Talim-ul-Quran — Page 86
(Qāf): . (qila alaihil waqfu قِيْلَ عَلَيْهِ الْوَقْفُ This stop sign is an abbreviation of the words ق. Do not stop at this sign. . Example: فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذِيْنَ يَكْتُبُونَ الْكِتُبَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ ، ثُمَّ يَقُوْلُوْنَ هَذَا مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ لِيَشْتَرُوْا بِهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيْلاً fa wailullilladhīna yaktubūnal kitaba bi aidı him thumma yaqūlūna hadha min ‘indillahi li yashtarū bihi thamanan qalila. Woe, therefore, to those who write the Book with their own hands and then say: 'This is from Allāh,' that they may take for it a paltry price. (2:80) (Mu'aniqa - Three Dots):. This sign will never be found alone. Seeing a three-dot sign, the reader should look for another three-dot sign in the next part of the verse or even in the next verse. There are two possibilities. a). If the three-dot sign appears either without any other sign accompanying it or as a combination of two similar signs at both places then the reader may choose either one of the places to stop, but only at ONE place. . Example: وَ قَالَ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ الْقُرْآنُ جُمْلَةٌ وَاحِدَةً ، كَذَلِكَ لِتُثَبّت بِهِ فُؤَادَكَ وَرَتَّلْتُهُ تَرْتِيْلاً 86