Surat Al-Muzzammil (Arabic: سورة المزمل ) (The Enshrouded One, Bundled Up) is the 73rd sura of the Qur'an with 20 ayat. ...

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Surat Al-Ahqaf (Arabic: سورة الأحقاف ) (The Wind-curved Sandhills, The Dunes) is the 40th sura of the Qur'an with 35 ayat. ...

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Surat Al-Ala (Arabic: الاعلى al-Aʿlà, The Most High, Glory To Your Lord In The Highest) is the 87th sura of the Qur'an with 19 ayat. ...

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Surat Al-Hujraat (Arabic: سورة الحجرات ) (The Private Apartments, The Inner Apartments) is the 49th sura of the Qur'an with 18 ayat. ...

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Surat Al-Ghashiya (Arabic: الغاشية al-Ġāšiyä, The Overwhelming, The Pall) is the 88th sura of the Qur'an with 26 ayat. ...

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Surat at-Tawba (Arabic: سورة التوبة ) ("the Repentance") is the 9th sura of the Qur'an, with 129 ayat according to mainstream Islam and 127 ayat according to Quran Alone Muslims. It is one of the last Madinan suras. It is the only sura of the Qur'an that does not begin with the basmala. Instead, it begins: 9:1,2 A (declaration) of immunity from Allah and His Messenger, to those of the Pagans with whom ye have contracted mutual alliances: Go ye, then, for four months, backwards and forwards, (as ...

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Surat al-Fil (Arabic: سورة الفيل ) (The Elephant) is the 105th chapter of the Qur'an. It is a Makkan sura consisting of 5 ayat. It describes the incidents of the Year of the Elephant, the year when Muhammad was born. It forms a pair with the following sura, Quraish, reminding the Quraysh tribe who dominated Mecca of the favors that Allah had bestowed on them; indeed, it is said that in Ubayy ibn Ka'b's copy of the Qur'an they were written together as a single sura. The Kaaba was central to the life of Quraish, being a ...

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Sura:

Sura (Suraa). Sea of Wine.

(See also: Sura, Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

Sura:

Sura. God.

(See also: Sura, Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

Suras:

Suras. Gods.

(See also: Suras, Tantra, Tantra Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

a-sura:

a-sura. Demon; term arose when Diti's sons refused to drink the liquor (sura) offered by Varuni, daughter of Varuna.

(See also: a-sura, Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

Every chapter but one is preceded by the words Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim (listen). This is most frequently translated "In the Name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful." Interestingly, the Arabic words translated as "most gracious" (رحمان) and "most merciful" (رحيم) derive from the same triliteral (RHM; ر ح م), or "mercy." Grammatically, the form of the first word conveys magnitude, while that of the second conveys permanence. Therefore, the chapter openings may better be translated as "In the name of God, the ...

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Every chapter but one is preceded by the words Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim (listen). This is most frequently translated "In the Name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful." Interestingly, the Arabic words translated as "most gracious" (رحمان) and "most merciful" (رحيم) derive from the same triliteral (RHM; ر ح م), or "mercy." Grammatically, the form of the first word conveys magnitude, while that of the second conveys permanence. Therefore, the chapter openings may better be translated as "In the name of God, the ...

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The very word Qur'an is usually translated as "recital," indicating that it cannot exist as a mere text. It has always been transmitted orally as well as textually. To even be able to perform salat (prayer), a mandatory obligation in Islam, a Muslim is required to learn at least some suras of the Qur'an (typically starting with the first sura, al-Fatiha, known as the "seven oft-repeated verses," and the ...

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The very word Qur'an is usually translated as "recital," indicating that it cannot exist as a mere text. It has always been transmitted orally as well as textually. To even be able to perform salat (prayer), a mandatory obligation in Islam, a Muslim is required to learn at least some suras of the Qur'an (typically starting with the first sura, al-Fatiha, known as the "seven oft-repeated verses," and the ...

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Qur'an, Qur'an - Format of the Qur'an, Qur'an - The Qur'an for reading and recitation, Qur'an - The language of the Qur'an, Qur'an - Translation of the Qur'an, Qur'an - Stylistic attributes, Qur'an - The beginnings of the suras, Qur'an - The temporal order of Qur'anic verses, Qur'an - Similarities between the Qur'an and the Bible, Qur'an - Origin and development of the Qur'an, Qur'an - According to Islamic scholars, Qur'an - According to non-Muslim scholars, Qur'an - Interpretation of the Qur'an, Qur'an - 'Created' vs. 'uncreated' Qur'an, Qur'an - Qur'an recitation, Qur'an - Schools of recitation, Qur'an - The Qur'an and Islamic culture, Qur'an - Writing and printing the Qur'an

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The Qur'an mixes narrative, exhortation, and legal prescription. The suras frequently combine all these modes, not always in ways that seem obvious to the reader, but ones that are generally explainable. Muslims often point out that the uniqueness of the Qur'anic style supports belief in its divine origin. There are many repeated epithets (e.g. "Lord of the heavens and the earth"), sentences ("And when We said unto the angels: Prostrate yourselves before Adam, they fell prostrate, all save Iblis"), and even stories (such as the story ...

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The Qur'an mixes narrative, exhortation, and legal prescription. The suras frequently combine all these modes, not always in ways that seem obvious to the reader. Muslims often argue that the uniqueness of the Qur'anic style supports belief in its divine origin. There are many repeated epithets (e.g. "Lord of the heavens and the earth"), sentences ("And when We said unto the angels: Prostrate yourselves before Adam, they fell prostrate, all save Iblis"), and even stories (such as the story of Adam) in the Qur'an. Muslim scholars explain these repetitions as emphasizing and ex ...

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The Qur'an contains narrative, exhortation, and legal prescription. The suras frequently combine all these modes, not always in ways that seem obvious to the reader, but ones that are generally explainable. Muslims often point out that the uniqueness of the Qur'anic style supports belief in its divine origin. There are many repeated epithets (e.g. "Lord of the heavens and the earth"), sentences ("And when We said unto the angels: Prostrate yourselves before Adam, they fell prostrate, all save Iblis"), and even stories (such as the sto ...

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In addition to and largely independent of the division into suras, there are various ways of dividing the Qur'an into parts of approximately equal length for convenience in reading, recitation and memorization. The seven manazil (stations) and the thirty ajza' (parts) can be used to work through the entire Qur’an in a week or a month, one manzil or one juz' a day, respectively. A juz' is sometimes further divided into two ahzab (groups), and each ahzab is in turn subdivided into four quarters. A different structure is provided by the ruku'at, semantical u ...

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Before touching a copy of the Qur'an, or mushaf, a Muslim performs wudu (ablution or a ritual cleansing with water). This is based on tradition and a literal interpretation of sura 56:77-79: "That this is indeed a qur'an Most Honourable, In a Book well-guarded, Which none shall touch but those who are clean." Qur'an desecration means insulting the Qur'an by defiling or dismembering it. Muslims must always treat the book with reverence, and are forbidden, for instance, to pulp, recycle, or simply discard worn-out copies o ...

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Before touching a copy of the Qur'an, or mushaf, a Muslim performs wudu (ablution or a ritual cleansing with water). This is based on tradition and a literal interpretation of sura 56:77-79: "That this is indeed a qur'an Most Honourable, In a Book well-guarded, Which none shall touch but those who are clean." Qur'an desecration means insulting the Qur'an by defiling or dismembering it. Muslims must always treat the book with reverence, and are forbidden, for instance, to pulp, recycle, or simply discard worn-out copies o ...

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Qur'an, Qur'an - Format of the Qur'an, Qur'an - The Qur'an for reading and recitation, Qur'an - The language of the Qur'an, Qur'an - Translation of the Qur'an, Qur'an - Stylistic attributes, Qur'an - The beginnings of the suras, Qur'an - The temporal order of Qur'anic verses, Qur'an - Similarities between the Qur'an and the Bible, Qur'an - Origin and development of the Qur'an, Qur'an - According to Islamic scholars, Qur'an - According to non-Muslim scholars, Qur'an - Interpretation of the Qur'an, Qur'an - 'Created' vs. 'uncreated' Qur'an, Qur'an - Qur'an recitation, Qur'an - Schools of recitation, Qur'an - The Qur'an and Islamic culture, Qur'an - Writing and printing the Qur'an

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This is a topic of some controversy, since Islamic scholars proceed with the assumption that the Qur'an is a divine and uncorrupted text, while most secular scholars and non-Muslim scholars are more skeptical. Qur'an - According to Islamic scholars. Muhammad, according to tradition, could neither read nor write, but would simply recite what was revealed to him for his companions to write down and memorize. Adherents to Islam hold that the wording of the Qur'anic text available today corresponds exactly to that revealed to Muhammad himself: words o ...

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