hizb

English

Etymology

From Arabic حِزْب‎ (ḥizb, “group, band, faction”)

Noun

hizb (plural hizbs or ahzab)

  1. 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
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