Sura

  • Sura is the Arabic term for "chapter" (i.e. as in a written work of literature). The term usually refers to the 114 suras that make up the Qur'an.

See also: Ayat

  • Sura was also the name of a city in ancient Babylonia that was a major center of Talmud scholarship, that together with the city of Pumbeditha, gave rise to the Babylonian Talmud.

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