The variant uses Form II (yughashshī) with a shadda (tashdeed) instead of Hafs's Form IV (yughshī), which shifts the verb's form to indicate intensification, meaning to cover completely or tightly.

Hafs reads in the nominative case (marfu'), conjoining the words to 'gardens' (jannatun). The variant reads them in the genitive case (majrur), conjoining them to 'vines' (a'nabin), meaning 'gardens of vines, of vegetation, and of date-palms'.

The prefix changes from Nun (first-person plural) to Ya (third-person singular), shifting the subject from 'We' to 'He' due to a difference in diacritical dots on the initial letter.

The variant drops the interrogative hamzah (أَ), changing the second part of the sentence from a question ('shall we indeed') to a definitive statement ('we will really be').

The variant omits the interrogative particle (hamza) at the beginning of the word, changing the first clause from a question ('Is it when...') to a declarative statement ('When...').

The diacritical shift in the prefix from 'ya' (two dots below) to 'ta' (two dots above) changes the verb from third-person plural ('they heat') to second-person plural ('you burn/heat').

The vowel on the letter Sad changes from a damma in Hafs to a fatha in the variant, changing the verb from the passive voice (they were kept away) to the active voice (they barred others).

The reading shifts from the Form IV verb 'yuthbitu' (He confirms) to the Form II verb 'yuthabbitu' (He firmly keeps). The consonantal skeleton remains the same, but the change in vowels and the addition of a shaddah intensify the meaning of the action.

The word changes from the plural 'al-kuffār' (the disbelievers) to the singular 'al-kāfir' (the denier). Both words share the identical consonantal skeleton (الكفر) in the Uthmani script; the variation relies purely on the vowels and the placement of the dagger alif.