Before reading Quran or standing for prayer we must recite the isti'adha, A’oodhu Billaahi min al-Shaytaan ir-rajeem, I seek refuge with Allah from the shaytan the accursed. Below the chart displays the word to word breakdown, root letters and meaning. The root letters give the basic meaning, the origin or foundation of a word.
These notes also provide the word to word breakdown for the word Quran along with several other words, which will give you a better understanding when studying the Quran.
القُرْعان Al Quran
ق ر ء to recite, to read, that which is recited, the recitation, the reading, that which is read a lot. The Quran is the most recited book. The book sent down by Allah to be recited, to be read.
ق ر ن to join, that which is joined together, something that is combined together e.g. letters, ayets, surahs are all combined together.
سُورَة Surah - Chapter
س و ر to fence in, to enclose, to surround something with a wall. A wall protects and divides. Surah's enclose ayets within and separates a surah from another surah.
Elevated - an elevated land, high status, elevated in rank, elevated in speech. Each Surah is elevated. The Quran is the most elevated book. Elevated in status and in speech. The more you recite the more you are elevated.
Bracelet - adorned, beautify. Bracelet made of several gems. Surahs are like a collection of adorned precious gems, eg, if we say a diamond represents Al Fatihah, a ruby Al Baqarah etc., each one is precious, valuable, but different, all these surahs are connected just like a bracelet.
ءَايَة Ayet - Verse
This word has several meanings.
- a sign
- a lesson
- a miracle
- a statement
- a verse or sentence
An ayet of the Quran is a verse or sentence, every sentence is a miracle and it contains lessons for mankind to benefit.
لَفْظ Laft
ل ف ط to spit something out, the sea threw out the fish on the shore, that which is thrown out, that which is spoken. When you speak you throw out words, that which is enunciated.
حَرْف Harf - A Letter
ح ر ف an edge of something like a cliff, the brink of. When you reach the edge of the cliff you must turn back, its the turning point. We turn our tongue back to get the next letter, once we read a letter we have to turn our tongue to proceed to the next.
حَرَكَات Harakat
Movement, to move something. Vowel signs, fatta, kasra, dammah etc give movement to the shape of the mouth.
Juz
A portion, a part of a whole, thirty parts altogether to form the Quran.
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Jazakillah khoir for the excellence writing… This blog help me to understand more about al quran.. my Allah bless you with jannah.. aamiin
Thank you for sharing. SubhanAllah it’s amazing when you actually sit down and read the broken down translation of something we recite everyday
Whenever I come here…I come to know many new things…thank you for writing up beautiful post….
JazakAllah khair for the detailed breakdown. Learning root words and understand are so important.
Learning root words makes understanding so much easier. JazakilAllahu Khayr for sharing this! Really need to work on it. Duaa please.-f
MashaAllah very info article as always… Jazakallah for sharing! ??
This is so educational, shukran for sharing and breaking it down for us.