The word · The Qur’an
السَّكْتَة
Saktah
A brief silence held without taking a breath, then the recitation carries straight on.
Also written · Sakta · Sakt · Saktah Hafs · Sakta in Quran · brief pause · silent pause · Saktat · Sakta Hafs · pause without breath
The meaning
What Saktah means in Islam
It keeps two words from running together in a way that could mislead the ear. In the Hafs reading there are four of them, in al-Kahf, Ya-Sin, al-Qiyamah and al-Mutaffifin, and the mushaf marks each with a small seen. Other readings place their pauses differently.
Evidence · Sunnah · Established in the authentic Sunnah
Read beside it
Words that sit beside it
- Waqf (in recitation)Where you stop while reciting, and where you may not, shown by small letters above the line.الوَقْف
- Hafs an AsimThe reading found in most printed mushafs today, transmitted by Hafs from his teacher Asim of Kufa.حَفْصٌ عَنْ عاصِم
- TajwidThe rules for pronouncing the Qur'an correctly: each letter from its place, with its proper qualities.التَّجْويد
More from The Qur’an
- Al-Ahruf as-Sab'ahThe seven modes in which the Qur'an was revealed, an ease for the community; what a mode is stays disputed.الأَحْرُفُ السَّبْعَة
- HifzMemorising the Qur'an by heart, traditionally with a teacher who hears you every day.الحِفْظ
- IzharPronouncing a nun sakinah or tanwin clearly, with no nasal hum, before one of six throat letters.الإِظْهار
- MufassalThe last stretch of the Qur'an, from about Surah Qaf to the end, made up of shorter surahs.المُفَصَّل
- QariA reciter of the Qur'an; in the classical sense, one trained and certified in a particular reading.القارِئ
- TadabburSlow reflection on the Qur'an, letting a verse work on you instead of passing over it.التَّدَبُّر