The document discusses Hamzatul Wasl, which is a symbol that connects two words in Arabic recitation. It explains that when starting from a word with Hamzatul Wasl, a temporary vowel is placed on the symbol according to rules. It also discusses pausing during recitation, appropriate stopping places indicated by punctuation signs, and rules for pronunciation when stopping at certain letters.

1. Hamzatul Wasl in Connection
The Hamzatul Wasl (Hamzah of connection) is a symbol ‫ٱ‬ which looks like the head of
letter Saud placed above an Alif (in the Persian script, the Alif has no such sign above it,
so it’s an Empty Alif). While reading, we jump over a Hamzatul Wasl or Empty Alif
between two words, so the letter before the Hamzatul Wasl connects to the letter after it.
Ex. Wanhar
Practice: Read the following words with hamzatul wasl in the middle:
Starting from the Hamzatul Wasl
A temporary harakah is placed on the Hamzatul Wasl / the Empty Alif, if we are
starting our recitation from it:
When starting from a Hamzatul
Wasl* with the prefix ‫ل‬ ‫ا‬
Place a temporary
Fathah on the
Hamzatul Wasl / the
Empty Alif
‫ٱ‬ْ‫ن‬ َ‫ـ‬‫ـ‬ ْ ‫ُـ‬‫ـ‬ ‫ْـ‬‫ـ‬
al-furqaan
‫ٱ‬َ ْ ِ‫ــ‬
al-ladheena
When starting to read from a
Hamzatul Wasl* where the 3rd
letter of the word bears a
Dammah
Place a temporary
Dammah on the
Hamzatul Wasl / the
Empty Alif
‫ٱ‬‫ْا‬‫و‬ُ ُ‫ـ‬‫آ‬ ْ‫ذ‬
udhkuruu
‫ٱ‬‫ْا‬ ُ‫ـ‬ ‫ُـ‬ ْ‫د‬
udkhuluu
When starting to read from a
Hamzatul Wasl* where the 3rd
letter of the word has a Fathah
or a Kasrah over it
Place a temporary
Kasrah on the
Hamzatul Wasl / the
Empty Alif
‫ٱ‬ْ ِ ‫ـ‬ ِْ‫ر‬
irji ‘ee
‫ٱ‬‫ْا‬ ُ‫ـ‬ ‫َـ‬ ‫ْـ‬
i’maluu
Exercise: Place the appropriate temporary Fathah, Kasrah, or Dammah on the following:

2. PAUSING / STOPPING DURING RECITATION
PUNCTUATION SIGNS
If possible, we should read an Aayah in a single breath, but if the Aayah is too long or
we can’t hold our breath for that long, then we should try to stop only at appropriate
stopping places (in order not to affect the meaning of what is being said). These
appropriate stopping places are indicated by small punctuation signs
above / between the words in the Aayah:
‫ـ‬ Stop at this sign, if it is within the ayah
Don’t Stop at this sign, continue reading
Stop at one of these signs, but not both
‫س‬ ‫و‬ Pause at this sign, but do not break here
‫ق‬ ‫ز‬ ‫ج‬ ‫ط‬ Can stop or continue reading at this sign
STOPPING RULES
It’s Sunnah to stop at the end of each Aayah. If the recitation is stopped at the end of
an Aayah or paused momentarily just to catch a breath, observe the following rules:
When stopping at a letter with
Fatahatain pronounce as Alif + Fathah maa’aa
َ
raqeebaa
When stopping at a letter with Ta’
Marbutah, pronounce it as a Saakin ha’
ٌ
Haamiyah alqaari ‘ah
When stopping at a letter with Shaddah
drop the Harakah, read with Shaddah watabb
ِ
libaasahunn
When stopping at an Alif Maqsurah or a
Saakin letter, read without any change waqtarib wadduHaa
In all other cases, drop the last Harakah
and make the last word Saakin . ٍ
min ‘Alaq al-akram
Stretch the long vowel sound 4-6 counts,
if the letter before the last letter is a
Saakin ‫ا‬‫ي‬ ‫و‬
ٌ‫ْـ‬‫ـ‬ ‫ِـ‬ َ‫ـ‬
‘Adheem
ٍ‫ب‬ َ‫ْـ‬‫ـ‬ ‫أ‬
albaab