . If this is correct what type of waqf is
this called. And if we stop on it then do we have to join it with the letter
preceding when reading further or we say that yes we have converted it into a
sukoon so start from next word?
Second in the last para (juz’ 30) there are many verses in which there is a
waqf and then the next word starts with a 'wow mushaddadah'. If we stop at
waqf then either we could repeat the last word and join it with the 'wow
mushaddadah' or we could read it without joining it with wow mushaddadah.(i.e.
we are reading only one wow in this case)? The third option would be not to
stop at waqf and continue reading in one breath which I know is correct. One
verse for example is 'surah inshqaq aayah 8,9 and11, 12'.
JazakAllah
Answer
Wa alaikum
assalaam wa rahmatu Allahi wa barakatuh.
When stopping
in the middle of an aayah because of running out of breath it is called a
compelled stop,
.
When we are forced to stop like this and then want to start again, we
usually need to go back one or two words to convey the correct meaning and not
start in the middle of a phrase or on a word that would convey the opposite
meaning. The last letter of the
word stopped on would be read with its vowel when continuing reading and
joining it with the preceding word. Please also see the following: http://www.abouttajweed.com/al-waqf_1.htm
The markings at the beginnings of aayah reflect the rules that would be
applied if joining the previous aayah with the beginning of the next.
This does not change the fact that stopping on the ends of aayaat is
sunnah and therefore preferred. Some
musaahif write in a shaddah on the letters
and
when
there is merging of the
or
tanween into either of the two letters, but it is more correct for this
shaddah not to be present because the merging is not complete.
The characteristic of the ghunnah that is an inherent part of the
remains.
The Medinah print copy of the Qur’an does not write in a shaddah on
incomplete merging as seen in the following examples:
Wa iyyakum
wa-l-muslimeen