Talim-ul-Quran — Page 82
سكتر (Sin) or (Saktah):. Without re-breathing give a short pause and then continue the recitation of the. Holy Qur'an. . Example: قَالَا رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنْفُسَنَا سعد وَ إِنْ لَّمْ تَغْفِرْلَنَا وَ تَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُوْنَنَّ مِنَ الْخُسِرِينَ qāla rabbana zalamnă anfusana wa illam taghfirlana wa tarḥamnā lanakūnanna minal khasirin. They said, 'Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves; and if Thou forgive us not and have not mercy on us, we shall surely be of the lost. ' (7:24) 89 (Waqf, Pause): وقف. Waqf verbally means to stop. Conventionally it means to stop at a word for the duration normally a person takes to breath with the intention to continue the recitation. . While doing waqf you should act upon the rules mentioned here under the title, "Ramūz-e-Auqāf". If you do waqf on a stop sign then you should resume recitation from the next word. However, if you do waqf without any sign, you should go one or two words back to resume recitation. ✓ (Waqfah, Pause): وقفہ. This pause is longer than or 5. Conditions remain the same but the reader should give a longer pause. . Example: سکتہ س 82