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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 – sipārah ("thirty parts"; in Persian si means 30).

During medieval times, when it was too costly for most Muslims to purchase a manuscript, copies of the Qurʼān were kept in mosques and made accessible to people; these copies frequently took the form of a series of thirty parts (juzʼ).[4] Some use these divisions to facilitate recitation of the Qurʼān in a month—such as during the Islamic month of Ramadan,[2][3] when the entire Qurʼān is recited in the Tarawih prayers, typically at the rate of one juzʼ a night.[citation needed]

Subdivisions

Distribution of Surahs by Juz', with the length of the bar corresponding to a Surah being proportionate to the number of letters of the Surahs in the Juz' divided by the total number of letters in the Juz'.

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. The Maqraʼ are often used as practical sections for revision when memorizing the Quran.[6]

The most commonly memorized Juz' is Juzʼ Amma, the 30th Juz', containing chapters (Surahs) 78 through 114, with most of the shortest chapters of the Quran.

List

The associated names of each Juz’ in the Qurʼān:
Juz' Hizb

(1/2 part)

Surahs

(from chapter - to chapter)

No. Name (Āyah - verse begins with)
Arabic English Meaning[citation needed]
1 (آلم (آ-ل-م Alīf-Lām-Mīm These letters are called Muqatta’at (disjoined or disconnected letters) or Known to God 1 Al-Fatiha (1:1) - Al-Baqarah (2:74)
2 Al-Baqarah (2:75) - Al-Baqarah (2:141)
2 سَيَقُولُ Sayaqūlu "Will (they) say" 3 Al-Baqarah (2:142) - Al-Baqarah (2:202)
4 Al-Baqarah (2:203) - Al-Baqarah (2:252)
3 تِلْكَ ٱلْرُّسُلُ Tilka ’r-Rusulu "These are the Messengers" 5 Al-Baqarah (2:253) - Āl ‘Imrān (3:14)
6 Āl ‘Imrān (3:15) - Āl ‘Imrān (3:92)
4 لن تنالوا Lan Tana Lu "You will not get" 7 Āl ‘Imrān (3:93) - Āl ‘Imrān (3:170)
8 Āl ‘Imrān (3:171) - An-Nisā’ (4:23)
5 وَٱلْمُحْصَنَاتُ Wa’l-muḥṣanātu "And prohibited are the ones who are married" 9 An-Nisā’ (4:24) - An-Nisā’ (4:87)
10 An-Nisā’ (4:88) - An-Nisā’ (4:147)
6 لَا يُحِبُّ ٱللهُ Lā yuḥibbu-’llāhu "God does not like" 11 An-Nisā’ (4:148) - Al-Mā’idah (5:26)
12 Al-Mā’idah (5:27) - Al-Mā’idah (5:82)
7 وَإِذَا سَمِعُوا Wa ’Idha Samiʿū "And when they hear" 13 Al-Mā’idah (5:83) - Al-An‘ām (6:35)
14 Al-An‘ām (6:36) - Al-An‘ām (6:110)
8 وَلَوْ أَنَّنَا Wa-law annanā "And (even) if (that) we had" 15 Al-An‘ām (6:111) - Al-An‘ām (6:165)
16 Al-A‘rāf (7:1) - Al-A‘rāf (7:87)
9 قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ Qāla ’l-mala’u "Said the chiefs (eminent ones)" 17 Al-A‘rāf (7:88) - Al-A‘rāf (7:170)
18 Al-A‘rāf (7:171) - Al-Anfāl (8:40)
10 وَٱعْلَمُواْ Wa-’aʿlamū "And (you) know" 19 Al-Anfāl (8:41) - At-Tawbah (9:33)
20 At-Tawbah (9:34) - At-Tawbah (9:93)
11 يَعْتَذِرُونَ Yaʿtazerūn "Only the way (for blame)" 21 At-Tawbah (9:94) - Yũnus (10:25)
22 Yũnus (10:26) - Hūd (11:5)
12 وَمَا مِنْ دَآبَّةٍ Wa mā min dābbatin "And there is no creature" 23 Hūd (11:6) - Hūd (11:83)
24 Hūd (11:84) - Yūsuf (12:52)
13 وَمَا أُبَرِّئُ Wa mā ubarri’u "And I do not acquit" 25 Yūsuf (12:53) - Ar-Ra‘d (13:18)
26 Ar-Ra‘d (13:19) - Ibrahim (14:52)
14

رُبَمَا

Alīf-Lām-Rā’/

Rubamā

Unknown 27 Al-Hijr (15:2) - An-Naḥl (16:50)
28 An-Naḥl (16:51) - An-Naḥl (16:128)
15 سُبْحَانَ ٱلَّذِى Subḥāna ’lladhī "Exalted is the One (God) is who " 29 Al-Isrā’ (17:1) - Al-Isrā’ (17:98)
30 Al-Isrā’ (17:99) - Al-Kahf (18:74)
16 قَالَ أَلَمْ Qāla ’alam "He (Al-Khidr) said: Did I not" 31 Al-Kahf (18:75) - Maryam (19:98)
32 Ṭā Hā (20:1) - Ṭā Hā (20:135)
17 ٱقْتَرَبَ لِلْنَّاسِ Iqtaraba li’n-nāsi "Has (the time of) approached for Mankind (people)" 33 Al-Anbiyāʼ (21:1) - Al-Anbiyāʼ (21:112)
34 ِAl-Ḥajj (22:1) - Al-Ḥajj (22:78)
18 قَدْ أَفْلَحَ Qad ’aflaḥa "Indeed (Certainly) successful" 35 Al-Muʼminūn (23:1) - An-Nūr (24:20)
36 An-Nūr (24:21) - Al-Furqān (25:20)
19 وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ Wa-qāla ’lladhīna "And said those who" 37 Al-Furqān (25:21) - Ash-Shu‘arā’ (26:110)
38 Ash-Shu‘arā’ (26:111) - An-Naml (27:59)
20 أَمَّنْ خَلَقَ ’A’man Khalaqa "Is He Who created…" 39 An-Naml (27:60) - Al-Qaṣaṣ (28:50)
40 Al-Qaṣaṣ (28:51) - Al-‘Ankabūt (29:44)
21 أُتْلُ مَاأُوْحِیَ Otlu ma oohiya "Recite, [O Muhammad], what has been revealed to you" 41 Al-‘Ankabūt (29:45) - Luqmān (31:21)
42 Luqmān (31:22) - Al-Aḥzāb (33:30)
22 وَمَنْ يَّقْنُتْ Wa-man yaqnut "And whoever is obedient (devoutly obeys)" 43 Al-Aḥzāb (33:31) - Saba’ (34:23)
44 Saba’ (34:24) - Yā Sīn (36:21)
23 وَمَآ لي Wa-Mali "And what happened to me" 45 Yā Sīn (36:28) - Aṣ-Ṣāffāt (37:144)
46 Aṣ-Ṣāffāt (37:145) - Az-Zumar (39:31)
24 فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ Fa-man ’aẓlamu "So who is more unjust" 47 Az-Zumar (39:32) - Ghāfir (40:40)
48 Ghāfir (40:41) - Fuṣṣilat (41:46)
25 إِلَيْهِ يُرَدُّ Ilayhi yuraddu "To Him (God) alone is attributed" 49 Fuṣṣilat (41:47) - Az-Zukhruf (43:23)
50 Az-Zukhruf (43:24) - Al-Jāthiyah (45:37)
26 حم Ḥā’ Mīm "Known to God or Ha Meem" 51 Al-Aḥqāf (46:1) - Al-Fatḥ (48:17)
52 Al-Fatḥ (48:18) - Adh-Dhāriyāt (51:30)
27 قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُم Qāla fa-mā khaṭbukum He (Ibrahim A.S.) said: "Then what is your business (mission) here" 53 Adh-Dhāriyāt (51:31) - Al-Qamar (54:55)
54 Ar-Raḥmān (55:1) - Al-Ḥadīd (57:29)
28 قَدْ سَمِعَ ٱللهُ Qad samiʿa ’llāhu "Indeed has God heard" 55 Al-Mujādilah (58:1) - Aṣ-Ṣaff (61:14)
56 Al-Jumu`ah (62:1) - At-Taḥrīm (66:12)
29 تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى Tabāraka ’lladhī "Blessed is He (God)" 57 Al-Mulk (67:1) - Nūḥ (71:28)
58 Al-Jinn (72:1) - Al-Mursalāt (77:50)
30 عَمَّ ‘Amma "About what" 59 An-Nabaʼ (78:1) - Aṭ-Ṭāriq (86:17)
60 Al-Aʻlā (87:1) - An-Nās (114:6)

Hizbs

The verse sections of each Rub el Hizb', an "1/8th" of a Juz', commonly used in reading the Qurʼān:
Ḥizb Number: 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Total:
1 32

(1:1-2:25)

18

(2:26-2:43)

16

(2:44-2:59)

15

(2:60-2:74)

81
2 17

(2:75-2:91)

14

(2:92-2:105)

18

(2:106-2:123)

18

(2:124-2:141)

67
3 16

(2:142-2:157)

19

(2:158-2:176)

12

(2:177-2:188)

14

(2:189-2:202)

61
4 16

(2:203-2:218)

14

(2:219-2:232)

10

(2:233-2:242)

10

(2:243-2:252)

50
5 10

(2:253-2:262)

9

(2:263-2:271)

11

(2:272-2:282)

18

(2:283-3:14)

48
6 18

(3:15-3:32)

19

(3:33-3:51)

23

(3:52-3:74)

18

(3:75-3:92)

78
7 20

(3:93-3:112)

20

(3:113-3:132)

20

(3:133-3:152)

18

(3:153-3:170)

78
8 15

(3:171-3:185)

15

(3:186-3:200)

11

(4:1-4:11)

12

(4:12-4:23)

53
9 12

(4:24-4:35)

22

(4:36-4:57)

16

(4:58-4:73)

14

(4:74-4:87)

64
10 12

(4:88-4:99)

14

(4:100-4:113)

21

(4:114-4:134)

13

(4:135-4:147)

60
11 15

(4:148-4:162)

14

(4:163-4:176)

11

(5:1-5:11)

15

(5:12-5:26)

55
12 14

(5:27-5:40)

10

(5:41-5:50)

16

(5:51-5:66)

15

(5:67-5:82)

55
13 15

(5:83-5:96)

12

(5:97-5:108)

24

(5:109-6:12)

23

(6:13-6:35)

74
14 23

(6:36-6:58)

15

(6:59-6:73)

21

(6:74-6:94)

16

(6:95-6:110)

75
15 16

(6:111-6:126)

14

(6:127-6:140)

10

(6:141-6:150)

15

(6:151-6:165)

55
16 30

(7:1-7:30)

16

(7:31-7:46)

18

(7:47-7:64)

23

(7:65-7:87)

87
17 29

(7:88-7:116)

25

(7:117-7:141)

14

(7:142-7:155)

15

(7:156-7:170)

83
18 18

(7:171-7:188)

18

(7:189-7:206)

21

(8:1-8:21)

19

(8:22-8:40)

76
19 20

(8:41-8:60)

15

(8:61-8:75)

18

(9:1-9:18)

15

(9:19-9:33)

68
20 12

(9:34-9:45)

14

(9:46-9:59)

15

(9:60-9:74)

18

(9:75-9:92)

59
21 18

(9:93-9:110)

11

(9:111-9:121)

18

(9:122-10:10)

15

(10:11-10:25)

62
22 27

(10:26-10:52)

18

(10:53-10:70)

19

(10:71-10:89)

25

(10:90-11:5)

89
23 18

(11:6-11:23)

17

(11:24-11:40)

20

(11:41-11:60)

23

(11:61-11:83)

78
24 24

(11:84-11:107)

22

(11:108-12:6)

23

(12:7-12:29)

23

(12:30-12:52)

92
25 24

(12:53-12:76)

24

(12:77-12:100)

15

(12:101-13:4)

14

(13:5-13:18)

77
26 16

(13:19-13:34)

18

(13:35-14:9)

18

(14:10-14:27)

25

(14:28-14:52)

77
27 48

(15:1-15:48)

51

(15:49-15:99)

29

(16:1-16:29)

21

(16:30-16:50)

149
28 24

(16:51-16:74)

15

(16:75-16:89)

21

(16:90-16:110)

18

(16:111-16:128)

78
29 22

(17:1-17:22)

27

(17:23-17:49)

20

(17:50-17:69)

29

(17:70-17:98)

98
30 29

(17:99-18:16)

15

(18:17-18:31)

19

(18:32-18:50)

24

(18:51-18:74)

87
31 24

(18:75-18:98)

33

(18:99-19:21)

37

(19:22-19:58)

40

(19:59-19:98)

134
32 54

(20:1-20:54)

28

(20:55-20:82)

28

(20:83-20:110)

25

(20:111-20:135)

135
33 28

(21:1-21:28)

22

(21:29-21:50)

32

(21:51-21:82)

30

(21:83-21:112)

112
34 18

(22:1-22:19)

19

(22:20-22:37)

22

(22:38-22:59)

19

(22:60-22:78)

78
35 35

(23:1-23:35)

39

(23:36-23:74)

44

(23:75-23:118)

20

(24:1-24:20)

138
36 14

(24:21-24:34)

18

(24:35-24:52)

12

(24:53-24:64)

20

(25:1-25:20)

64
37 32

(25:21-25:52)

25

(25:53-25:77)

51

(26:1-26:51)

59

(26:52-26:110)

167
38 70

(26:111-26:180)

47

(26:181-26:227)

26

(27:1-27:26)

29

(27:27-27:55)

172
39 26

(27:56-27:81)

23

(27:82-28:11)

17

(28:12-28:28)

22

(28:29-28:50)

88
40 25

(28:51-28:75)

13

(28:76-28:88)

25

(29:1-29:25)

20

(29:26-29:45)

83
41 24

(29:46-29:69)

30

(30:1-30:30)

23

(30:31-30:53)

28

(30:54-31:21)

105
42 23

(31:22-32:10)

20

(32:11-32:30)

17

(33:1-33:17)

13

(33:18-33:30)

73
43 20

(33:31-33:50)

9

(33:51-33:59)

23

(33:60-34:9)

14

(34:10-34:23)

66
44 22

(34:24-34:45)

23

(34:46-35:14)

26

(35:15-35:40)

32

(35:41-36:27)

103
45 32

(36:28-36:59)

45

(36:60-37:21)

61

(37:22-37:82)

62

(37:83-37:144)

200
46 58

(37:145-38:20)

31

(38:21-38:51)

44

(38:52-39:7)

24

(39:8-39:31)

157
47 21

(39:32-39:52)

23

(39:53-39:75)

20

(40:1-40:20)

20

(40:21-40:40)

84
48 25

(40:41-40:65)

28

(40:66-41:8)

16

(41:9-41:23)

22

(41:24-41:46)

91
49 20

(41:47-42:12)

14

(42:13-42:26)

24

(42:27-42:50)

26

(42:51-43:23)

84
50 33

(43:24-43:56)

49

(43:57-44:16)

54

(44:17-45:11)

26

(45:12-45:37)

162
51 20

(46:1-46:20)

24

(46:21-47:9)

23

(47:10-47:32)

23

(47:33-48:17)

90
52 12

(48:18-48:29)

13

(49:1-49:13)

31

(49:14-50:26)

49

(50:27-51:31)

105
53 53

(51:32-52:23)

51

(52:24-53:25)

45

(53:26-54:8)

47

(54:9-54:55)

196
54 78

(55:1-55:78)

74

(56:1-56:74)

37

(56:75-57:15)

14

(57:16-57:29)

203
55 13

(58:1-58:13)

19

(58:14-59:10)

20

(59:11-60:6)

21

(60:7-61:14)

73
56 14

(62:1-63:3)

26

(63:4-64:18)

12

(65:1-65:12)

12

(66:1-66:12)

64
57 30

(67:1-67:30)

52

(68:1-68:52)

70

(69:1-70:18)

54

(70:19-71:28)

206
58 47

(72:1-73:19)

57

(73:20-74:56)

58

(75:1-76:18)

63

(76:19-77:50)

225
59 86

(78:1-79:46)

71

(80:1-81:29)

55

(82:1-83:36)

64

(84:1-86:17)

276
60 75

(87:1-89:30)

67

(90:1-93:11)

67

(94:1-100:11)

79

(101:1-114:6)

288
Totals: 1,642 1,528 1,548 1,518 6,236

See also

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