Is it permissible to pause at the words of Allah the Exalted: "Woe to the worshippers," and is it a verse independent of what follows it, or part of a verse?

The Shaykh : Is this a verse independent of what follows it, or one verse? Who knows? Please, come up.
The student: One.

The Shaykh : One verse. When did you last review the mushaf?
The student: ... .

The Shaykh : No, let us leave the meaning aside. "Woe to the worshippers"—is this the verse "who are heedless of their prayer" a second verse, or are they one verse?
The student: One verse.

The Shaykh : One verse. You have not reviewed the mushaf in a long time. Rest now. Well, he did not know. Apparently, you gave half the answer. Come on, please, what is it?
The student: Two verses.

The Shaykh : Two verses? Two verses, I see.
The student: A conjunction.

The Shaykh : No, my brother, there is no conjunction. It is separated, and there is a mark for it. Well done.
Here is a question: Do we read it according to what is in the mushaf, meaning we say and then say , or do we connect them and say ? Yes, please.
The student: We connect them.

The Shaykh : We connect them. May Allah reward you. This is the opinion. The second opinion is...
The student: ... .

The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: ... .

The Shaykh : Ah, you pause and then repeat it a second time to connect it? No, do not torment yourself. Connect it once and rest. Who knows? Please.
The student: We do not connect them.

The Shaykh : We do not connect them, but we pause and say , is that right?
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : Or do we not read, meaning do we conclude al-Ma'un with this verse?
The student: We pause and then continue.

The Shaykh : Well, rest. In any case, some people say do not pause, because if you say "Woe to the worshippers" and stop, based on it being the beginning of a verse, there is a problem. Rather, you must say: and connect it.
And some scholars say no, my brother, who revealed the verses? Allah the Mighty and Majestic. Who places the verse in its place? The Messenger says, "Place this verse in such a place."
So these are two verses, and you may say . And you may pause, because the beginnings of all verses are places for pausing, whether the meaning is disconnected or not. Now, if I told you "Woe to the worshippers" and you stopped, your mind would be preoccupied: how? How is the woe for the worshippers? And you would remain eager to the utmost for what follows. And in that case, the pause has a great benefit. What is the benefit? That when a person hears "Woe to the worshippers" and the silence, he says, "Glory be to Allah, woe to the worshippers, there must be something there." So when "who are heedless of their prayer" comes, it is like cold water on the liver of a thirsty person. Do you understand now? And yet, connecting them is permissible, but the one who pauses is not blamed. It is not said to a person, "Why do you pause when the verse after it is connected to it?" We say, "There is no harm." Do we not pause in al-Fatihah and say: . They are all connected to one another, and yet we pause at every verse. Well, So we have known the difference between "in their prayer" and "from their prayer."