Juz'

A ''juzʼ'' (Arabic: جُزْءْ, plural: ''ajzāʼ'', literally meaning "part") is one of thirty parts of varying lengths into which the Quran is divided. It is also known as para (پارہ/পারা) in Iran and the Indian subcontinent. There are 30 ''juz'' in the quran.

Division into ''ajzāʼ'' has no relevance to the meaning of the Qurʼān and anyone can start reading. from anywhere in the Qurʼān. 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''). Some use these divisions to facilitate recitation of the Qurʼān in a month—such as during Ramadan, when the entire Qurʼān is recited in the ''Tarawih'' prayers, typically at the rate of one ''juzʼ'' a night.

A ''juzʼ'' is further divided into ''ḥizbāni'' (lit. "two groups", singular: ''ḥizb'', plural: aḥzāb), therefore, there are 60 ''aḥzāb''. Each ''ḥizb'' (group) is subdivided into four quarters, making eight quarters per ''juzʼ'', called ''maqraʼ'' (lit. "reading"). There are 240 of these quarters (''maqraʼs'') in the Qurʼān. These ''maqraʼ'' are often used as practical sections for revision when memorizing the Qurʼān.

The most commonly memorized ''juzʼ'' is ''juzʼ ‘amma'', the 30th ''juzʼ'', containing chapters ('' sūrah'') 78 through 114, with most of the shortest chapters of the Qurʼān. ''Juzʼ ‘amma'' is named, like most ''ajzāʼ'', after the 1st word of its 1st verse (in this case chapter 78).''ORGANIZATION OF THE QUR'AN'' by M. Amir Ali
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See also

*''Manzil''
*''Rub el Hizb'

References

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External links

Quran Juz with Tajwid in PDF format

Quranic exegesis