Question

In surah Al-Baqarah aayah #120 there is the word:  .  How would the ending be if we had to stop on this word?

  

Answer

There are two aspects to your question, the first is how to stop on the word   the second is what to do after you stop here.  We may note that the last letter in the word is a  with a shaddah on it.  There are in the archived  tidbit lessons two lessons on the “accent” or  in the recitation of the Qur’an.  The first case of the  was just as we have here.  If we are stopping on a word that has a shaddah on the last letter, and the last letter is not a  , a , or a qalqalah letter, we need to make a  in our reading to make sure it is clear that there are two letters.  If we are continuing in our reading and not stopping on the word   there is also an accent or  because of another case in the lesson on the “accent”.  In the second case, if there is a  with a shaddah on it preceded by a kasrah or a fat-h, there should be an accent or  so that the letter  doesn’t become lengthened into a medd letter. 

The second aspect that we would like to address is what to do if we stop on the word   when we want to start up after taking a breath.  Stopping on this word is in the good stop ( ) category, which means it is allowed to stop on that word, but not allowed to start on that which comes next.  In other words, we need to go back some words to relay the correct meaning.  In this case, we actually need to take a big breath and start back at:
     , otherwise the meaning would not convey the true intended meaning of Allah, the Exalted. 

And Allah knows best.