Sura

Word SURA
Character 4
Hyphenation ‖Su ra
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Sura"

What do we mean by sura?

Any of the 114 chapters or sections of the Koran. noun

In India, the fermented sap or “milk” of several kinds of palm, as the palmyra, cocoa, and wild date; toddy. noun

A chapter of the Koran. noun

One of the sections or chapters of the Koran, which are one hundred and fourteen in number. noun

Any of the 114 chapters of the Qur'an. noun

The muscular back part of the shank noun

One of the sections (or chapters) in the Koran noun

Any of the 114 chapters of the Qur'an.

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The word "sura" in example sentences

Waiting on chapter and/or "sura" in the Koran/Q'uran by editnetwork on Monday, Oct 27, 2008 at 4: 48: 42 PM ❋ Unknown (2008)

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We prostrated facing East, Ali on my right and Seyyed reciting sura on my left. ❋ Andrew Bowen (2010)

With the inclusion of the sura, Mr. Alryyes notes, "Omar seems to refute the right of his owners over him." ❋ Charles S. Dameron (2011)

It begins with the simple, bold, and widely trampled sura 2:256, translated as "There is no compulsion in religion." ❋ Clay Farris Naff (2011)

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." ❋ Unknown (2011)

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. ❋ Charles S. Dameron (2011)

Taken literally, the above sura amounts to a command to go out and kill or convert nonbelievers every year. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Al-Yamani kneeled on the floor, brought his palms together, and began reciting a sura. ❋ Vince Flynn (2010)

Around the portal of the main entrance to the tomb was a rectangular band of marble inlaid with inscriptions from the Quran, the thirty-sixth sura — Ya Sin. ❋ Indu Sundaresan (2010)

The front of the darwaza would also be built of the red sandstone so prolific in the quarries around Agra but inlaid with white marble, into which would be carved, in calligraphic script, the eighty-ninth sura from the Quran, which invited believers to step into Paradise. ❋ Indu Sundaresan (2010)

The next to last verse of the second and longest sura of the Koran instructs them so. ❋ Terry Kelhawk (2010)

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