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

Division into ajzāʼ has no relevance to the meaning of the Qurʼān and anyone can start reading[4] from anywhere in the Qurʼān.[5] 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).[6] 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]

  1. ^ Farhad, Massumeh. "Art of Quran Preview" (PDF). Smithsonian Institution. p. 31. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b "BBC - Religions - Islam: The Qur'an". BBC. 14 July 2011. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
  3. ^ a b "Quran Technical Observations". eweb.furman.edu. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
  4. ^ Tartil Juz 30
  5. ^ Qurʼān divisions
  6. ^ Déroche, François (2006). Rippin, Andrew (ed.). The Blackwell Companion to the Qur'an. Oxford: John Wiley & Sons. p. 180. ISBN 9781405178440.