hizb
English
Etymology
From Arabic حِزْب (ḥizb, “group, band, faction”)
Noun
hizb (plural hizbs or ahzab)
- each of the roughly equilongitudinal 60 parts in which the Quran has been traditionally divided to ease its reading and memorization
See also
- juz, juzʼ
- siparah
References
- جزء (قرآن)