Ayah

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The end of an ayah is marked with this symbol with the verse number placed inside it.

The word āyah (Arabic: آية āyatun plural āyāt آيات āyātun) is an Arabic term that means sign or miracle. It is often used to refer to one of the 6236 verses of the Qur`an. Muslims consider every verse of the Qur'an to be a miracle or sign from God. In written copies of the Qur'an each ayah is marked with a symbol and its number inside the symbol. The symbol's Unicode number is U+06DD, which results in the figure ۝. The length of the ayat of the Qur'an range from being as small as one word long (103:001), to being as large as a page long (002:282). The shortest chapter in the Qur'an, al-Kawthar, has only 3 ayat, while the longest surah, al-Baqarah, has 286 ayat.

Besides the known system of arranging and ordering the verses of the Qur'an, there are five other different numbering systems that are used:

Kufah verses: According to the readers of the city of al-Kufah, they follow the custom of `Ali. This system of numbering, which has 6239 verses, is generally adopted in India.
Basrah verses: The readers of al-Basrah follow `Asim ibn Hajjaj, a companion of the Prophet. This system of numbering counts 6204 ayat.
Shami verses: This system of arrangement has 6225 verses.
Mecca verses: This system of arrangement has 6219 ayat.
Medina verses: This sytem has 6211 ayat.^[1]