Aya (wingi: ayat) kwa kweli maana yake ni 'ishara'. Katika lugha ya kitaalamu, ni sehemu fupi kabisa ya maandishi ya Qur'ani, yaani kifungu cha maneno au sentensi. Ufunuo ni mwongozo kutoka kwa Mwenyezi Mungu kwa wanadamu, kwa hiyo si ajabu kukuta kwamba sehemu zake ndogo kabisa zinaitwa 'ishara' (zinazoongoza). Neno 'verse' (mstari wa shairi) si sahihi kwa sababu Qur'ani si shairi.

Aya (pl. ayat) actually means 'sign'. In technical language it is the shortest division of the Qur'anic text, i.e. a phrase or sentence. The revelation is guidance from God to mankind and it is therefore not at all surprising to find that its smallest divisions are called (guiding) 'signs'. The term 'verse' is not appropriate since the Qur'an is not poetry.

Sura (wingi: Suwar) maana yake halisi ni 'safu' au 'uzio'. Katika lugha ya kitaalamu, ni mgawanyo wa maandishi ya Qur'ani kwa mafungu, yaani sura au sehemu, iliyotengwa na maandishi yanayotangulia na yanayofuata.

Sura (pl. Suwar) means literally 'row' or 'fence'. In technical language, it is the passage-wise division of the Qur'anic text,i.e. a chapter or part, set apart from the preceding and following text.

Qur'ani ina sura 114 za urefu tofauti, fupi kabisa ikiwa na aya nne na ndefu kabisa ikiwa na aya 286.

The Qur'an has 114 suras of unequal length, the shortest consisting of four and the longest of 286 ayat.

Sura zote (isipokuwa Sura 9) zinaanza kwa maneno bismillahir rahmanir rahim. Hii si nyongeza ya baadaye katika maandishi, bali ilikuwa tayari ikitumika, hata kabla ya Muhammad ﷺ kuitwa kuwa Nabii. [Angalia Sura 27: 30.] Sura zote 114 za Qur'an zina majina, ambayo hutumika kama aina ya kichwa cha habari. Majina hayo mara nyingi yanatokana na neno muhimu au la kipekee lililomo katika maandishi yenyewe, kama vile al-anfal (8) au al-baqara (2). Katika visa vingine ni mojawapo ya maneno ya kwanza kabisa ambayo sura inaanza nayo, kwa mfano ta-ha (20) au al-furqan (25).

All suras (with the exception of Sura 9) begin with the words bismillahir rahmanir rahim. This is not a later addition to the text, but was already used, even before Muhammad's call to prophethood. ' [See Sura 27: 30.] All 114 suras in the Qur'an have names, which serve as a sort of heading. The names are often derived from an important or distinguishing word in the text itself, such as e.g. al-anfal (8) or al-baqara (2). In other cases it is one of the first few words with which the sSra begins e.g. ta-ha (20) or al-furqan (25).

Mpangilio wa aya ndani ya kila sura na mpangilio wa suratu zenyewe ulikamilishwa mwisho na Mtume ﷺ kwa mwongozo wa Malaika Gabriel katika mwaka wa kifo chake, wakati Gabriel alipokuja mara mbili kuipitia upya maandishi pamoja naye ﷺ. [Angalia hapo juu. usambazaji wa ufunuo wa Qur'ani, uk. 31.] Wanazuoni pia wameziweka suratu katika aina nne.

Both the order of the ayat within each sura and the arrangement of the suras were finally determined by the Prophet under guidance from the Angel Gabriel in the year of his death, when Gabriel twice came to revise the text with him. [See above. transmission of the Qur'anic revelation, p. 31.] Scholars have also grouped the suras into four kinds:

Al-Ṭiwāl (Sura ndefu): 2-10.

 al-tiwal (long ones): 2-10.

Al-Ma'un: surat zenye takriban aya 100: 10-35.

 al-mi'un: suras with approximately 100 ayat: 10-35.

al-mathani: sura zenye aya chini ya 100: 36-49.

 al-mathani: suras with less than 100 ayat: 36-49.

Al-Mufaṣṣal: sehemu ya mwisho ya Qur'ani inayoanzia Sura Qaf: 50-114.

 al-mufassal: the last section of the Qur'an beginning with Sura qaf: 50-114.

Juzuu (wingi: ajzaa') maana yake ni sehemu, kipande. Qur-aan imegawanywa katika sehemu 30 za urefu unaokaribiana, ili iwe rahisi kusomwa kwa siku thelathini za mwezi, hasa mwezi wa Ramadhani. Kwa kawaida huonyeshwa kwa neno "juzuu" pamoja na namba yake, kwa mfano: juzuu ya 30 inayoanza na Sura ya 78.

Juz' (pl. ajza') literally means part, portion. The Qur'an is divided into 30 portions of approximately equal length for easy recitation during the thirty nights of a month, especially of the month of Ramadan. Usually they are indicated by the word and the number of it given alongside, (e.g. juz' 30 beginning with Sura 78).

Baadhi ya nakala za Qur'an zina sura zilizogawanywa katika vifungu vinavyoitwa ruku'. Vinaonyeshwa kwa alama, na maelezo ya nambari za Kiarabu zilizoandikwa pamoja na kila alama ni kama ifuatavyo, kwa mfano 2:20:

Some copies of the Qur'an have the suras divided into paragraphs called ruku'. They are indicated by the symbol and the explanation of the Arabic numerals written with each is as follows, e.g. 2:20:

Nambari ya juu (2) inaonyesha kwamba hii ni rukuʿ ya pili iliyokamilika katika sura husika (hapa ni Sura Al-Baqara).

 The top figure (2) indicates that this is the second completed ruku ' in the respective sura (here Sura albaqara)

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Nambari ya kati (13) inaonyesha kwamba ruku' hii iliyokamilika ina aya 13.

 The middle figure (13) indicates that this completed ruku' contains 13 ayat.

Takwimu ya chini (2) inaonyesha kwamba hii ni ruku' ya pili katika juzuu husika (hapa juzuu ya kwanza).

 The lower figure (2) indicates that this is the second ruku' in the respective juz' (here first juz').

Nakala za Qur'ani zilizochapishwa Mashariki ya Kati hasa, kila juzuu (juz') hugawanywa katika sehemu nne za hizbu, zinazoonyeshwa kwa alama, kwa mfano 2:74 ni mwanzo wa hizbu ya pili ya Qur'ani, inayoonyeshwa kwa namba 2:

Copies of the Qur'an printed in the Middle East in particular have each juz' subdivided into four hizb indicated by the sign e.g. 2:74 is the beginning of the second hizb of the Qur'an, indicated by the figure 2:

Kila hizb pia hugawanywa tena katika robo. Matini ya Qur'ani pia imegawanywa katika sehemu saba za urefu karibu sawa, zinazoitwa manzil, kwa ajili ya kusomwa kwa siku saba. Katika baadhi ya nakala hii huonyeshwa kwa neno manzil na namba husika pembezoni. Jedwali lifuatalo linaonyesha mgawanyo wa matini katika juz' na manzil: [Hamidullah, Muhammad: Le Saint Coran. Traduction integraleetnores. Paris: