Qaida Tartil-ul-Qur'an — Page 112
112 means to stop shortly during recitation intending not to stop but carry on reading spasmodically to create specific expression of the subject. . EXERCISE (waqf and waqfah) لا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَاء لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَ عَلَيْهَا مَا اكْتَسَبَتْ ، رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَا إِنْ تَسِينَا أَوْ أخْطَأنَا رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَا إِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِنَا رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لاَ طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنَّا وقفه ج وَاغْفِرْلَنَا وقفه وَارْحَمْنَا وقفه اَنْتَ مَوْلنَا فَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَفِرِينَ سكته iii) saktah verbally means to halt. . Conventionally means to pause shortly and carry on reading. In saktah pausing duration is less than that of waqfah. So waqfah is nearer to waqf and saktah is nearer to continous and fluent reading. As for the state of the word, you are doing waqfah or saktah