Hizb

<i>Juz'</i>

Juz'

Any of the 30 parts of the Quran

A juzʼ (Arabic: جُزْءْ; pl.: أَجْزَاءْ, ajzāʼ;[1] lit. 'part') is one of thirty parts of varying lengths into which the Quran is divided.[2][3] It is also known as parah (Persian: پَارَه) in Iran and subsequently the Indian subcontinent. There are 30 ajzāʼ in the Quran, also known as سِپَارَہ – sipārah (in Persian si means 30) (thirty parts).

Division into ajzāʼ has no relevance to the meaning of the Qurʼān and anyone can start reading[4] from anywhere in the Qurʼān.[5] During medieval times, when it was too costly for most Muslims to purchase a manuscript, copies of the Qurʼān were kept in mosques and made accessible to people; these copies frequently took the form of a series of thirty parts (juzʼ).[6] Some use these divisions to facilitate recitation of the Qurʼān in a month—such as during the Islamic month of Ramadan,[2][3] when the entire Qurʼān is recited in the Tarawih prayers, typically at the rate of one juzʼ a night.[citation needed]

Subdivisions

Distribution of Surahs by Juz', with the length of the bar corresponding to a Surah being proportionate to the number of letters of the Surahs in the Juz' divided by the total number of letters in the Juz'.

Most Juz' are named after the first word of the first verse of the Juz'.[7] Each Juz' is divided into two Hizb (lit. "two groups", plural: Aḥzāb). Therefore, there are 60 Hizbs in the Quran.

Each Hizb is subdivided into four quarters called Maqraʼ (lit. "reading"), making eight quarters per Juz'. There are 240 Maqraʼs in the Quran. The Maqraʼ are often used as practical sections for revision when memorizing the Quran.[8]

The most commonly memorized Juz' is Juzʼ Amma, the 30th Juz', containing chapters (Surahs) 78 through 114, with most of the shortest chapters of the Quran.

List

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Hizbs

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See also

References

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    Farhad, Massumeh. "Art of Quran Preview" (PDF). Smithsonian Institution. p. 31. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
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    "BBC - Religions - Islam: The Qur'an". BBC. 14 July 2011. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
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    "Quran Technical Observations". eweb.furman.edu. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
  4. [4]
    Tartil Juz 30
  5. [5]
    Qurʼān divisions
  6. [6]
    Déroche, François (2006). Rippin, Andrew (ed.). The Blackwell Companion to the Qur'an. Oxford: John Wiley & Sons. p. 180. ISBN 9781405178440.
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    ORGANIZATION OF THE QUR'AN by M. Amir Ali ilaam.net
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    Razavian, Seiied Mohammad Javad (22 December 2017). "The quran Package" (PDF). Harvey Mudd College. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
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    They are found at the start of twenty nine of the one hundred and fourteen Surahs. The exact significance is unknown but Quranic exegesis (Tafsir) has interpreted them as names or qualities of God or content of the respective Surah.
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