Qaida Tartil-ul-Qur'an — Page 120
120 3 : This is the abbreviation of the word mujawwaz that means proposed to stop. . This sign is employed in the text where a sentence is complete but the sentence has close connection with the sense of its following part, so preferably it should be harmonized with its following part though stoppage is permissible. مُرَخ This is the abbreviation of the word : murakhkhaṣ which means allowed, it indicates that two sentences have mutuality by meaning, though grammatically both of them have independent position, so here a person who is reciting is allowed to stop if needs. : ق قِيْلَ عَلَيْهِ الْوَقْف This is the brief of of that means, it is said that you may stop here. Stoppage is permissible here but reason of stoppage is infirm so it is better to carry on reading. . This is the brief of يَقِفُ عَلَيْهِ الْوَاقِفُ means, one can stop here if he pleases. So stoppage is permissible, but it is better to carry on. . This is the brief of : قلے الوقف أولى. That means stopping is preferable though there is no harm in carrying on.