Qaida Tartil-ul-Qur'an — Page 122
122 the sense complete at one place the second part cannot be separated from it. 3. . Another opinion about the sign is that a group of the scholars suggests the stoppage at one place whilst another group of them suggests it to be at the second place, so you would neither stop at both places nor would ignore both of them. Stop on first place or the second. سكته This is the abbreviation of the word س saktah that means, pause. To pause during the recitation, expressing particular sense of meaning in the subject is called saktah. For this expression a person who is reciting would halt shortly without breaking the breath and would carry on reciting. . Waqfah. This also means to pause. On this sign person who is reciting would pause expressing particular sense of meanings. . Pausing at waqfah would take a little more time than that of saktah, but without breaking the breath. So saktah is nearer to carrying on reading and waqfah is nearer to stoppage, but breathing would not be cut off in the both.