Hafs reads 'bi-shihābin' with tanween, making the two words an apposition or noun-adjective pair. The variant drops the tanween to read 'bi-shihābi', forming an Idafah (genitive/possessive construct) meaning 'a firebrand of a flame'.

The variant reads with takhfif (no shaddah) on 'ala', changing it from a negative purpose clause ('so that they would not') to an interrogative/urging particle ('how can they not' or 'why do they not').

The Hafs reading uses 2nd person plural verbs starting with the letter Ta (ت) addressing 'you', while the variant uses 3rd person plural verbs starting with the letter Ya (ي) referring to 'they'.

The prefix letters on both verbs change from tā' (ت) to yā' (ي) by shifting the dots from above to below, changing the grammatical person from second person plural ('you') to third person plural ('they').

The verbs change from the first person plural (indicated by the Nun prefix) meaning 'We shall attack/say' to the second person plural (indicated by the Ta prefix) meaning 'you shall attack/tell'.

The vowel on the hamza changes from a fatha (annā - that We) to a kasra (innā - Indeed We). This changes the syntax from a nominal clause explaining the 'outcome' to an independent, explanatory statement emphasizing the action.

The prefix changes from a 'yaa' (third person) to a 'taa' (second person), shifting the address from 'they associate' to 'you associate'.

The prefix letter changes from 'ta' to 'ya', shifting the verb from the second person ('you') to the third person ('they').

The variant adds a shadda to the dhal, reflecting the assimilation of an original prefix 'ta' (tatadhakkarūna becomes tadhdhakkarūna). This morphological intensification shifts the meaning from a simple action ('take heed') to a continuous or emphasized one ('constantly remember').

The initial letter changes from a 'ba' (with one dot below) to a 'nun' (with one dot above), altering the description of the winds from bringing 'good news' to being 'revivers' or spreaders.

The plural 'winds' (al-riyah) changes to the singular 'wind' (al-rih), and 'good news' (bushran) changes to 'revivers/spreading' (nushuran) due to differences in dots, vowels, and the removal of the alif.

The variant changes 'winds' (plural) to 'wind' (singular) by removing the alif, and alters 'bushran' (good news) to 'nushran' (revival/spreading) by changing the dot of the ba to a nun.

The verb shifts from Form VI (iddāraka) meaning 'arrested' or 'confused', to Form IV (adraka) meaning 'attained' or 'grasped', fundamentally changing the description of their knowledge regarding the Hereafter.

The variant drops the interrogative particle (hamzah), changing the second clause from a question to an emphatic declarative statement. The question is instead established solely in the first clause.

Hafs includes the interrogative hamza (أَ) at the beginning, making the first clause a direct question ('Is it when...'). The variant omits this interrogative particle, rendering the clause as a conditional statement ('When...') that leads into the question in the subsequent clause.

The verb changes from 2nd person Form IV 'you make hear' (تُسۡمِعُ) to 3rd person Form I 'hears' (يَسۡمَعُ). Consequently, 'the deaf' changes from being the accusative object (ٱلصُّمَّ) to the nominative subject (ٱلصُّمُّ).

Hafs reads 'bi-hādī' (a guide) as an active participle with the preposition 'bi'. The variant reads 'tahdī' (you guide), a second-person verb. Both words share the exact same Uthmani rasm (بهدى), differing only in the diacritical dots (one dot below for Ba vs two dots above for Ta). Consequently, the variant also alters the grammatical case of the following word to accusative ('al-ʿumya') and changes 'ḍalālatihim' to 'ḍalālihim'.

The vowel on the hamza changes from a fatha (anna) to a kasra (inna). This shifts the grammatical structure from a subordinate explanatory clause ('saying that the people...') to a new, independent declarative sentence ('Indeed, mankind...').

The prefix changes from ta- (second person) to ya- (third person), shifting the subject from 'you' to 'they'.

In Hafs, 'fazaʿin' is read with tanween (kasratan) as an indefinite noun, with 'yawmaʾidhin' acting as an adverb (terror, on that day). In the variant, it is read as 'fazaʿi' with a single kasrah, forming an Iḍāfah (genitive/possessive construction) with the following word (the terror of that day).

The prefix letter changes from a 'ta' (two dots above) to a 'ya' (two dots below), shifting the pronoun from the second person plural ('you do') to the third person plural ('they do').