Some use these divisions to facilitate recitation of the Qurʼān in a month-such as during Ramadan, when the entire Qurʼān is recited in the Tarawih prayers, typically at the rate of one juzʼ a night.Ī juzʼ is further divided into ḥizbāni (lit. During medieval times, when it was too costly for most Muslims to purchase a manuscript, copies of the Qurʼān were kept in mosques and made accessible to people these copies frequently took the form of a series of thirty parts ( juzʼ). There are 30 juz in the quran.ĭivision into ajzāʼ has no relevance to the meaning of the Qurʼān and anyone can start reading. It is also known as para (پارہ/পারা) in Iran and the Indian subcontinent. A juzʼ ( Arabic: جُزْءْ, plural: أَجْزَاءْ ajzāʼ, literally meaning 'part') is one of thirty parts of varying lengths into which the Quran is divided.
