The word · The Qur’an
جُزْء
Juz
One of the thirty roughly equal parts the Qur'an is divided into, for reading it over a month.
Also written · Juzz · Juz' · Jooz · Joz · Juzu · Ajza · Para · Sipara · Siparah · Parah · part of the Quran · thirtieth
The meaning
What Juz means in Islam
The division is a reading aid rather than part of the revelation, and it usually cuts across a surah rather than falling neatly between two. In South Asia a juz is called a para or sipara. Reading one juz a day completes the whole Qur'an in a month, which is why almost every Ramadan schedule is built on it.
Evidence · Editorial · Our own summary, drawn from the sources named
Read beside it
Words that sit beside it
- HizbHalf a juz; the Qur'an is divided into sixty hizbs for steady daily reading.حِزْب
- Juz AmmaThe thirtieth and last part of the Qur'an, running from Surah an-Naba to the end.جُزْءُ عَمَّ
- Khatm al-Qur'anCompleting a full reading of the Qur'an from beginning to end.خَتْمُ القُرْآن
- ManzilOne of seven divisions of the Qur'an, used by those who complete a full reading each week.مَنْزِل
More from The Qur’an
- Al-Ahruf as-Sab'ahThe seven modes in which the Qur'an was revealed, an ease for the community; what a mode is stays disputed.الأَحْرُفُ السَّبْعَة
- Hafs an AsimThe reading found in most printed mushafs today, transmitted by Hafs from his teacher Asim of Kufa.حَفْصٌ عَنْ عاصِم
- IzharPronouncing a nun sakinah or tanwin clearly, with no nasal hum, before one of six throat letters.الإِظْهار
- MunasabahThe study of how verses and surahs connect, and why they sit in the order they do.المُناسَبَة
- Rub' al-HizbA quarter of a hizb, shown by the small ornamental star in the margin of the mushaf.رُبْعُ الحِزْب
- TafsirExplanation of the Qur'an: what a verse means, why it came, and what it asks of you.التَّفْسير