What ࣗ means
Continue if possible; stopping is discouraged. In South Asian qīla waqf notation, ࣗ tells a Qur’an reciter to carry the phrase forward; it is guidance, not a sound to pronounce.
Qur’anic pause marks guide breath and meaning without changing the words. A Qur’an likely copied in the late first century of the Islamic calendar contains an early circular pause sign. Written works on waqf and ibtidāʾ—the rules for where to pause and resume—are documented from the second Islamic century.
The pause-mark system associated with al-Sajāwandī later became dominant in printed South Asian Qur’ans, while other regions kept different sets. This is a regional reading convention, not universal Arabic punctuation.
Why is this mark missing from another Qur’an?
Different Qur’an editions use different pause-mark sets.
South Asian printed Qur’ans may include ࣗ, while a Madinah-style edition may omit the Sajāwandī marks. Its absence there reflects that edition’s notation, not a missing Arabic letter.
Formal Qur’anic recitation notation used in South Asian editions; it guides phrasing rather than spelling or pronouncing a verse word.
Do not pronounce the mark as qāf; it cues a recitation choice.
Who writes ࣗ
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Questions people ask
1Why does this mark show a dotted circle?
It is a placeholder. In Microsoft’s Windows Arabic text engine, an unattached combining mark may appear on a dotted circle; the circle is not part of ࣗ.
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- Also called
- qīla waqf sign · qaf waqf sign · qaf pause mark
- Search it as
- qila waqf · Quran pause mark · Quran recitation sign · tajweed pause · Indo-Pak Quran · Sajawandi waqf · Quran stop sign
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