Wednesday 31 st March 2021

Stopping In The Middle

Of An Ayah
 What is an ayah?

An ayah (plural: aayaat) is a "verse" in the Quran that make

up the Surahs of the Quran and are marked by a number.

For example:
 How do we stop mid ayah?
Some aayaat may be long and it may be hard for us to read in one breath.
So, when we feel like we are losing our breath, we should stop on a word,
take a breath, then go back 1 or 2 words, and continue.

When we stop on a word, we must look at the last harakaat and stop on it
accordingly.

For example:
- If the word we stop on has a fathah at the end, we will stop on it with
a sukoon.
- If the word we stop on has a round taa at the end, we will stop on it as
a haa saakin.
 Let’s take a look at this long ayah:

Then I I lost my
went back breath here
2 words so I
and stopped on
continued this word.
reading the The daadh
ayah until has a
the end. kasrah, so I
will stop on
it with a
sukoon.
 There is no limit to how many times you can stop in an ayah.
Let’s take a look at this ayah:

Then I
went back I lost my
3 words breath here
and so I stopped
continued on
reading the “Urooshiha”
ayah until It had an alif
the end. at the end,
so I stopped
on it as it is.

Let’s say I lost my breath here as well, then I will stop

again, go back 1-2 words and continue until the end.
Let’s take a look at this long ayah:
Let’s take a look at this ayah: