====== Pause Marks ======

**Pause marks** are special signs placed in mushafs to help reciters decide when to pause and when to recite continuously. There are six pause marks used in [[Medina Mushaf]], which are also used in Uthmani and Imla'ei Quran texts provided by Tanzil. These six pause marks are listed below.


^ Pause Mark ^ Description ^ Example ^
^  م  | Compulsory Pause |فَلَا يَحْزُنكَ قَوْلُهُمْ ۘ إِنَّا نَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ [[http://tanzil.net/#36:76|(36:76)]] |
^  لا  | Impermissible Pause |وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِلَّـهِ الْبَنَاتِ سُبْحَانَهُ ۙ وَلَهُم مَّا يَشْتَهُونَ [[http://tanzil.net/#16:57|(16:57)]] |
^  ج  | Permissible Pause \\ It is equally permissible to make pause or continue |وَاسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلَاةِ ۚ وَإِنَّهَا لَكَبِيرَةٌ إِلَّا عَلَى الْخَاشِعِينَ [[http://tanzil.net/#2:45|(2:45)]] |
^  قلی  | Permissible Pause \\ It is preferred to make pause |أَفَمَن يَخْلُقُ كَمَن لَّا يَخْلُقُ ۗ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ [[http://tanzil.net/#16:17|(16:17)]] |
^  صلی  | Permissible Pause \\ It is preferred to continue | أَمْوَاتٌ غَيْرُ أَحْيَاءٍ ۖ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ أَيَّانَ يُبْعَثُونَ [[http://tanzil.net/#16:21|(16:21)]] |
^  ∴ ∴  | Interchangeable Pause \\ You can pause on any of the two pause marks, not on both |ذَٰلِكَ الْكِتَابُ لَا رَيْبَ ۛ فِيهِ ۛ هُدًى لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ [[http://tanzil.net/#2:2|(2:2)]] |


===== Reference =====
  * Glossary of Qur’an-Related Terms, King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur'an.