A good stop leaves a suitably clear sense; a defective stop cuts away essential wording or implies an unintended meaning.
For a simple meaning-based demonstration, stopping at «لَا إِلَٰهَ» and abandoning «إِلَّا اللَّهُ» leaves the affirmation incomplete. The issue is not merely pronunciation: a stop must preserve the intended sense.
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Good and defective stopping places
Conclusion: Tajwīd, Waqf, ʿUthmānic Rasm and Qirāʾāt
A good stop leaves a suitably clear sense; a defective stop cuts away essential wording or implies an unintended meaning.
For a simple meaning-based demonstration, stopping at «لَا إِلَٰهَ» and abandoning «إِلَّا اللَّهُ» leaves the affirmation incomplete. The issue is not merely pronunciation: a stop must preserve the intended sense.