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Shariza
MAURITIUS
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 Topic initiated on Monday, August 21, 2006 - 6:31 PM 
Meaning of Ruku and Hizb
Assalamu Alaykum
I'd like to know the meaning of 'Ruku' and 'Hizbs'. |
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Tariq Hashmi
PAKISTAN
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Posted - Monday, August 28, 2006 - 3:57 PM 
assalaam o alaikum
I believe you only want to know he meaning of the words and not the concept. The word ruku probably is derived from raka'a meaninog to bow down. They named ruku (act of bowing down) practiced in the ritual prayer. The name ruku has been given to the division of the Qur'an becauuse they provide a sufficient part of the Qur'an which can be read in each raka'ah of the prayer. People could name things based on diffirent aspects of them.
As regads the word hizb it means a party, part, group.
If however your question relates to the concept of these divisions then please do write back.
Regards,
Tariq |
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Shariza
MAURITIUS
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Posted - Monday, August 28, 2006 - 5:25 PM
Assalamu Alaykum
Thank you for your answer. Eventually, I wanted to know the meaning of the words but I'd like to know about the concept also. |
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Tariq Hashmi
PAKISTAN
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Posted - Saturday, November 11, 2006 - 7:11 AM
Ruku is basically a mark put at the end of thematic shifts (as understood by those who have put these marks). This is calle ruku because usually the Muslims recite this much of the Qur'an in each Raka'at of prayer (before going into to ruku).
Hizb is purely a division based on length of the text and has nothing to do with the meaning and thematic progress in the text.
I hope this helps. |
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UmmSalma
USA
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Posted - Monday, May 28, 2007 - 8:19 PM
Assalamu'alaikum..
what are the signs in the Qur'an used to mark a ruku' and a hizb? Jazakallah khayr |
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ibrahim
Moderator
PAKISTAN
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Posted - Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 6:51 AM
wa Alaikum us Salaam
Signs of Ruku' are usually found in those texts of Qur'an that are Published in Indo-Pak & it is marked with a ع sign whereas
Signs of Hizb are usually found in those texts of Qur'an that are Published in Arab Countries & it is marked by writing حزب at its start.
Hope it helps |
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RJConnors
USA
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Posted - Saturday, January 10, 2009 - 11:04 PM
quote:
Ruku is basically a mark put at the end of thematic shifts (as understood by those who have put these marks). This is calle ruku because usually the Muslims recite this much of the Qur'an in each Raka'at of prayer (before going into to ruku).
Assalamu Alaykum
Can you provide examples of some of these marks for both the Raku, Siparah and Hizb as I would like to find them in my Qur'an.
I have a several different translations of Al-Qur'an I am using but the main one I use is:
"The Nobel Qur'an" published by the King Fahd printing complex.
Thanks.
Edited by: ibrahim on Saturday, January 17, 2009 12:07 PM |
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ibrahim
Moderator
PAKISTAN
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Posted - Saturday, January 17, 2009 - 12:20 PM
wa alaikum us salaam
Sorry for a late response.
you might not be able to see some of the above mentioned sighns in those Scripts that are published by the King Fahd printing complex like your "The Nobel Qur'an" .
Sipara is actually Para means part (Juz in Arabic). Quran has been divided into 30 equal parts (Paras). It's a division made by Human beings so there are some differences in the start & end of some of these paras in the Scripts published here in Asia & there in Arab countries.
Ruku mark can only be seen in the Scripts published here in Asia like verses 1-7 of Al-baqarah(2) is the 1st Ruku of That Surah.
Whereas Hizb is an Arab Division that divide every parah into TWO hizbs & each is further divided into FOUR almost equal parts marked as Quarter/Half/3Quarters etc. i think that this division has been made for 8 rak'aat of tahajjud Prayer.
I hope it helps |
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hanzala
INDIA
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Posted - Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 7:35 AM
Asalamun Alykum wa rahmatullahi wa barkatuhu. i just want to know the best way of memorizing surahs of the holy quran.
Jazakom Allah Khairan |
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ibrahim
Moderator
PAKISTAN
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Posted - Sunday, December 20, 2009 - 9:06 AM
wa Alykum us salam wa rahmatullahi wa barkatuhu.
No way can be claimed as the best way of memorizing surahs of the holy Quran as the case always vary from person to person.
From my personal Experiences of memorising the Quran or asked kids to do so i'm of the opinion that:
* one must select the best time for it & that's the time when mind is free & atmosphere is supporting.
* memorize verse by verse. I mean to say that when u r more than 100% sure about 1st verse of 1st surah only then move to the 2nd verse & then in the same way to the 3rd & so on & so forth.
* keep on revising the memorized surahs & the best way for it is to read them in your prayers at home or in your Nafal prayers. Thajjud is the best in this regard though managing it is not so easy these days.
* it's v imp to note that rivising the old ones is more important than memorizing the new ones. So there must be a balance between them. you can always stop memorizing new ones but must not stop rivising them unless they r too old for you & are v much memorized & have been rivised a lot of times. This stopage of revising shouldn't be too long as well.
* last but not the least the bigger your memorized part goes on the rivising spead must become faster too. otherwise one may start losing the the old surahs from the memory. After the completion of Hifz of whole Qur'an one should try reach a point where he/she become able to complete the revision of whole Quran in not more than 1 full month.
i hope this will help you in memorizing the Quran. May Allah help u a lot in this regard. you must start from the End of Quran i.e. fm the last surah"Naas" & then go back ward for at least Two Paras before starting surah "Baqarah" |
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abunoman
PAKISTAN
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Posted - Sunday, December 20, 2009 - 1:24 PM
| Last month I was in Tashkent where I got Quran published by some Arab country. In that Qura'n I found the words Hizb and so on, that made me little confused. Now with the above deliberations the things are very much clear. Thanks to Mr Ibrahim and Mr Tariq Hashmi. My highest regards to them. |
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ibrahim
Moderator
PAKISTAN
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Posted - Sunday, December 27, 2009 - 5:26 PM
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maheen328
BAHRAIN
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Posted - Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - 11:07 AM
I found this in an article called "Organization of the Quran" by M. Amir Ali and want to share with others as I think it explains the concepts of Hizb and Ruku' very well.
Hizb (group): According to this system each Juz is further divided into two Hizbs and each Hizb is further divided into four quarters. It means that a Juz has two Hizbs and eight Hizb-quarters or each Juz-quarter has two Hizb-quarters. The whole Qur’an is divided into 240 Hizb-quarters. This allows a person to recite the Qur’an in small groups of verses and complete the recitation in one-month to eight-month period. In addition, Hizb partitioning of the Qur’an allows a Muqri (Qur’an reciter) to recite one Hizb in each Raka’ah of Salat at-Traweeh and finish one Juz every night in eight Raka’hs thereby completing the whole Qur’an in 30 nights of Ramadan. Partitioning of the Qur’an in Hizb is not found in the copies printed in South Asia.
Ruku’ (bowing or section): Some Muslims prefer to do 20 raka’ah every night for Salat At-Taraweeh during the month of Ramadan, that is, recite a section and go to ruku’ (bowing). They had to find markers to recite a portion of the Qur’an in each Raka’ah while completing a topic. In South Asia the tradition is to complete recitation of the whole Qur’an in 27 nights. This required partitioning of the Qur’an in 27 x 20 = 540 sections excepting the Surah al-Fatiha. When such partitioning was done they ended up with 556 (+1 for Surat al-Fatiha) sections. Evidently, they did not go back to redo the partitioning to come with 540 sections. The Qur’an copies printed in South Asia have Ruku’ or Section markings showing number of the ruku’ within the Surah, within the Juz and ayah number within the ruku’. Traditionally, South Asian Muslims may give reference of a ayahs from the Qur’an by referring to the ruku’ number and Juz number but such system is unscientific and it is not universally acceptable. Qur’an copies printed in the Arab world do not include ruku’ markings. |
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ibrahim
Moderator
PAKISTAN
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Posted - Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 5:02 PM
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Abdullah7
USA
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Posted - Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 5:07 AM
Salaamu alaykum ibrahim, I was reading that the Huffaz divided the Quran into 7 equal parts and I thought "is that the same as sab'an mina'l-mathani"? but since I read in this topic discussion I noticed that you shared that siparah 30 paras or (juz) were divided by humans. Then I reread the module 1 text and understand that was the Huffaz and Qurra.The Huffaz divided up Al-Qur'an into Manzil seven stages all equal. The seven of the composed pairs is not divided by humans but by Allah himself (contemporary view)and not all in equal length. So it showed me they were two different divisions from two seperate sources. is this correct? Just want to make sure I know how to clarify the differences. Thank you.
Edited by: Abdullah7 on Wednesday, September 08, 2010 5:11 AM
Edited by: Abdullah7 on Wednesday, September 08, 2010 5:13 AM |
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ibrahim
Moderator
PAKISTAN
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Posted - Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 3:50 AM
w salam & u r welcome. Pl note the following things in this regard:
i) 7 mnazil & sab'an mina'l-mathani r two totally different divisions. 1st is Human but is of Companions' period & 2nd is not though it has been discovered very recently.
ii) to my knowledge 7 mnazil were made to finish Quran in a week & i'm not sure that it was made by/for Huffaz. I've heard that even some companions were of the routine to finish the whole Quran in ONE week.
whereas
the 30 PARA/JUZ' division itself shows that it's a man-made division by/for Huffaz to finish Quran in a month especially in Traweeh prayer (Ramadan).
Pl confirm that if any confusion still lies within U.
Thanks & regards |
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