The word · The Qur’an
رُبْعُ الحِزْب
Rub' al-Hizb
A quarter of a hizb, shown by the small ornamental star in the margin of the mushaf.
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The meaning
What Rub' al-Hizb means in Islam
There are 240 of these quarters, four to each of the sixty hizbs. The symbol is a printer's mark added by later scholars so readers can keep their place and portion out a daily amount. It carries no ruling; nothing is said or done when you reach one.
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Read beside it
Words that sit beside it
- HizbHalf a juz; the Qur'an is divided into sixty hizbs for steady daily reading.حِزْب
- JuzOne of the thirty roughly equal parts the Qur'an is divided into, for reading it over a month.جُزْء
- MushafA physical copy of the Qur'an: the pages, ink and binding, as distinct from the revelation itself.المُصْحَف
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- 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
- MufassirA scholar who writes or teaches tafsir, trained in Arabic, the readings, the Sunnah and the occasions.المُفَسِّر
- Qur'anThe speech of Allah revealed to Muhammad in Arabic over about twenty three years, preserved word for word.القُرْآن
- Tafkhim and TarqiqHeavy and light pronunciation: some letters fill the mouth, others stay thin.التَّفْخيمُ وَالتَّرْقيق