Ayah numbering

البَقَرَة

First Madani285

Last Madani285

Makki285

Kufi286

Basri287

Dimashqi285

Ayah Count — عدد الآيات

Definition: The number of ayahs in a surah under a given numbering system; it may differ from one system to another as the counted fasilahs differ.

Purpose: Used to check references and surah boundaries and to build indexes; it is read from the registry of counts, not computed from one text.

• The count belongs to the surah under a numbering system, not to the mushaf.

The code name follows ayah_numbering_* and the registry's name, not a derivation of «عَدَد الآيَات»; the concept is one of modelling, though the count of ayahs has its origin in the science of counting.

Related: ayah_numbering_system, surah, ayah

Sources:

• البيان في عد آي القرآن — 1/79

Basri Numbering — العد البصري

Definition: The Basran numbering system, transmitted from Asim al-Jahdari and the Basran authorities before him.

Purpose: Used as a value of the ayah numbering system, so that a mushaf or dataset states which numbering its ayah numbers and boundaries follow, and positions can be mapped between systems.

The code is basri alone, because a value's name is unique within its classification, not across the dictionary (§14): a column holds one classification's values, so makki here is never confused with makki in revelation_classification. The entry's id is ayah_numbering_basri, the parent's name plus the code, so that two entries sharing a name have different addresses. The code is not derived from «العَدّ» because that gives add, an English verb. The reasoning is in the decision record.

Related: ayah_numbering_system, ayah, equivalent_ayah

Sources:

• البيان في عد آي القرآن — 1/80

Dimashqi Numbering — العد الدمشقي

Definition: The Damascene numbering system, transmitted from Yahya ibn al-Harith al-Dhimari from Ibn Amir; also called the Shami numbering.

Purpose: Used as a value of the ayah numbering system, so that a mushaf or dataset states which numbering its ayah numbers and boundaries follow, and positions can be mapped between systems.

The code is dimashqi alone, because a value's name is unique within its classification, not across the dictionary (§14): a column holds one classification's values, so makki here is never confused with makki in revelation_classification. The entry's id is ayah_numbering_dimashqi, the parent's name plus the code, so that two entries sharing a name have different addresses. The code is not derived from «العَدّ» because that gives add, an English verb. The reasoning is in the decision record.

Related: ayah_numbering_system, ayah, equivalent_ayah

Sources:

• البيان في عد آي القرآن — 1/82

Kufi Numbering — العد الكوفي

Definition: The Kufan numbering system, transmitted from Hamzah al-Zayyat from Ibn Abi Layla from Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami from Ali ibn Abi Talib. It is the numbering most printed mushafs follow today.

Purpose: Used as a value of the ayah numbering system, so that a mushaf or dataset states which numbering its ayah numbers and boundaries follow, and positions can be mapped between systems.

The code is kufi alone, because a value's name is unique within its classification, not across the dictionary (§14): a column holds one classification's values, so makki here is never confused with makki in revelation_classification. The entry's id is ayah_numbering_kufi, the parent's name plus the code, so that two entries sharing a name have different addresses. The code is not derived from «العَدّ» because that gives add, an English verb. The reasoning is in the decision record.

Related: ayah_numbering_system, ayah, equivalent_ayah

Sources:

• البيان في عد آي القرآن — 1/80

First Madani Numbering — العد المدني الأول

Definition: The earlier Madinan numbering system, that of Abu Jafar Yazid ibn al-Qaqa and Shaybah ibn Nassah.

Purpose: Used as a value of the ayah numbering system, so that a mushaf or dataset states which numbering its ayah numbers and boundaries follow, and positions can be mapped between systems.

The code is madani_first alone, because a value's name is unique within its classification, not across the dictionary (§14): a column holds one classification's values, so makki here is never confused with makki in revelation_classification. The entry's id is ayah_numbering_madani_first, the parent's name plus the code, so that two entries sharing a name have different addresses. The code is not derived from «العَدّ» because that gives add, an English verb. The reasoning is in the decision record.

Related: ayah_numbering_system, ayah, equivalent_ayah

Sources:

• البيان في عد آي القرآن — 1/79

Last Madani Numbering — العد المدني الأخير

Definition: The later Madinan numbering system, that of Ismail ibn Jafar from Sulayman ibn Jammaz.

Purpose: Used as a value of the ayah numbering system, so that a mushaf or dataset states which numbering its ayah numbers and boundaries follow, and positions can be mapped between systems.

The code is madani_last alone, because a value's name is unique within its classification, not across the dictionary (§14): a column holds one classification's values, so makki here is never confused with makki in revelation_classification. The entry's id is ayah_numbering_madani_last, the parent's name plus the code, so that two entries sharing a name have different addresses. The code is not derived from «العَدّ» because that gives add, an English verb. The reasoning is in the decision record.

Related: ayah_numbering_system, ayah, equivalent_ayah

Sources:

• البيان في عد آي القرآن — 1/79

Makki Numbering — العد المكي

Definition: The Makkan numbering system, transmitted from Ibn Kathir from Mujahid from Ibn Abbas from Ubayy ibn Kab.

Purpose: Used as a value of the ayah numbering system, so that a mushaf or dataset states which numbering its ayah numbers and boundaries follow, and positions can be mapped between systems.

The code is makki alone, because a value's name is unique within its classification, not across the dictionary (§14): a column holds one classification's values, so makki here is never confused with makki in revelation_classification. The entry's id is ayah_numbering_makki, the parent's name plus the code, so that two entries sharing a name have different addresses. The code is not derived from «العَدّ» because that gives add, an English verb. The reasoning is in the decision record.

Related: ayah_numbering_system, ayah, equivalent_ayah

Sources:

• البيان في عد آي القرآن — 1/79

Ayah Numbering System — نظام عد الآي

Definition: A system that fixes the boundaries of the ayahs, their totals and their numbers, and certain questions about the basmalah, as transmitted by one of the schools of ayah counting.

Purpose: Used to state which numbering system a mushaf's or a dataset's ayah numbers and boundaries follow.

Related: ayah, equivalent_ayah, basmalah, ayah_count, ayah_numbering_kufi, ayah_numbering_basri, ayah_numbering_dimashqi, ayah_numbering_makki, ayah_numbering_madani_first, ayah_numbering_madani_last, ayah_key, ayah_mark, qiraah

Sources:

• معجم مصطلحات التجويد — 31
• البيان في عد آي القرآن — 1/79
• الإتقان في علوم القرآن — 1/225

Equivalent Ayah — الآية المقابلة

Definition: The ayah in one numbering system that corresponds to an ayah in another. Their numbers may differ, because the systems divide the text at different points.

Purpose: Used to map ayah numbers across numbering systems, so that data built on one system is never compared with data built on another by number alone.

• This is a correspondence between two numbering systems, not a similarity of wording or a repetition of text.

Related: ayah_numbering_system, ayah, mutashabihat, ayah_numbering_basri, ayah_numbering_dimashqi, ayah_numbering_kufi, ayah_numbering_madani_first, ayah_numbering_madani_last, ayah_numbering_makki

Sources:

• qiraat-ayah-map