U+06D6 "ۖ" Arabic Small High Ligature Sad with Lam with Alef Maksura Unicode Character

U+06D6 "ۖ" Arabic Small High Ligature Sad with Lam with Alef Maksura is a Quranic annotation symbol used in Arabic script to represent a specific orthographic ligature that combines the letters sad (ص), lam (ل), and alef maksura (ى) in a compact, elevated form, typically appearing above the baseline of the text. It functions as a diacritical mark in the Uthmani script style of Quranic manuscripts, where it helps indicate a word or phrase that is to be recited or written in a particular, often shortened, manner during the oral recitation of the Quran. This character is part of the Arabic Supplement block in Unicode and is not used in standard Arabic writing, but rather serves a specialized religious and typographic purpose in preserving the traditional calligraphic and phonetic nuances of the holy text.