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sura

/soor-uh/US // ˈsʊər ə //UK // (ˈsʊərə) //

萨拉,袈裟,糜烂,斋戒

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Islam.

    • : any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.

Examples

  • His "fits" before the oncoming of a new Sura have been mentioned.

  • At the age of thirty-six Saadiah received a remarkable honor; he was summoned to Sura to fill the post of Gaon.

  • A most important Muslim tradition says that Muhammad declares this sura to be equal to a third of the rest of the Koran.

  • Married women are not at all slaves; and the Sura, or fourth chapter of the Koran, assigns them a dowry.

  • As for Koran-reading, it would delight me; but please give me the number of the sura, or chapter, from which the words are taken.