Units of the Quran
Every book contains smaller units of composition such as chapters, which can be further divided into sections, paragraphs or sentences. This depends greatly on the genre and content of the book.
There are no dots or commas in the Quran. Its smallest unit is separated as an ayah, plural ayaat (commonly known as a verse, more details in another post). The Quran contains 114 compositions of varying sizes, which it refers to with a unique term – Surah (commonly referred as chapter, more details in another post). The Quran contains 114 Surahs. Each Surah (chapter) contains a certain number of ayaat (verses). The order of the ayaat, order of the Surahs, and the names of the Surahs all were revealed along with the text of the Quran and they have been preserved without any changes, addition or deletion.
For the ease of recitation and memorization, several other divisions were later introduced. These divisions are used by readers of the Quran to complete a reading of a whole Quran in a certain time. It is recommended that a reading of the Quran should be done at least once in every year.
1st portion is 3 surahs,
2nd portion is 5 surahs,
3rd is 7 surahs,
4th is 9 surahs,
5th is 11 surahs,
6th is 13 surahs, and
7th is 65 surahs (65 is a multiple of 13, 13x5)
There are no dots or commas in the Quran. Its smallest unit is separated as an ayah, plural ayaat (commonly known as a verse, more details in another post). The Quran contains 114 compositions of varying sizes, which it refers to with a unique term – Surah (commonly referred as chapter, more details in another post). The Quran contains 114 Surahs. Each Surah (chapter) contains a certain number of ayaat (verses). The order of the ayaat, order of the Surahs, and the names of the Surahs all were revealed along with the text of the Quran and they have been preserved without any changes, addition or deletion.
For the ease of recitation and memorization, several other divisions were later introduced. These divisions are used by readers of the Quran to complete a reading of a whole Quran in a certain time. It is recommended that a reading of the Quran should be done at least once in every year.
Ruku:
Some people think of Ruku as a paragraph but a Ruku does not mean a paragraph. It actually refers to the amount of Quran that is read in one rakat (Rakat referes to a unit of prayer. Prayer is called salah or namaz). Usually one ruku consists of one broad topic, but it is not essential. This division into 540 rukus facilitates the completion of Quran on the 27th night of Ramadhan. One ruku recited in each of the 20 rakat of taraweeh prayers (20x27=540).Juz
The whole Quran is divided into 30 parts (juz, plural ajza). These are also called siparah in Urdu. The word siparah comes from a Persian origin in which si means 30 and para means parts. So the word siparah – refers to 30 parts. Half of a juz/ siparah is knows as a hizb. A hizb is divided into four quarter known as rub, plural arba. Each juz therefore has 8 subparts or arba. There are 30 juz, 60 hizb and 240 arba in the Quran. Many people try to complete recitation of a Juz a day or a Juz in one week.Manzil
Many early companions used to portion the Quran into 7 portions (besides the Surah Fatiha) called Manzil and use this division to finish reading a whole Quran in 7 days:1st portion is 3 surahs,
2nd portion is 5 surahs,
3rd is 7 surahs,
4th is 9 surahs,
5th is 11 surahs,
6th is 13 surahs, and
7th is 65 surahs (65 is a multiple of 13, 13x5)