Talim-ul-Quran — Page 75
RAMŪZ-E-AUQĀF (STOP SIGNS OR PAUSES). The various signs used in the Holy Qur'an to stop or pause while reciting the Holy. Qur'an can be divided into the following three categories: 1. Signs of Waqf-e-tām (1) 2. Signs of Waqf-e-kāfi (is) 3. Signs of Waqf-e-hasan (9). Waqf-e-tām (pl): It means to stop at a world where meaning of the words which follow the word at which one stops has no relationship either with the word at which one stops or with the words which precede it. e. g. In the following verse the subject matter ends at the word (yasma‘una) and a different subject matter starts with the words following (yasma‘ūna): إِنَّمَا يَسْتَجِيْبُ الَّذِيْنَ يَسْمَعُوْنَ وَالْمَوْتَى يَبْعَثُهُمُ اللهُ innama yastajibulladhīna yasma‘un walmauta yabʻathuhumullahu. Only those who listen sincerely respond. And as for the dead, Allāh will raise them to life. (6:37). Therefore, after (yasma'una) a waqf-e-tām sign is given. Waqf-e-fam signs include the following: 0 , ط ,. Waqf-e-kāfi ( ): It means to stop at such a place where the sentence is complete. However, the words which follow the word at which one stops have a connection of only the meaning and not the word of the sentence which precedes. e. g. In the following verse: وَمَا أُنْزِلَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ وَبِالْآخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَ ) wamā unzila min qablik wa bil akhirati hum yūqinūn. And that which was revealed before thee, and they have firm faith in what is yet to come. (2:5) 75