sura
IPA: sˈʊrʌ
noun
- Any of the 114 chapters of the Quran.
- The sap of the palmyra or of the coconut palm, palm wine.
- A surname.
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Examples of "sura" in Sentences
- I think sura is inadequately ugly.
- Hadith of the prediction in Sura al Rum.
- The other type of sura is the Madinan sura.
- It also serves to attach the triceps surae.
- And then the sura ends with the final reminder.
- The context of the sura is the Battle of Tabuk.
- There are differences in transliteration for many of the sura.
- But the reputation of the Academy of Sura continued to dwindle.
- Sura Tarawih is the term used to describe any sura in the Quran.
- The proceedings began with the recitation of Sura Al Rehman from the Quran.
- Waiting on chapter and/or "sura" in the Koran/Q'uran by editnetwork on Monday, Oct 27, 2008 at 4: 48: 42 PM
- With the inclusion of the sura, Mr. Alryyes notes, "Omar seems to refute the right of his owners over him."
- It begins with the simple, bold, and widely trampled sura 2:256, translated as "There is no compulsion in religion."
- Imam Rauf performs the usual editing of sura 5:32 when he writes that the Quran says that "whoever kills an innocent, it is as if he has killed all mankind."
- For instance, Ibn Said begins his text with a full recitation of the Quran's 67th sura , or chapter, titled al-Mulk "Dominion", which discusses God's absolute ownership of the universe.
- He lectured on different analyses of the sura of the Koran called Al Zumar, which speaks of the deafening trumpet blast that God will make on Judgment Day, and the lofty riverside mansions the faithful will occupy in heaven.
- For Iranian Muslims, Christmas [surely Christmas, not new year?] commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, who is revered in Islam and is mentioned frequently in the Koran, which also devotes a "sura" or verse to the Virgin Mary.
- The sura reads: "For that cause We decreed for the children of Israel that whoever killeth a human being for other than manslaughter or corruption in the earth, it shall be as if he had killed all mankind, and whoso saveth the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind" Pickthall translation.
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