The Qur'anic text includes stopping signs to help identify places where pausing can preserve the sense. Before stopping unexpectedly inside a phrase, consider whether its verb, subject, complement or other linked elements depend on the following words. A deliberate stop should be avoided if it produces a misleading meaning.
Meaning-sensitive waqf is not limited to verse endings. What matters is how the recited phrase will be understood at the chosen point. When an appropriate stop is available, the reciter can take a breath and begin the next segment clearly.
Sometimes the need for breath intervenes before a satisfactory completion of meaning. In that case, stop as necessary, then resume from a suitable earlier point so the sense is restored. A forced stop need not become a permanently misleading division of the passage.