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Definition of Suras
1. sura [n] - See also: sura
Lexicographical Neighbors of Suras
Literary usage of Suras
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The remaining suras belong exclusively to the last five years of the Prophet's life.
Sura 48 refers to the truce of Hodei- bia, and the prospect of victory ..."
2. The Corân: Its Composition and Teaching, and the Testimony it Bears to the by William Muir (1920)
"The suras of this period contain some .narratives from the Gospel. ... From stage
to stage the suras become, on the average, longer, and some of them now ..."
3. The Life of Mahomet and History of Islam, to the Era of the Hegira: With by William Muir (1861)
"CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OP THE suras REVEALED AT MEDINA. I PROPOSE here to complete,
or rather to amend, the chrono- Med logical enumeration, as given at the ..."
4. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"CHAPTERS FROM THE KORAN MECCA suras THE CHAPTER OF CONGEALED BLOOD* IN the name
of the merciful and compassionate God. READ, in the name of thy Lord! ..."
5. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1881)
"El-Kor'an, or The Koran, translated from the Arabic, the suras arranged in
chronological order, with Notes and Index, by JM RODWELL, MA 2nd edition. ..."
6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The remaining suras belong exclusively to the last five years of the Prophet's life.
Sura 48 refers to the truce of Hodei- bia, and the prospect of victory ..."
7. The Corân: Its Composition and Teaching, and the Testimony it Bears to the by William Muir (1920)
"The suras of this period contain some .narratives from the Gospel. ... From stage
to stage the suras become, on the average, longer, and some of them now ..."
8. The Life of Mahomet and History of Islam, to the Era of the Hegira: With by William Muir (1861)
"CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OP THE suras REVEALED AT MEDINA. I PROPOSE here to complete,
or rather to amend, the chrono- Med logical enumeration, as given at the ..."
9. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"CHAPTERS FROM THE KORAN MECCA suras THE CHAPTER OF CONGEALED BLOOD* IN the name
of the merciful and compassionate God. READ, in the name of thy Lord! ..."
10. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1881)
"El-Kor'an, or The Koran, translated from the Arabic, the suras arranged in
chronological order, with Notes and Index, by JM RODWELL, MA 2nd edition. ..."
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