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Question

Assalumualikum
I need to know two things.
The first one is that when we stop between an aayah like a long aaya, our breath if broken I have been told that we would make the last letter with vowel into a sukoon (when stopping) . If this is correct what type of waqf is this called. And if we stop on it then do we have to join it with the letter preceding when reading further or we say that yes we have converted it into a sukoon so start from next word?
Second in the last para (juz’ 30) there are many verses in which there is a waqf and then the next word starts with a 'wow mushaddadah'. If we stop at waqf  then either we could repeat the last word and join it with the 'wow mushaddadah' or we could read it without joining it with wow mushaddadah.(i.e. we are reading only one wow in this case)? The third option would be not to stop at waqf and continue reading in one breath which I know is correct. One verse for example is 'surah inshqaq aayah 8,9 and11, 12'.
JazakAllah  

Answer

Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmatu Allahi wa barakatuh.

When stopping in the middle of an aayah because of running out of breath it is called a compelled stop, .  When we are forced to stop like this and then want to start again, we usually need to go back one or two words to convey the correct meaning and not start in the middle of a phrase or on a word that would convey the opposite meaning.  The last letter of the word stopped on would be read with its vowel when continuing reading and joining it with the preceding word. Please also see the following: http://www.abouttajweed.com/al-waqf_1.htm

The markings at the beginnings of aayah reflect the rules that would be applied if joining the previous aayah with the beginning of the next.  This does not change the fact that stopping on the ends of aayaat is sunnah and therefore preferred.  Some musaahif write in a shaddah on the letters  and  when there is merging of the  or tanween into either of the two letters, but it is more correct for this shaddah not to be present because the merging is not complete.  The characteristic of the ghunnah that is an inherent part of the  remains.  The Medinah print copy of the Qur’an does not write in a shaddah on incomplete merging as seen in the following examples: 

Wa iyyakum wa-l-muslimeen