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The juz'

الجزء

The juz' in masahif usage is one of the thirty divisions into which the masahif is divided 1.

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The juz' in masahif usage is one of the thirty divisions into which the masahif is divided; the scholars of Qur'anic sciences record that they divided the masahif into thirty ajza' 1.

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Tahdhib Manahil al-Irfan records that the reciters divided the masahif into thirty ajza' and marked its parts in the text 1.

People and things also explored

The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· The Prophetic Sunna· Command, prohibition and capacity· The Sunna as explanation of the Qur'an· Bid'a (religious innovation)

Sources

  1. Khalid b. Uthman al-Sabt, Tahdhib Manahil al-Irfan fi Ulum al-Qur'an
  • Al-Suyuti, al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Qur'an
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islam.museum contributors. “The juz'”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/juz/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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The seven ahruf

The Prophet's saying 'the Qur'an was revealed in seven ahruf, so read of it what is easy' — narrated through Umar's dispute with Hisham ibn Hakim over Surat al-Furqan; its exact meaning is one of the widest debates in Qur'anic sciences.