 وقف وابتداء when you begin to recite the holy Quran you'll realize that many often times some verses run more than one line sometimes three lines two lines and you wonder how can I recite this entire verse within one breath well there are symbols in the holy Quran which help us with this especially if Arabic may not be our mother tongue it's easy to dissect these verses and to recite them in a way in which the meaning and the translation of the Quran is not changed now for example many often times most of the Quran's that we recite are based on the Uthman Taha script and there are these numbers rather letters on the verses which help us with this for example at the end of the verse there's usually a symbol with a number in them this resembles or represents the end of the verse which is pretty much self-explanatory now in the case where you may see a small meme this is known as وقف اللازم this indicates that the reciter must stop at this point and take a pause before beginning again for example in Surah An'am verse 36 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إنما يستجيب الذين يسمعوا والموت يبعثهم الله ثم إليه يرجعوا الوقف جائز or the little gene you see on top of the verse in this scenario this indicates that a certain concept is complete and a new one is about to begin although a stop isn't obligatory there is a possibility for it and we see in many verses in the Holy Quran within one verse الله سبحانه وتعالى addresses so many different topics in just one verse even though it may stretch many lines but still within one verse for example in Surah Al-Kahf verse 5 مالهم به من علم كبرت كلمة تخرج من أفواه إي يقولون إلا كذب الوصل أولى or the little salih that you see on top of the verse in this case it is better to continue however you may pause here for example Surah An'am verse 17 وإي يمسسك الله بضر فلا كاشف له إله وإي يمسسك بخير فهو على كل شيء قدي الوقف أولى وتضر قلي you see within the verse in this case it is better to stop however you may continue for example Surah Imran verse 75 يختص برحمته من يشاء والله الفضل العظيم sometimes you may see a little la within this example you should not stop there is a possibility that the meaning may be changed however if it is located at the end of the verse it is permissible to stop for example in Surah Al-Baqara verse 25 وابشر الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات أن لهم جنات تجري من تحتها الأنها كل ما رزقوا منها من فمرت الرزقا قالوا هذا الذي رزقنا من قبي وأتو به متشابها ولهم فيها أزواج مطهرة وهم فيها خاص and lastly المعانقة or the two pairs of three dots within the verse now this is a rare example but there are a few famous ones in this case you have the option to either stop at the first pair or the second pair but not both for example in Surah Al-Baqara verse 2 ذلك الكتاب لا ريب فيه هدل المتقين or another way of doing it ذلك الكتاب لا ريب فيه هدل المتقين صدق الله العليم