Do not treat an open written tāʾ (ت) as though it were tāʾ marbūṭah. When stopping, the open tāʾ retains its identity rather than becoming hāʾ.
Determine the ending from the Qurʾānic spelling and the rule for that occurrence. Similar-sounding words may have different stopping forms because their final tāʾ is written differently.
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An open tāʾ is different
Rules of Waqf — Correct Stopping, Resumption, Rawm, Ishmām and Qurʾānic Orthography
Do not treat an open written tāʾ (ت) as though it were tāʾ marbūṭah. When stopping, the open tāʾ retains its identity rather than becoming hāʾ.
Determine the ending from the Qurʾānic spelling and the rule for that occurrence. Similar-sounding words may have different stopping forms because their final tāʾ is written differently.