5. Rukúʾ (pl. Rukúát), Prostrations. These are of two kinds, the Rukúʾ of a Súra and the Rukúʾ of a Sípára, and are distinguished in the Arabic Qurán by the letter ʾain on the margin. Muhammadans generally quote by the Rukú and not by the verse.
6. Rubaʾ, The quarter of a Sípára.
7. Nisf, The half of a Sípára.
8. Suls, Three-quarters of a Sípára.
9. Sipárá,[1] the Persian for the Arabic Juz. The Sípáras or Juz, are thirty in number, and it is said that the Qurán is so divided to enable the pious Muslim to recite the whole of the Qurán in the thirty days of Ramazán. Muhammadans generally quote their Qurán by the Sípára and Rukuʾ, and not by the Súra and A′yat.
10. Manzil (pl. manázil), Stages. These are seven in number, and are marked by the letters F, M, Y, B, Sh, W, and Q, which words are said to spell Famíbeshauq, i. e. "My mouth with desire." They have been arranged to enable the devout Muslim to recite the whole in the course of a week.
- ↑ The Persian word Sípára is derived from sí, thirty, and pára, a portion.
