Two questions govern stopping: where should one stop, and how should the word sound when stopped? A meaningful stopping point without the correct phonetic ending is incomplete, just as a technically correct ending at a misleading point can damage the sense.
The chapter brings together meaningful stopping and resumption, the three methods of treating a final vowel, the stopped ha of ta marbuta, the exclusion of temporary vowels from rawm and ishmam, the need to preserve word-final shaddah, the treatment of fathah tanwin, and the special connection between rawm and incidental madd.
To retain the principles in order, remember suitable place, final vowel, feminine ta, temporary vowel, doubling, tanwin, and madd. Each is a distinct issue and must be examined when relevant. The next unit discusses additional miscellaneous rules of recitation.