It can be divided into thirty ajza (AJ-zah) each containing two ahzab (AH-zahb), or into seven stations called manazil (MAH-nah-zeel). Translated by Salman the Persian and Robert of Ketton, it is analyzed spiritually through tawil (tah-WEEL) and its commentary is known as tafsir (TAHF-seer). Its second chapter tells of how Samiri constructed the golden calf and was banished after Moses's return. Each of its chapters except the ninth opens with th
It can be divided into thirty ajza (AJ-zah) each containing two ahzab (AH-zahb), or into seven stations called manazil (MAH-nah-zeel). Translated by Salman the Persian and Robert of Ketton, it is analyzed spiritually through tawil (tah-WEEL) and its commentary is known as tafsir (TAHF-seer). Its second chapter tells of how Samiri constructed the golden calf and was banished after Moses's return. Each of its chapters except the ninth opens with the basmala (bahs-MAHL-lah); those 114 chapters are known as suras. For 10 points, name this holy text of Islam.
It can be divided into thirty ajza (AJ-zah) each containing two ahzab (AH-zahb), or into seven stations called manazil (MAH-nah-zeel).
{Koran} [or {Qur'an}]