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    The Qur'an is meant to be recited with rhythm and intonation. Qur'anic punctuation developed to indicate where to pause for breath or effect. There are various mandatory and discretionary pause signs placed above lines in the text as well as marginal marks dividing the text into chapters, verses, and sections. Punctuation affects pronunciation and helps understanding.

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    The Qur'an is meant to be recited with rhythm and intonation. Qur'anic punctuation developed to indicate where to pause for breath or effect. There are various mandatory and discretionary pause signs placed above lines in the text as well as marginal marks dividing the text into chapters, verses, and sections. Punctuation affects pronunciation and helps understanding.

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    The Qur'an is meant to be recited with rhythm and intonation. Qur'anic punctuation developed to indicate where to pause for breath or effect. There are various mandatory and discretionary pause signs placed above lines in the text as well as marginal marks dividing the text into chapters, verses, and sections. Punctuation affects pronunciation and helps understanding.

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    The Qur'an (lit. recitation) is meant to be recited. Its verses are divided according to the rhythm of the language. The Qur'anic punctuation is,
    therefore, not only based on the structure or the syntax of the sentence, but also on the need to pause, for breath or for effect. Pickthall
    observes, when a certain sound which marks the rhythm recurs, there is a strong pause and the verse ends naturally, although the sentence
    may go on to the next verse. Thus the Qur'anic punctuation affects the pronunciation of the words, rhythm, intonation and syllable
    separation.[1]

    Contents

    History

    There are various conventions related to punctuation varying from time and place to another. Although there were manuscripts written on
    the topic, the convention that took off is attributed to Muhammad ibn Tayfour Sajawandi (d. 560 AH).[2]

    There are various hadiths related to the topic, one of them being:[3]

    Umm Salama narrated: "Rasulullah, when reading the Qur'an, would cut his recitation by ayah (he would stop at the
    verse endings). " and, giving an example from Fatiha, said "he would stop at the end of every verse."

    — Musnad, VI, 302

    Punctuation marks

    Full Stop

    ‫ ۝‬- After a full stop, the last letter of the verse loses its vowel, if consonant, or converts the tanwin into an elongated alif, if an alif's tanwin.

    Signs of pause (‫)وقف‬

    These are generally placed at the top of the line they apply to in a verse.

    Mandatory Pauses

    ‫ م‬- A mim at the top, it's an abbreviation of ‫( الزم‬necessary). It means disregarding the sign may lead to change in the meaning.

    ‫ ط‬- Abbreviation of ‫( مطلق‬absolute). Full stop even though the verse is not complete.

    ‫ ال‬- Lam and alif glyph which means 'no' in Arabic when uttered in isolation. Forbidden stop. If stopped, the reciter should start from a place
    before the sign, unless it's the end of a verse.[4]

    ‫ س‬or ‫ سكتة‬- Abbreviation of ‫( سكتة‬silence). Pause without breathing out, giving a silence effect.[5][3]

    ‫ وقفة‬or ‫ وقف‬- Same with the previous one, but with a somewhat longer pause.

    Discretionary Pauses

    Because the reciter may feel the need to stop, for example, because of need for a breath or other bodily necessities, there are these signs
    placed.

    ‫ ج‬- Abbreviation of ‫( جائز‬permitted). It is better to stop, but in one's own discretion, may proceed also.

    ‫ ز‬- abbr of ‫( مجَّوز‬permitted). It is better not to stop.

    ‫ ص‬- abbr of ‫( مرَّخ ص‬admissible). It is better not to stop but if the reciter is tired or any other valid reason, one may stop.

    ‫ ق‬- abbr of ‫قيل عليه الوقف‬. It is better not to stop.

    ‫ قف‬- abbr of ‫ُيوَقف عليه‬. It is better to stop, facilitating the understanding of the verse's meaning.

    ‫صل‬- abbr of ‫قد ُيوَص ل‬. The majority view is that one should pause here.

    ◌ۗ - abbr of ‫الوقف أولى‬. It is better to pause.

    ◌ۖ - abbr of ‫الوصل أولى‬. It is better not to pause.

    The reciter can stop or continue depending on his convenience.


    ◌ۛ - Named ‫( معانقة‬hugging) signs, these three dots are usually paired and placed near each other. The reciter should stop at one of them,
    though which one is in their own discretion. In Indopak mushafs, these three dots are placed above a small ‫ ج‬sign.[1][6]

    Marginal marks

    These show the divisions of the mushaf into chapters, parts and sections. It's arranged into 114 chapters (surah). Each chapter consists of
    a number of verses (ayah). Verses are numbered at the end inside the full stop sign. A chapter may additionally be divided into sections
    (ruku' ‫)ركوع‬. The end of a section is shown by an 'ayn ‫ ع‬sign.

    The mushafs are also divided into thirty equal parts (juz'), for those who wish to finish the recitation in a given time. These are indicated at
    the start of each one which occurs in 20 pages in most modern mushafs. The ajza' (pl. of juz') are further divided, which makes them 60th
    parts of a mushaf, hizb. There are 3 different hizb signs at the margin indicating the place in the juz': ‫ الربع‬for the first quarter, ‫ النصف‬for the
    half, and ‫( الثٰلثة‬abbr. of ‫ )ثٰلثة ارباع‬for the last quarter.[1]

    The word ‫( السجدة‬prostration) written on the margin or on an ayah sign means that a Muslim reciting that verse and the ones listening should
    offer a prostration. This sign is found in 14 places in a mushaf. All the sajda verses are Meccan.[7]

    There are some marginal signs used in the Indian subcontinent:

    ࣢ Used in the subcontinent, this indicates a difference of opinion on the pause.

    ‫( وقف النبي‬pause of the Prophet) for pause,

    ‫ وقف ّمنَّز ل‬and ‫( وقف جبريل‬pause of Gabriel) also for pause,

    ‫ وقف غفران‬for pause,

    ‫ وقف كفران‬for 'Do not pause'.

    See also

    Qāriʾ

    Qira'at

    Tajweed

    Tarteel

    Tilawa

    References

    1. ^ a b c Ahmad, Syed Barakat. Introduction to Qur'anic script . ISBN 978-1-136-11138-9. OCLC 1124340016 .

    2. ^ "SECÂVENDÎ, Muhammed b. Tayfûr - TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi" .

    3. ^ a b "VAKF ve İBTİDÂ - TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi" .

    4. ^ "KUR'AN-I KERİM'DEKİ DURAKLAR | İslam ve İhsan" .

    5. ^ "The Rules and Signs of Stopping (Waqf) When Reading Quran" .

    6. ^ "Compart Unicode Search" .

    7. ^ Denffer, Ahmad von, 1949-. ʻUlūm al-Qurʼān : an introduction to the sciences of the Qurʼān . Leicestershire, United Kingdom. ISBN 978-0-86037-621-7.
    OCLC 920874522 .

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