ayah

Also known as Quranic verse, verse of the Quran, aya, ayat

thumb|A Quran showing verses of Al-Baqarah, Verse 253 to Verse 256, the Ayat al Kursi which is the 255th verse is also shown. thumb|A 16th-century Quran opened to show sura (chapter) 2, ayat (verses) 1–4. thumb

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An "ayah" is a verse or sign in the Quran, the Islamic holy text. The term is used to divide the Quran into smaller, manageable sections for reading and study, with each chapter (sura) containing multiple ayat (the plural form).

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: paragraph
Part of: surah
Has part: Muqatta'at
Religion: Islam
Genre: religious text
Based on: waḥy
Main subject: Tilawa
Image: Aya-278.png
Has use: Quranic studies

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Unicode character: ۝
Commons category: Qur'anic verses
different from: Ajjah
topic's main category: Category:Quranic verses
described by source: Internetowa encyklopedia PWN
native label: آية
quantity: 6326
facet of: Qur’an
language of work or name: Quranic Arabic
location of creation: Medina
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Quran
name in native language: آيَةٌ، آيَاتٌ
vocalized name: آيَةٌ، آيَاتٌ
Stack Exchange tag: islam.stackexchange.com/tags/ayah
published in: Qur’an

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An āyah (, ; ) is a "verse" in the Quran, one of the statements of varying length that make up the chapters (surah) of the Quran and are marked by a number. In a purely linguistic context the word means "evidence", "sign" or "miracle", and thus may refer to things other than Quranic verses, such as religious obligations (āyat taklīfiyyah) or cosmic phenomena (āyat takwīniyyah). In the Quran it is referred to with both connotations in several verses such as:

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