![]() All sūrahs are traditionally known by names-many of them by more than one-which appear to have emerged only after the death of the Prophet. The second sūrah is by far the longest one. With the exception of the short opening sūrah, recited during each of the five daily Islamic prayers, the sūrahs are ordered roughly according to decreasing length, although this general rule is frequently interrupted. It is subdivided into 114 chapterlike units called “ sūrahs,” a word used within the Qurʾān to designate revelatory passages of an unspecific length (e.g., 9:64). The Qurʾān is markedly shorter than even the New Testament, let alone the Hebrew Bible.
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