The verb changes from Form IV with a damma on the ya (li-yudilla, meaning 'to lead others astray') to Form I with a fatha on the ya (li-yadilla, meaning 'to stray oneself').

Hafs reads with a shaddah on the meem (amman, combining 'am' and 'man'), meaning 'Or is he who'. The variant reads without a shaddah (a-man, combining the interrogative 'a' and 'man'), meaning 'Is he who' or 'What about one who'.

The word changes from the singular 'servant' ('abdahu) to the plural 'servants' ('ibadahu), expanding the meaning from referring specifically to the Prophet to encompassing all true servants of Allah.

The variant adds an Alif (often represented as a dagger Alif in the Uthmani script), changing the word from the singular 'makanatikum' (your position/ability, translated here as 'able') to the plural 'makanaatikum' (your positions).

The verb changes from the active 'qada' (He decreed) to the passive 'qudiya' (was decreed). Consequently, in the Arabic text, 'death' (al-mawt) changes from the accusative object to the nominative subject of the passive verb.

The verb changes from the passive voice 'turjaʿūna' (you will be returned) to the active voice 'tarjiʿūna' (you return) through a change in the diacritical vowels.

The variant (read by Hamzah, Al-Kisa'i, Khalaf, and Shu'bah) adds an alif to read the noun in the plural form 'mafāzāt' (places of triumph/safety), whereas Hafs reads it in the singular form 'mafāzah'.

The Hafs reading uses the singular noun 'mafāzatihim' (place of safety/triumph), whereas the variant reading adds an Alif to make it the plural noun 'mafāzātihim' (places of triumph).

The variant reads with a shadda on the letter ta' (Form II), which conveys an intensive or extensive action ('opened wide' or 'flung open'). Hafs reads without the shadda (Form I), indicating a simple opening.

The variant adds a shadda to the letter ta', changing the verb to Form II, which intensifies the action from 'opened' to 'opened wide'.