Stopping on the Ends of Words 1
Words are divided into two categories pertaining to the ending of the word, in other words, the last letter. The end of a word can be classified as 
(strong), meaning the last letter is not an alif or a 
, or a 
.
The second category for the end of a word is called: 
(weak), meaning the last letter is an alif or a , or a . This is exemplified in:.
.
We will be spending the next several lessons on the subject of stopping on words with strong endings.
The Stop on a Word With a Strong Ending
In a word with a strong ending (), the last letter of this word can have a sukoon when continuing or stopping, such as in 
, or it can be voweled and the sukoon is presented when stopping, as in 
. If the end of the word has a fixed sukoon, the stop can only be with a sukoon, as the 
in .
If the end of the word was voweled and we are stopping on it with a presented sukoon, then there are five possible ways of stopping on it.
1. 
(the pure, unmixed sukoon)
2. 
(giving only 1/3 of a vowel count)-to be discussed later
3. 
(a dhammah of the two lips, with no sound)-to be discussed later
4. 
(deletion)
5. 
(substitution)
We we start by explaining then in the next lesson , insha’ Allah, to avoid confusion later when explaining some possibilities in the pure sukoon category.
Stopping with 
and What is Allowed With it
The linguistic definition of : The request
Its applied tajweed definition: Weakening of the sound with a vowel until most of its sound disappears with that weakening. It is also defined as using part of a vowel.
When discussing below, please note that we are addressing the vowel on the last letter of a word.
The scholars have determined that the weakening of the sound with a vowel, or reciting with part of a vowel is one third when stopping with . More is removed from the vowel than remains when reciting with. The sound is weakened due to the shortening of its time; the close listener can hear it, even if blind.
Stopping with can be on dhammah of conjugated (
) and fixed dhammahs (
) and can be on the kasrah of conjugated ( 
)and fixed kasrahs ( 
). It does not matter if the letter stopped on is without a shaddah, or with a shaddah, whether the last letter is a hamzah or not, or whether it as a tanween or not. If there is a tanween it must not be
1. “Maftoohah”; meaning it must not have a fat-h.
2. 
(a word with a tanween ending with alif maqsoora) , as in 
.
The tanween in both of these cases is changed into an alif when stopping. Again, it is not possible to stop on words ending with a tanween fat-h with .
cannot be on a fat-h whether it is conjugated or fixed and it also cannot be on a presented kasrah or dhammah put on a letter to get rid of the occurrence of two saakin letters juxtaposed.
Sheikh Ash-Shatabee in his prose: 
, described in the following way.
2  | 1. 1  |
| 1. And your “rawm” is listening to your vowel when stopping | 2. With a hidden sound every close one {can hear} |
The word that we are stopping on using , meaning giving the dhammah or kasrah on the last letter 1/3 of its normal vowel timing is treated as we do when continuing as far as tafkheem and tarqeeq of the letter 
, the counting of 
, and the observance of a qalqalah on the letters of qalqalah. In other words, there would only be two counts on , there would be no qalqalah on the letters of qalqalah, and the tafkheem or tarqeeq of the would depend on the vowel on the last letter.
