The basic way to stop on a voweled word is pure Sukun (السُّكُون); one never stops with a full vowel. Rawm (الرَّوْم) and Ishmam (الإِشْمَام) are also allowed under their conditions. The ways of stopping are:
| Way | How | Applies to |
|---|---|---|
| Pure sukun | Remove the vowel entirely | All three vowels |
| Rawm | Pronouncing part of the vowel (about a third) in a faint voice heard by one nearby | Dammah and kasrah, not fathah |
| Ishmam | Rounding the lips right after the sukun, pointing to the dammah, without sound | Dammah only |
| Ibdal (الإِبْدَال) | Changing Tanwin with fathah into Alif, and Ta' Marbutah into a silent Ha' | Tanwin with fathah, and Ta' Marbutah |
Where Rawm and Ishmam are not used
- Ta' Marbutah stopped on as Ha', as in ﴿ٱلۡجَنَّةَالْجَنَّةَ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:35).
- The plural Mim, as in ﴿عَلَيۡهِمۡعَلَيْهِمْﵿ﴾ (Al-Fatihah 1:7) and ﴿عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلذِّلَّةُعَلَيْهِمُ الذِّلَّةُ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:61).
- A temporary vowel, as in ﴿قُمِ ٱلَّيۡلَقُمِ الَّيْلَ﴾ (Al-Muzzammil 73:2) when stopping on قم.
- A letter with fathah.
Stopping according to the script
Stopping follows the Rasm 'Uthmani (الرَّسْم العُثْمَانِيّ): what is written is pronounced at a stop, and what is omitted is omitted. So one stops on ﴿لَّٰكِنَّا۠لٰكِنَّا۠﴾ (Al-Kahf 18:38), ﴿ٱلظُّنُونَا۠الظُّنُوْنَا﴾ (Al-Ahzab 33:10), ﴿ٱلرَّسُولَا۠الرَّسُوْلَا﴾ (Al-Ahzab 33:66), ﴿ٱلسَّبِيلَا۠السَّبِيْلَا﴾ (Al-Ahzab 33:67) and ﴿إِنِّيٓ أَنَا۠اِنِّيْٓ اَنَا﴾ (Taha 20:12) with the Alif, which is dropped when joining. Words whose Ya is omitted in writing are stopped on without Ya, as in ﴿يَسۡرِيَسْرِ﴾ (Al-Fajr 89:4). For Hafs, ﴿ءَاتَىٰنِۦَ ٱللَّهُاٰتٰىنِۦَ اللّٰهُ﴾ (An-Naml 27:36) is excepted: at a stop there are two ways, with a silent Ya or without it.
In ﴿سَلَٰسِلَاْسَلٰسِلَا۠﴾ (Al-Insan 76:4) there are two ways at a stop: with Alif or with sukun. The first ﴿قَوَارِيرَا۠قَوَارِيْرَا۠﴾ (Al-Insan 76:15) is stopped on with Alif, and the second ﴿قَوَارِيرَاْقَوَارِيْرَا۠﴾ (Al-Insan 76:16) with sukun.