Juz'


A juzʼ is one of thirty parts of varying lengths into which the Quran is divided. It is also known as para in Iran and the subcontinent.
Division into ajzāʼ has no relevance to the meaning of the Qurʼān and anyone can start reading from anywhere in the Qurʼān. During medieval times, when it was too costly for most Muslims to purchase a manuscript, copies of the Qurʼān were kept in mosques and made accessible to people; these copies frequently took the form of a series of thirty parts. Some use these divisions to facilitate recitation of the Qurʼān in a month—such as during Ramadan, when the entire Qurʼān is recited in the Tarawih prayers, typically at the rate of one juzʼ a night.
A juzʼ is further divided into ḥizbāni, therefore, there are 60 aḥzāb. Each ḥizb is subdivided into four quarters, making eight quarters per juzʼ, called maqraʼ. There are 240 of these quarters in the Qurʼān. These maqraʼ are often used as practical sections for revision when memorizing the Qurʼān.

The most commonly memorized juzʼ is juzʼ ‘amma, the 30th juzʼ, containing chapters 78 through 114, with most of the shortest chapters of the Qurʼān. Juzʼ ‘amma is named, like most ajzāʼ, after the 1st word of its 1st verse.
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Ḥizb Number:1st Quarter2nd Quarter3rd Quarter4th QuarterTotal:
132
18
16
15
81
217
14
18
18
67
316
19
12
14
61
416
14
10
10
50
510
9
11
18
48
618
19
23
18
78
720
20
20
18
78
815
15
11
12
53
912
22
16
14
64
1012
14
21
13
60
1115
14
11
15
55
1214
10
16
15
55
1315
12
24
23
74
1423
15
21
16
75
1516
14
10
15
55
1630
16
18
23
87
1729
25
14
15
83
1818
18
21
19
76
1920
15
18
15
68
2012
14
15
18
59
2118
11
18
15
62
2227
18
19
25
89
2318
17
20
23
78
2424
22
23
23
92
2524
24
15
14
77
2616
18
18
25
77
2748
51
29
21
149
2824
15
21
18
78
2922
27
20
29
98
3029
15
19
24
87
3124
33
37
40
134
3254
28
28
25
135
3328
22
32
30
112
3418
19
22
19
78
3535
39
44
20
138
3614
18
12
20
64
3732
25
51
59
167
3870
47
26
29
172
3926
23
17
22
88
4025
13
25
20
83
4124
30
23
28
105
4223
20
17
13
73
4320
9
23
14
66
4422
23
26
32
103
4532
45
61
62
200
4658
31
44
24
157
4721
23
20
20
84
4825
28
16
22
91
4920
14
24
26
84
5033
49
54
26
162
5120
24
23
23
90
5212
13
31
49
105
5353
51
45
47
196
5478
74
37
14
203
5513
19
20
21
73
5614
26
12
12
64
5730
52
70
54
206
5847
57
58
63
225
5986
71
55
64
276
6075
67
67
79
288
Totals:1,6421,5281,5481,5186,236