The Qur’ān ^[1] (Arabic: القرآن
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A Mus'haf (Arabic: مصحف, pronounced "Mus-haf" not "Mu-sh-af") The word refers to a "codex" or a collection of sheets (Sahifa, see below).
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Sura (sometimes spelt "Surah" سورة sūrah
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Ayah (آية ʾāyatun, plural Ayat
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Qur'an reading is the reading (tarteel, tajwid, or taghbir) aloud, reciting, or chanting of portions of the Qur'an.
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Tajwīd (تجويد) is an Arabic word meaning proper pronunciation during recitation, as well as recitation at a moderate speed. It is a set of rules which govern how the Qur'an should be read.
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Tarteel (Arabic: ترتيل) is an Arabic term that is wide in meaning but is commonly translated in reference to the Qur'an as "recitation.
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Manzil (Arabic: منزل; plural manazil, منازل) is the Arabic word for one of seven parts of roughly equal length into which the Qur'an is divided for the
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A juz' (Arabic: جزء, plural اجزاء ajza' ) literally means "part.
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Hafith or Hafiz (Arabic: حافظ قرآن or حافظ, plural huffaz
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Qari' (plural qurra'), literally meaning "reader", is a person who recites the Qur'an with the proper rules of recitation (tajweed).
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Rasm is an Arabic term that signifies: drawing, sketch, trace, graph, pictures, outline, pattern, mark, notes, design, regulation, form, rate. When speaking of the Qur'an it stands for the basic 18 letters used in early manuscripts, i.e.
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Translations of the Qur'án are interpretations of the holy book of Islam in languages other than Arabic. Even though translating the Qur'an has been a difficult concept, both theologically and linguistically, Islam's scriptures have been translated into most African, Asian and
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Translations of the Qur'an

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The study of the origins and development of the Qur’an can be said to fall into two major schools of thought, the first being a traditionalist Muslim pious view which argues that the Qur'an is a religious text
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The Madinan suras of the Qur'an are those suras which were revealed at Madina, after Muhammad's hijra from Mecca, when the Muslims were establishing a state rather than being, as at Mecca, an oppressed minority.
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The Meccan suras are the chronologically earlier suras of the Qur'an that were revealed at Mecca. They are typically shorter, with relatively short ayat, and mostly come near the end of the Qur'an.
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A tafsir ( (Arabic: تفسير) tafsīr, Arabic "interpretation") is Qur'anic exegesis or commentary.
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A'as ibn Wa'il is the father of Amr ibn al-A'as.

108

Entire chapter ^[3]

Banu Sahm

A sub-clan of the Quraish tribe.

Generally

102.1-2

"Engage (your) vying in exuberance, until ye come to the graves." ^[2].

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Islamic Justice, truth-telling, various virtues and sins the prohibition of perjury in the Qur'an are repeated many times:

Justice

• And eat up not one another’s property unjustly (in any illegal way e.g.

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Asbāb al-nuzūl اسباب النزول, an Arabic term meaning "occasions/circumstances of revelation", is a secondary genre of Qur'ānic
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Naskh, an Arabic language word usually translated as " abrogation " and alternately appearing as the phrase al-nāsikh wal-mansūkh
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Tahrif (Arabic: تحريف "corruption, forgery"; the stem-II verbal noun of the consonantal root
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Bakkah (Arabic: بكة) is a place mentioned in surah 3:96 of the Qur'an.
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Muqatta`at (Arabic: مقطعات, literally "abbreviated", translated as "abbreviated letters", also called Fawatih (
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An esoteric interpretation of the Qur'an is an interpretation of the Qur’an which includes attribution of esoteric or mystic meanings to the text by the interpreter.
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Qur'an and Sunnah is an often quoted Islamic term regarding the sources of Islam.

Muslims hold that Islam is derived from two sources: one being infallible and containing compressed information — the Qur'an
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Qur'anic literalism is the belief that the verses of the Qur'an should be taken at their apparent meaning, rather than employing any sort of interpretation.
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Female figures in the Qur'an are important characters and subjects of discussion in the stories and morals taught in Islam. Some of the women in the Qu'ran, its holy book, are portrayed in a positive light, while others are condemned for their actions.
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