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Featured Article Verse (Arabic: "آیة", Āya) in technical usage is the sentences and phrases of the Qur'an which are separated from each other in a special order and form the suras (chapters) of the Qur'an. In the Qur'an the word is used in the technical meaning, and the Qur'an ayas (verses) are described as "al-bayyinat", meaning manifest and clear. The literal meaning of "aya" is "sign" or "something clear and obvious". The word is also used in the Qur'an in its literal meaning in some places and refers to every creature as a sign of the existence and the attributes of God, and to the miracles of the prophets as they are signs of truth of their mission. In this application, the ayas (signs) of God are divided to "afaqi" (signs in the outer world) and "anfusi" (the signs in one's self). The most correct and the most prevalent opinion about the first verses revealed to the Prophet (s), is that they are the first five verses of Sura al-'Alaq; but about the last verses, there is a disagreement. Regardless of al-Muqatta'at verses (separate letters), the shortest verse in the number of words is the verse 64 of sura al-Rahman (Arabic: مُدهامَّتان, transliteration: "mudhāmmatān") which means, "dark green". This verse contains only one word. And the shortest in the number of the letters is the first verses of Suras al-Fajr (Arabic: والفجر, transliteration: "wa l-fajr") meaning, "by the dawn"; and the first verse of Sura al-'Asr (Arabic: والعصر, transliteration: "wa l-'asr", translation: "by the time") and some others (with six letters and two words). The longest verse of the Qur'an is the al-Dayn Verse (debt) (Q 2:282) which nearly fills a page.Read more... Recently featured: Verse, Eid al-Fitr, Laylat al-Qadr More featured articles... 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Upcoming anniversaries Today: Saturday Shawwal 27 Sunday Shawwal 28 1427 AH - Demise of Mirza Jawad Tabrizi (November 20, 2006) Monday Shawwal 29 1205 AH - Demise of Muhammad Baqir Wahid Bihbahani (July 1, 1791) 1391 AH - Demise of Muhammad Taqi Amuli (December 18, 1971) 1409 AH - Demise of Sayyid Ruhollah Khomeini (June 4, 1989) Tuesday Dhu l-Qa'da 1 Expulsion of Adam from Paradise according to hadiths 10 years after Bi'tha - Demise of Abu Talib according to some account 40 AH - Death of al-Ash'ath b. Qays (March 11, 661) 173 AH - Birth of Lady Fatima al-Ma'suma (a) (March 26, 790) 177 AH - Death of Shurayk b. 'Abd Allah al-Nakh'i (February 11, 794) 1386 AH - Demise of Husayn Najafi Ahari (February 11, 1967) 1406 AH - Funeral ceremony of Imam Khomeini which was called the largest funeral ceremony in history (June 5, 1989) Thursday Dhu l-Qa'da 3 1316 AH - Demise of Sayyid Muhammad Fisharaki (March 15, 1899) 1419 AH - Martyrdom of al-Sayyid Muhammad al-Sadr (February 19, 1999) Friday Dhu l-Qa'da 4 3 BH - Demise of Lady Khadija (a) (According to some reports) (June 14, 620) 1409 AH - Demise of Husayn Lankarani (June 8, 1989) Historical anniversaries of Shawwal July 22 657 CE - Beginning of the last phase of the Battle of Siffin (Safar 1, 37) Sunday July 23 1978 CE - Demise of Mulla 'Ali Akhund Hamadani (Sha'ban 17, 1357) 2007 CE - Demise of 'Abd al-Karim Haqshinas (Rajab 8, 1428) Monday July 24 1208 CE - Demise of Abu al-Hasan Mas'ud b. 'Isa known as Shaykh Warram (Muharram 2, 605) Tuesday July 25 1896 CE - Demise of Muhammad Taqi Bujnurdi (Safar 14, 1314) 2014 CE - Martyrdom of 33 Nigerians while participating in Quds Day's rallies (Ramadan 27, 1435) Wednesday July 26 2004 CE - Demise of 'Ali Pahlawani Tihrani (Jumada II 8, 1425) 2014 CE - Demise of Husayn Shabzindadar (Ramadan 28, 1435) Friday July 28 1897 CE - Demise of Abu l-Ma'ali Kalbasi Isfahani (Safar 27, 1315) List of historical anniversaries You may also like... Al-Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr Battle of Banu Qurayza Mulla Hadi Sabziwari Change of the Qibla Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyya Aban b. Taghlib Imams of Shi'a I'tikaf Imam Ja'far b. Muhammad al-Sadiq (a) 'Abd Allah b. Saba' 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Awf Tafsir al-muhit al-a'zam (book) Dhu l-Hulayfa Mosque Kurdus b. Zuhayr al-Taghlibi Ja'da bt. al-Ash'ath b. Qays Chest-beating Sura al-Takwir Chapter A'la 'Abd Allah b. Abi Husayn al-Azdi al-Bajali ‘Asharat supplication Chapter ‘Adiyat 'Abd Allah b. 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