Friday, September 9, 2011

Manzil / Chapter / Surah / Rukus / Ayat



Quran has :
1). Manzil = 7
2). Chapters = 30
3). Surah = 114
4). Rukus = 540
5). Ayats/Verses = 6666


Manzil (Arabic: منزل, plural منازل manāzil) is the word for one of seven parts of roughly equal length into which the Qur'an is divided for the purpose of reciting the entire text in one week.
They are:
  1. Al-Fatihah (1) through An-Nisa' (4)
  2. Al-Maida (5) through At-Tawba (9)
  3. Yunus (10) through An-Nahl (16)
  4. Isra' (17) through Al-Furqan (25)
  5. Ash-Shuara' (26) through Ya-Seen (36)
  6. As-Saffat (37) through Al-Hujarat (49)
  7. Qaf (50) through An-Nass (114)
It follows this pattern:
  1. The first 4 chapters
  2. The next 5 chapters
  3. The next 7 chapters
  4. The next 9 chapters
  5. The next 11 chapters
  6. The next 13 chapters
  7. The remaining 65 chapters.

RUKUS OF THE HOLY QURAN

Each Surah is divided into several sections known as Rukus. A Ruku consists of a number of aayats (verse) all of which deal with one topic. There are 540 Rukus in The Quran.

The Rukus of The Holy Quran were not to be found in the time of Nabi Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam, nor in the time of the Sahaaba radhiyallahu anhum.

Around the 4th century of the Hijri calendar the Ulema of Bukhara, Russia divided the entire Quran into 540 Rukus for Taraaweeh purposes. 

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