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Stopping allowed, continuing better.
Also known as: Sala mark, Continuing is preferable
The Qur'anic pausal mark showing that a stop is permitted at that point but that continuing is the better reading.
Permits a stop while marking continuation as the preferred reading.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Religion
An abbreviation of the phrase al-waṣl awlā written as a mark, so the notation is a compressed sentence rather than an arbitrary sign — the same device as the Tamil word-signs and the Arabic honorifics.
Contexts: Language and transcription, Religion
A short ligature of three letters, ṣād-lām-alif, set above the line as a single compact group.