SEKTE VE KIRÂAT İLMİNDEKİ YERİ

Abstract

The word Saktah is used in different meanings in different fields withits dictionary and term meanings. In the basic meaning of Saktah, there is the practice of interrupting speech, singing, tune, reciting, life, and the flow of a functioning organ for a while. The field in which it is famous in term meaning is the science of Qirâat. Saktah means, “to cut the sound for a short time without breathing” during the pronunciation and vocalization of a word or letter in the recitation of the Qur'an. Saktah is applied between two letters in a word as well as between two words. However, there is no consensus among the Qirâat Imams on where and in which situations the saktah is applied. 
 It is known that Saktah is a phenomenon that is completely related to vocalization and phonetic difference. Reasonable, linguistic and phonetic reasons such as preventing semantic error sand providing a more distinct pronunciation of letters are shown as there as on for the implementation of Saktah. All these determinations bring to the agenda the place of the saktah in the science of Qirâat along with the nature of the saktah. Considering the fact that saktah is not obligatory in practice, and there a son sand evidences of saktah are taken in to account, it becomes difficult to say that saktah is a completely tewkîfî practice. For this reason, the subject of the study is the issue of saktah and its place in the science of Qirâat.