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 edit
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 edit
| Juz' | Hizb (1/2 part) | Surahs (from chapter - to chapter) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name (Āyah - verse begins with) | ||||
| Arabic | English | Meaning[citation needed] | |||
| 1 | (آلم (آ-ل-م | Alīf-Lām-Mīm | These letters are called Muqatta’at (disjoined or disconnected letters).[9] | 1 | Al-Fatiha (1:1) - Al-Baqarah (2:74) |
| 2 | Al-Baqarah (2:75) - Al-Baqarah (2:141) | ||||
| 2 | سَيَقُولُ | Sayaqūlu | "Will (they) say" | 3 | Al-Baqarah (2:142) - Al-Baqarah (2:202) |
| 4 | Al-Baqarah (2:203) - Al-Baqarah (2:252) | ||||
| 3 | تِلْكَ ٱلْرُّسُلُ | Tilka ’r-Rusulu | "These are the Messengers" | 5 | Al-Baqarah (2:253) - Āl ‘Imrān (3:14) |
| 6 | Āl ‘Imrān (3:15) - Āl ‘Imrān (3:92) | ||||
| 4 | لن تنالوا | Lan Tana Lu | "You will not get" | 7 | Āl ‘Imrān (3:93) - Āl ‘Imrān (3:170) |
| 8 | Āl ‘Imrān (3:171) - An-Nisā’ (4:23) | ||||
| 5 | وَٱلْمُحْصَنَاتُ | Wa’l-muḥṣanātu | "And prohibited are the ones who are married" | 9 | An-Nisā’ (4:24) - An-Nisā’ (4:87) |
| 10 | An-Nisā’ (4:88) - An-Nisā’ (4:147) | ||||
| 6 | لَا يُحِبُّ ٱللهُ | Lā yuḥibbu-’llāhu | "God does not like" | 11 | An-Nisā’ (4:148) - Al-Mā’idah (5:26) |
| 12 | Al-Mā’idah (5:27) - Al-Mā’idah (5:82) | ||||
| 7 | وَإِذَا سَمِعُوا | Wa ’Idha Samiʿū | "And when they hear" | 13 | Al-Mā’idah (5:83) - Al-An‘ām (6:35) |
| 14 | Al-An‘ām (6:36) - Al-An‘ām (6:110) | ||||
| 8 | وَلَوْ أَنَّنَا | Wa-law annanā | "And (even) if (that) we had" | 15 | Al-An‘ām (6:111) - Al-An‘ām (6:165) |
| 16 | Al-A‘rāf (7:1) - Al-A‘rāf (7:87) | ||||
| 9 | قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ | Qāla ’l-mala’u | "Said the chiefs (eminent ones)" | 17 | Al-A‘rāf (7:88) - Al-A‘rāf (7:170) |
| 18 | Al-A‘rāf (7:171) - Al-Anfāl (8:40) | ||||
| 10 | وَٱعْلَمُواْ | Wa-’aʿlamū | "And (you) know" | 19 | Al-Anfāl (8:41) - At-Tawbah (9:33) |
| 20 | At-Tawbah (9:34) - At-Tawbah (9:93) | ||||
| 11 | يَعْتَذِرُونَ | Yaʿtazerūn | "Only the way (for blame)" | 21 | At-Tawbah (9:94) - Yũnus (10:25) |
| 22 | Yũnus (10:26) - Hūd (11:5) | ||||
| 12 | وَمَا مِنْ دَآبَّةٍ | Wa mā min dābbatin | "And there is no creature" | 23 | Hūd (11:6) - Hūd (11:83) |
| 24 | Hūd (11:84) - Yūsuf (12:52) | ||||
| 13 | وَمَا أُبَرِّئُ | Wa mā ubarri’u | "And I do not acquit" | 25 | Yūsuf (12:53) - Ar-Ra‘d (13:18) |
| 26 | Ar-Ra‘d (13:19) - Ibrahim (14:52) | ||||
| 14 | رُبَمَا | Alīf-Lām-Rā’/ Rubamā | Unknown | 27 | Al-Hijr (15:1) - An-Naḥl (16:50) |
| 28 | An-Naḥl (16:51) - An-Naḥl (16:128) | ||||
| 15 | سُبْحَانَ ٱلَّذِى | Subḥāna ’lladhī | "Exalted is the One (God) is who " | 29 | Al-Isrā’ (17:1) - Al-Isrā’ (17:98) |
| 30 | Al-Isrā’ (17:99) - Al-Kahf (18:74) | ||||
| 16 | قَالَ أَلَمْ | Qāla ’alam | "He (Al-Khidr) said: Did not" | 31 | Al-Kahf (18:75) - Maryam (19:98) |
| 32 | Ṭā Hā (20:1) - Ṭā Hā (20:135) | ||||
| 17 | ٱقْتَرَبَ لِلْنَّاسِ | Iqtaraba li’n-nāsi | "Has (the time of) approached for Mankind (people)" | 33 | Al-Anbiyāʼ (21:1) - Al-Anbiyāʼ (21:112) |
| 34 | ِAl-Ḥajj (22:1) - Al-Ḥajj (22:78) | ||||
| 18 | قَدْ أَفْلَحَ | Qad ’aflaḥa | "Indeed (Certainly) successful" | 35 | Al-Muʼminūn (23:1) - An-Nūr (24:20) |
| 36 | An-Nūr (24:21) - Al-Furqān (25:20) | ||||
| 19 | وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ | Wa-qāla ’lladhīna | "And said those who" | 37 | Al-Furqān (25:21) - Ash-Shu‘arā’ (26:110) |
| 38 | Ash-Shu‘arā’ (26:111) - An-Naml (27:59) | ||||
| 20 | أَمَّنْ خَلَقَ | ’A’man Khalaqa | "Is He Who created…" | 39 | An-Naml (27:60) - Al-Qaṣaṣ (28:50) |
| 40 | Al-Qaṣaṣ (28:51) - Al-‘Ankabūt (29:44) | ||||
| 21 | أُتْلُ مَاأُوْحِیَ | Otlu ma oohiya | "Recite, [O Muhammad], what has been revealed to you" | 41 | Al-‘Ankabūt (29:45) - Luqmān (31:21) |
| 42 | Luqmān (31:22) - Al-Aḥzāb (33:30) | ||||
| 22 | وَمَنْ يَّقْنُتْ | Wa-man yaqnut | "And whoever is obedient (devoutly obeys)" | 43 | Al-Aḥzāb (33:31) - Saba’ (34:23) |
| 44 | Saba’ (34:24) - Yā Sīn (36:21) | ||||
| 23 | وَمَآ لي | Wa-Mali | "And what happened to me" | 45 | Yā Sīn (36:22) - Aṣ-Ṣāffāt (37:144) |
| 46 | Aṣ-Ṣāffāt (37:145) - Az-Zumar (39:31) | ||||
| 24 | فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ | Fa-man ’aẓlamu | "So who is more unjust" | 47 | Az-Zumar (39:32) - Ghāfir (40:40) |
| 48 | Ghāfir (40:41) - Fuṣṣilat (41:46) | ||||
| 25 | إِلَيْهِ يُرَدُّ | Ilayhi yuraddu | "To Him (God) alone is attributed" | 49 | Fuṣṣilat (41:47) - Az-Zukhruf (43:23) |
| 50 | Az-Zukhruf (43:24) - Al-Jāthiyah (45:37) | ||||
| 26 | حم | Ḥā’ Mīm | "Known to God or Ha Meem" | 51 | Al-Aḥqāf (46:1) - Al-Fatḥ (48:17) |
| 52 | Al-Fatḥ (48:18) - Adh-Dhāriyāt (51:30) | ||||
| 27 | قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُم | Qāla fa-mā khaṭbukum | He (Ibrahim A.S.) said: "Then what is your business (mission) here" | 53 | Adh-Dhāriyāt (51:31) - Al-Qamar (54:55) |
| 54 | Ar-Raḥmān (55:1) - Al-Ḥadīd (57:29) | ||||
| 28 | قَدْ سَمِعَ ٱللهُ | Qad samiʿa ’llāhu | "Indeed has God heard" | 55 | Al-Mujādilah (58:1) - Aṣ-Ṣaff (61:14) |
| 56 | Al-Jumu`ah (62:1) - At-Taḥrīm (66:12) | ||||
| 29 | تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى | Tabāraka ’lladhī | "Blessed is He (God)" | 57 | Al-Mulk (67:1) - Nūḥ (71:28) |
| 58 | Al-Jinn (72:1) - Al-Mursalāt (77:50) | ||||
| 30 | عَمَّ | ‘Amma | "About what" | 59 | An-Nabaʼ (78:1) - Aṭ-Ṭāriq (86:17) |
| 60 | Al-Aʻlā (87:1) - An-Nās (114:6) | ||||
Hizbs edit
| Ḥizb Number: | 1st Quarter | 2nd Quarter | 3rd Quarter | 4th Quarter | Total: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 32 (1:1-2:25) | 18 (2:26-2:43) | 16 (2:44-2:59) | 15 (2:60-2:74) | 81 |
| 2 | 17 (2:75-2:91) | 14 (2:92-2:105) | 18 (2:106-2:123) | 18 (2:124-2:141) | 67 |
| 3 | 16 (2:142-2:157) | 19 (2:158-2:176) | 12 (2:177-2:188) | 14 (2:189-2:202) | 61 |
| 4 | 16 (2:203-2:218) | 14 (2:219-2:232) | 10 (2:233-2:242) | 10 (2:243-2:252) | 50 |
| 5 | 10 (2:253-2:262) | 9 (2:263-2:271) | 11 (2:272-2:282) | 18 (2:283-3:14) | 48 |
| 6 | 18 (3:15-3:32) | 19 (3:33-3:51) | 23 (3:52-3:74) | 18 (3:75-3:92) | 78 |
| 7 | 20 (3:93-3:112) | 20 (3:113-3:132) | 20 (3:133-3:152) | 18 (3:153-3:170) | 78 |
| 8 | 15 (3:171-3:185) | 15 (3:186-3:200) | 11 (4:1-4:11) | 12 (4:12-4:23) | 53 |
| 9 | 12 (4:24-4:35) | 22 (4:36-4:57) | 16 (4:58-4:73) | 14 (4:74-4:87) | 64 |
| 10 | 12 (4:88-4:99) | 14 (4:100-4:113) | 21 (4:114-4:134) | 13 (4:135-4:147) | 60 |
| 11 | 15 (4:148-4:162) | 14 (4:163-4:176) | 11 (5:1-5:11) | 15 (5:12-5:26) | 55 |
| 12 | 14 (5:27-5:40) | 10 (5:41-5:50) | 16 (5:51-5:66) | 15 (5:67-5:82) | 55 |
| 13 | 15 (5:83-5:96) | 12 (5:97-5:108) | 24 (5:109-6:12) | 23 (6:13-6:35) | 74 |
| 14 | 23 (6:36-6:58) | 15 (6:59-6:73) | 21 (6:74-6:94) | 16 (6:95-6:110) | 75 |
| 15 | 16 (6:111-6:126) | 14 (6:127-6:140) | 10 (6:141-6:150) | 15 (6:151-6:165) | 55 |
| 16 | 30 (7:1-7:30) | 16 (7:31-7:46) | 18 (7:47-7:64) | 23 (7:65-7:87) | 87 |
| 17 | 29 (7:88-7:116) | 25 (7:117-7:141) | 14 (7:142-7:155) | 15 (7:156-7:170) | 83 |
| 18 | 18 (7:171-7:188) | 18 (7:189-7:206) | 21 (8:1-8:21) | 19 (8:22-8:40) | 76 |
| 19 | 20 (8:41-8:60) | 15 (8:61-8:75) | 18 (9:1-9:18) | 15 (9:19-9:33) | 68 |
| 20 | 12 (9:34-9:45) | 14 (9:46-9:59) | 15 (9:60-9:74) | 18 (9:75-9:92) | 59 |
| 21 | 18 (9:93-9:110) | 11 (9:111-9:121) | 18 (9:122-10:10) | 15 (10:11-10:25) | 62 |
| 22 | 27 (10:26-10:52) | 18 (10:53-10:70) | 19 (10:71-10:89) | 25 (10:90-11:5) | 89 |
| 23 | 18 (11:6-11:23) | 17 (11:24-11:40) | 20 (11:41-11:60) | 23 (11:61-11:83) | 78 |
| 24 | 24 (11:84-11:107) | 22 (11:108-12:6) | 23 (12:7-12:29) | 23 (12:30-12:52) | 92 |
| 25 | 24 (12:53-12:76) | 24 (12:77-12:100) | 15 (12:101-13:4) | 14 (13:5-13:18) | 77 |
| 26 | 16 (13:19-13:34) | 18 (13:35-14:9) | 18 (14:10-14:27) | 25 (14:28-14:52) | 77 |
| 27 | 48 (15:1-15:48) | 51 (15:49-15:99) | 29 (16:1-16:29) | 21 (16:30-16:50) | 149 |
| 28 | 24 (16:51-16:74) | 15 (16:75-16:89) | 21 (16:90-16:110) | 18 (16:111-16:128) | 78 |
| 29 | 22 (17:1-17:22) | 27 (17:23-17:49) | 20 (17:50-17:69) | 29 (17:70-17:98) | 98 |
| 30 | 29 (17:99-18:16) | 15 (18:17-18:31) | 19 (18:32-18:50) | 24 (18:51-18:74) | 87 |
| 31 | 24 (18:75-18:98) | 33 (18:99-19:21) | 37 (19:22-19:58) | 40 (19:59-19:98) | 134 |
| 32 | 54 (20:1-20:54) | 28 (20:55-20:82) | 28 (20:83-20:110) | 25 (20:111-20:135) | 135 |
| 33 | 28 (21:1-21:28) | 22 (21:29-21:50) | 32 (21:51-21:82) | 30 (21:83-21:112) | 112 |
| 34 | 18 (22:1-22:19) | 19 (22:20-22:37) | 22 (22:38-22:59) | 19 (22:60-22:78) | 78 |
| 35 | 35 (23:1-23:35) | 39 (23:36-23:74) | 44 (23:75-23:118) | 20 (24:1-24:20) | 138 |
| 36 | 14 (24:21-24:34) | 18 (24:35-24:52) | 12 (24:53-24:64) | 20 (25:1-25:20) | 64 |
| 37 | 32 (25:21-25:52) | 25 (25:53-25:77) | 51 (26:1-26:51) | 59 (26:52-26:110) | 167 |
| 38 | 70 (26:111-26:180) | 47 (26:181-26:227) | 26 (27:1-27:26) | 29 (27:27-27:55) | 172 |
| 39 | 26 (27:56-27:81) | 23 (27:82-28:11) | 17 (28:12-28:28) | 22 (28:29-28:50) | 88 |
| 40 | 25 (28:51-28:75) | 13 (28:76-28:88) | 25 (29:1-29:25) | 20 (29:26-29:45) | 83 |
| 41 | 24 (29:46-29:69) | 30 (30:1-30:30) | 23 (30:31-30:53) | 28 (30:54-31:21) | 105 |
| 42 | 23 (31:22-32:10) | 20 (32:11-32:30) | 17 (33:1-33:17) | 13 (33:18-33:30) | 73 |
| 43 | 20 (33:31-33:50) | 9 (33:51-33:59) | 23 (33:60-34:9) | 14 (34:10-34:23) | 66 |
| 44 | 22 (34:24-34:45) | 23 (34:46-35:14) | 26 (35:15-35:40) | 32 (35:41-36:27) | 103 |
| 45 | 32 (36:28-36:59) | 45 (36:60-37:21) | 61 (37:22-37:82) | 62 (37:83-37:144) | 200 |
| 46 | 58 (37:145-38:20) | 31 (38:21-38:51) | 44 (38:52-39:7) | 24 (39:8-39:31) | 157 |
| 47 | 21 (39:32-39:52) | 23 (39:53-39:75) | 20 (40:1-40:20) | 20 (40:21-40:40) | 84 |
| 48 | 25 (40:41-40:65) | 28 (40:66-41:8) | 16 (41:9-41:23) | 22 (41:24-41:46) | 91 |
| 49 | 20 (41:47-42:12) | 14 (42:13-42:26) | 24 (42:27-42:50) | 26 (42:51-43:23) | 84 |
| 50 | 33 (43:24-43:56) | 49 (43:57-44:16) | 54 (44:17-45:11) | 26 (45:12-45:37) | 162 |
| 51 | 20 (46:1-46:20) | 24 (46:21-47:9) | 23 (47:10-47:32) | 23 (47:33-48:17) | 90 |
| 52 | 12 (48:18-48:29) | 13 (49:1-49:13) | 31 (49:14-50:26) | 49 (50:27-51:31) | 105 |
| 53 | 53 (51:32-52:23) | 51 (52:24-53:25) | 45 (53:26-54:8) | 47 (54:9-54:55) | 196 |
| 54 | 78 (55:1-55:78) | 74 (56:1-56:74) | 37 (56:75-57:15) | 14 (57:16-57:29) | 203 |
| 55 | 13 (58:1-58:13) | 19 (58:14-59:10) | 20 (59:11-60:6) | 21 (60:7-61:14) | 73 |
| 56 | 14 (62:1-63:3) | 26 (63:4-64:18) | 12 (65:1-65:12) | 12 (66:1-66:12) | 64 |
| 57 | 30 (67:1-67:30) | 52 (68:1-68:52) | 70 (69:1-70:18) | 54 (70:19-71:28) | 206 |
| 58 | 47 (72:1-73:19) | 57 (73:20-74:56) | 58 (75:1-76:18) | 63 (76:19-77:50) | 225 |
| 59 | 86 (78:1-79:46) | 71 (80:1-81:29) | 55 (82:1-83:36) | 64 (84:1-86:17) | 276 |
| 60 | 75 (87:1-89:30) | 67 (90:1-93:11) | 67 (94:1-100:11) | 79 (101:1-114:6) | 288 |
| Totals: | 1,642 | 1,528 | 1,548 | 1,518 | 6,236 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Farhad, Massumeh. "Art of Quran Preview" (PDF). Smithsonian Institution. p. 31. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- ^ a b "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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- ^ Tartil Juz 30
- ^ Qurʼān divisions
- ^ Déroche, François (2006). Rippin, Andrew (ed.). The Blackwell Companion to the Qur'an. Oxford: John Wiley & Sons. p. 180. ISBN 9781405178440.
- ^ ORGANIZATION OF THE QUR'AN by M. Amir Ali ilaam.net
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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.