Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

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

from The Century Dictionary.

  • 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.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

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

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun any of the 114 chapters of the Qur'an.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the muscular back part of the shank
  • noun one of the sections (or chapters) in the Koran

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Arabic sūra, from Aramaic šurā, absolute form of šurətā, row, line; see šwr in Semitic roots.]

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From Arabic سورة (sú:ra, chapter of the Qur‘an), from سور (sáwwara, to enclose, to wall in).

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Examples

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

    What the H Really Stands For 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.

    Institute for War & Peace Reporting: 2009

  • 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.

    ¡Hola, Hezbollah! 2009

  • It begins with the simple, bold, and widely trampled sura 2:256, translated as "There is no compulsion in religion."

    Clay Farris Naff: A Moment Of Opportunity For Muslims Clay Farris Naff 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.

    ¡Hola, Hezbollah! 2009

  • With the inclusion of the sura, Mr. Alryyes notes, "Omar seems to refute the right of his owners over him."

    A Free Mind, An Unfree Man Charles S. Dameron 2011

  • 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.

    Real Interfaith Dialogue Must Address the Real Issues 2011

  • It begins with the simple, bold, and widely trampled sura 2:256, translated as "There is no compulsion in religion."

    Clay Farris Naff: A Moment Of Opportunity For Muslims 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."

    Real Interfaith Dialogue Must Address the Real Issues 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.

    A Free Mind, An Unfree Man Charles S. Dameron 2011

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