Juz'

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The term juz` (Arabic: جُزء, plural اجزاء ajzā` Persian: siparah, also called para in South Asia) refers to one of thirty equal sections that the Qur'anic text is divided into. The division of the text in to sections helps facilitate the recitation of the Qur`an, especially during the the thirty days of the month of Ramadan. Copies of the Qur'an have markings on the side margin, either by using words or a symbol, which indicate the beginning of a new juz'. Markings of of the rub` ربع (quarter), nusf نصف (half), and thulth ثلث (three quarters) of the juz' are also found marked on the margin. These partitions (i.e. rub`, nusf, and thulth) are not used as much in the Arab world as they are used in South Asia for locating specific ayat in the Qur'an. Each juz` is further divided into two hizbs, and each hizb into four quarters. This means that an entire juz' consists of eight hizb-quarters, and the whole Qur'an of 240 hizb-quarters.^[1]^[2]

The following is a list of the each juz' and the number of chapters and verses each one of them spans.^[3]

Juz' 1 — al-Fatiha 1 to al-Baqarah 141
Juz' 2 — al-Baqarah 142 to al-Baqarah 252
Juz' 3 — al-Baqarah 253 to al-Imran 92
Juz' 4 — al-Imran 93 to an-Nisa 23
Juz 5 — an-Nisa 24 to an-Nisa 147
Juz 6 — an-Nisa 148 to al-Ma'idah 81
Juz 7 — al-Ma'idah 82 to al-An'am 110
Juz 8 — al-An'am 111 to al-'Araf 87
Juz 9 — al-'Araf 88 to al-Anfal 40
Juz 10 — al-Anfal 41 to at-Tawba 92
Juz 11 — at-Tawba 93 to Hud 5
Juz 12 — Hud 6 to Yusuf 52
Juz 13 — Yusuf 53 to Ibrahim 52
Juz 14 — al-Hijr 1 to an-Nahl 128
Juz 15 — al-Isra' 1 to al-Kahf 74

Juz 16 — al-Kahf 75 to Ta Ha 135
Juz 17 — al-Anbiya' 1 to al-Hajj 78
Juz 18 — al-Mu'minun 1 to al-Furqan 20
Juz 19 — al-Furqan 21 to an-Naml 55
Juz 20 — an-Naml 56 to al-Ankabut 45
Juz 21 — al-Ankabut 46 to al-Ahzab 30
Juz 22 — al-Ahzab 31 to Ya Sin 27
Juz 23 — Ya Sin 28 to az-Zumar 31
Juz 24 — az-Zumar 32 to Fussilat 46
Juz 25 — Fussilat 47 al-Jathiya 37
Juz 26 — al-Ahqaf 1 to adh-Dhariyat 30
Juz 27 — adh-Dhariyat 31 to al-Hadid 29
Juz 28 — al-Mujadilah 1 to at-Tahrim 12
Juz 29 — al-Mulk 1 to al-Mursalat 50 — known as juz' tabarak
Juz 30 — an-Naba' 1 to an-Nas 6 — known as juz' `amma

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[edit] References

↑ Ali, M. Amir. Organization of the Qur'an (PDF). Retrieved on May 28, 2007.
↑ Hughes, Thomas. The Division of the Qur'an. Retrieved on May 28, 2007.
↑ The Ajiza (Sections) of the Quran - Index. About.com. Retrieved on May 28, 2007.

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