ayah
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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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- Overview of the meaning
- See also
- References
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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
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: