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The Quran is divided into 114 surahs (chapters), and 6236 (excluding "Bismillah") or 6348 (including Bismillah") ayahs (verses). Chapters are arranged broadly in descending order of length. Chapters are arranged broadly in descending order of length.
The total number of verses in the most popular Hafs Quran is 6,236; [k] however, the number varies if the bismillahs are counted separately. According to one estimate the Quran consists of 77,430 words, 18,994 unique words, 12,183 stems , 3,382 lemmas and 1,685 roots .
The total number of verses in the Quran including all unnumbered Bismillahs is 6346 (19×334). The cross sum of 6346 is 19. The Bismillah appears 114 times (despite its absence in chapter 9, it appears twice in chapter 27); 114 is 19×6.
A number of verses are associated with particular events which helps date them. Muhammad's first revelation was Chapter 96 and in the year 609. Verses 16:41 and 47:13 refer to migration of Muslims which took place in the year 622. Verses 8:1–7 and 3:120–175 refer to battles of Badr (624) and Uhud (625) respectively.
Most Juz' are named after the first word of the first verse of the Juz'. [5] 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.
A Quran showing verses of Al-Baqarah, Verse 252 to Verse 256, the Ayat al Kursi which is the 255th verse is also shown. A 16th-century Quran opened to show sura (chapter) 2, ayat (verses) 1–4. An āyah (Arabic: آية, Arabic pronunciation:; plural: آيات ʾāyāt) is a "verse" in the Qur'an, one of the statements of varying length that ...
Yā Sīn [2] (also pronounced as Yaseen; Arabic: يٰسٓ, yāsīn; the letters 'Yā'' and 'Sīn') is the 36th chapter of the Quran. It has 83 verses . It is regarded an earlier "Meccan surah". Some scholars maintain that verse 12 is from the Medinan period. [3] While the surah begins in Juz' 22, most of it is in Juz' 23. [4]
Talal Itani, 2012, Quran in Modern English: Clear and Easy to Read, ClearQuran Publishing (ISBN 1467948748) Syed Vickar Ahamed, 2015, Interpretation of the Meaning of The Glorious Qur'an, Library of Congress Control Number 2004096319, ISBN 978-1-87940-296-6