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همزة القطع

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So-called “cutting Hamza”. This hamza represents a distinct glottal stop that is always pronounced and written, regardless of its position or whether it follows another word in connected speech.

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License to Spell

In intelligence, precision is paramount - even in spelling. A misplaced همزة can distort meaning and expose linguistic incompetence, as the CIA learned in an Arabic recruitment flyer.
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Cutting the Qiblah

The direction of prayer should not be interrupted - at least not in the written form of the Arabic word.