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The sura

السورة

The sura in Qur'anic-sciences usage is the named division of the Qur'an comprising a number of ayat; the masahif count a hundred and fourteen suras 1.

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The sura in Qur'anic-sciences usage is the named division of the masahif comprising a number of ayat; the masahif count a hundred and fourteen suras 1.

In the sources

Al-Suyuti's Itqan treats the meaning of Qur'an, sura and aya among the first topics of tafsir terminology 1; the frozen Tanzil text makes the suras and their names the reference organization 2.

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. Al-Suyuti, al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Qur'an
  2. Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
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islam.museum contributors. “The sura”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/surah/. 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.