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assalamu a'laikum

I want to ask you about sakt, ishmam. thank's

wassalamu a'laikum

Answer

Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmatu Allahi wa barakatuh.

The is a breathless pause between two words (in the case of Hafs ‘an ‘Aasim by the way of Ash-Shaatibiyyah).  It can be within a word in  tareeq aT-Tayyibah.  To read more about the please click here.

   is the circling of the two lips like we do for a dhammah, without any sound, to indicate a dhammah either on the end of word as a way of stopping, or on the word in surah Yusuf.  To read more about  please click here.