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Left-side of a Double-page Opening of the Qur'an from Terengganu with beginning of the chapter Al-Baqara. End of the 18th or 19th century. Asian Civilisations Museum. Al-Baqara, alternatively transliterated Al-Baqarah (Arabic: الْبَقَرَة, ’al-baqarah; lit. "The Heifer" or "The Cow"), is the second and longest chapter of the Quran. [1]
The Throne Verse ( Arabic: آيَة ٱلْكُرْسِيّ, romanized :Ayāh al-Kursī[ a ]) is the 255th verse of the second chapter of the Quran, al-Baqara 2:255. In this verse, God introduces Himself to mankind and says nothing and nobody is comparable to God. [ 2 ][ 3 ] The greatest [ 4 ][ 5 ] and one of the most well-known verses of the ...
List of chapters in the Quran. Al-Fatiha, the first surah in the Quran. The Quran is divided into 114 surahs (chapters), and 6,236 ayahs (verses). Chapters are arranged broadly in descending order of length. For a preliminary discussion about the chronological order of chapters, see Surah . Each surah except the ninth ( At-Tawba) is preceded by ...
Al-Baqara 256. The verse ( ayah) 256 of Al-Baqara is a very famous verse in the Islamic scripture, the Quran. [1] The verse includes the phrase that "there is no compulsion in religion". [2] Immediately after making this statement, the Quran offers a rationale for it: Since the revelation has, through explanation, clarification, and repetition ...
Juz'. 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 ...
A 16th-century Quran opened to show sura (chapter) 2, ayat (verses) 1–4. An āyah ( Arabic: آية, Arabic pronunciation: [ʔaː.ja]; plural: آيات ʾāyāt) is a "verse" in the Qur'an, one of the statements of varying length that make up the chapters ( suwar) of the Qur'an and are marked by a number. In a purely linguistic context the ...
The directive within the Quran (Al-Baqarah 2:234-235), regarding the waiting period for a widow, is: If any of you die and leave wives behind, they shall wait concerning themselves four months and ten days: When they have fulfilled their term, there is no blame on you if they dispose of themselves in a just and reasonable manner.
Al-Fatiha ( Arabic: ٱلۡفَاتِحَةِ, romanized : al-Fātiḥa, lit. 'the Opening') is the first chapter ( sura) of the Quran. It consists of seven verses ( ayat) which consist of a prayer for guidance and mercy. [ 1] Al-Fatiha is recited in Muslim obligatory and voluntary prayers, known as salah.