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Quran divisions

Definitions, names, and the boundaries between concepts.

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Hizb — الحزب

Definition: In the current division, half a juz, so that the Quran is 60 hizbs.

Purpose: Used to represent the conventional divisions, navigation, and reading plans.

fieldvalue
codehizb
pluralhizbs
kindentity
Originquranic
Tiercore
Versionv0.1
Vocalizedالحِزْب
Other spellingshezb

Related: juz, rubu_al_hizb, thumn, division_mark

Juz — الجزء

Definition: One of the 30 parts of the well-known division of the mushaf, made to ease reading and completing it.

Purpose: Used for navigation, for organising reading, and for the schedules and plans built on the parts of the Quran.

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codejuz
pluraljuzs
kindentity
Originquranic
Tiercore
Versionv0.1
Vocalizedالجُزْء
Other spellingsjuzu, juz', juzz, para
English glossPart

Related: hizb, manzil, khatmah, division_mark, ruku

Manzil — المنزل

Definition: One of 7 traditional parts of the Quran, made to ease completing it in a week.

Purpose: Used in applications that support the manzil system and the reading plans built on it.

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codemanzil
pluralmanzils
kindentity
Originquranic
Tiercore
Versionv0.1
Vocalizedالمَنْزِل

Related: juz, khatmah

Rubu al-Hizb — ربع الحزب

Definition: A quarter of a hizb in the well-known division of the mushaf.

Purpose: Used to represent the finer division of the hizb and where its marks fall in the mushaf.

fieldvalue
coderubu_al_hizb
pluralrubu_al_hizbs
kindentity
Part ofhizb
Originquranic
Tiercore
Versionv0.1
Vocalizedرُبْع الحِزْب
Other spellingsrub_al_hizb, rub'_al-hizb, rub_el_hizb, rub, rubu, rub_hizb, hizb_quarter, quarter_hizb

Related: hizb, thumn, division_mark

Ruku — الركوع

Definition: A conventional section of the Quran used to organise reading, printed in some mushafs.

Purpose: Used in the applications and mushafs that follow the ruku division.

fieldvalue
coderuku
pluralrukus
kindentity
Originquranic
Tiercore
Versionv0.1
Vocalizedالرُّكُوع
Other spellingsruku', rukūʿ

Related: juz, mushaf_edition

Thumn — الثمن

Definition: An eighth of a hizb, a division used in some mushafs and schools.

Purpose: Used when supporting sources or mushafs that divide the hizb into eighths.

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codethumn
pluralthumns
kindentity
Part ofhizb
Originquranic
Tiercore
Versionv0.1
Vocalizedالثُّمْن
Other spellingsthumun

Related: hizb, rubu_al_hizb

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