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In most cases where later forms of Arabic and interpretations of the QCT would have a hamzah (the letter ء, in later Arabic used to represent the glottal stop) the Qur’an does not spell word with a hamzah in any position.  The orthography of the QCT seems to indicate a total lack of the glottal stop in all cases save one:

1. Post consonantal mid-word hamzahs are just not written: يسأل  “he asks” is spelled يسل with no hamzah, أفئدة  “benefits” is written افده.

2 The sequence u/a ‘ u with a long u is written with a single waw و:

رؤوس  “heads” is written روس   

رؤوف “compassionate” is written روف  

3. Final long a followed by a hamzah is written without the hamzah, so أبناء “sons” is written ابنا  .