“ Who is better in speech than one who calls to Allah, does righteous deeds and says indeed I am among the Muslims .” Sura Fussilat, 41: 33

The Islamic law of inheritance ( Sura 4, ayah 11 ) defines exactly how the estate is calculated after death of an individual.

This is recorded in the Qur ' an's second chapter ( Sura Al-Baqara ), Verse 280, which notes: " And if someone is in hardship, then let there be postponement until a time of ease.

For example 23: 1: " Successful indeed are the believers "; Sura 9: 14 " Fight them and God will punish them at your hands ... God will make you victorious over them "; 22: 40: " God will certainly aid those who aid His ( cause ): for verily God is Full of Strength, Exalted in Might.

The religious practice is mentioned for the first time by Natronai ben Hilai, Gaon of the Academy of Sura in Babylonia, in 853 C. E., who describes it as a custom of the Babylonian Jews and further explained by Jewish scholars in the ninth century by that since the Hebrew word geber ( Gever ) means both " man " and " rooster " the rooster may act or serve as a palpable substitute as a religious vessel in place of the man with the practice also having been as a custom of the Persian Jews.

Half a century later Rav Saadia Gaon, also of Sura, composed a siddur, in which the rubrical matter is in Arabic.

It is interesting to note the similarity between the Arabic word Sura and the South Asian word Sutra.

In the round chamber, which is below the entrance to the shaft, there are three stone slabs, the middle one of which contains a partial inscription of Sura 2, verse 255, from the Qur ' an, the famous Ayatul Kursi, Verse of the Throne.

On the evidence of Lucian, the Parthians still held the southern, Roman bank of the Euphrates ( in Syria ) as late as 163 ( he refers to a battle at Sura, which is on the southern side of the river ).

The most detailed account of the annunciation and birth of Jesus is provided in Sura 3 and 19 of The Qur ' an wherein it is written that God sent an angel to announce that she could shortly expect to bear a son, despite being a virgin.

The account in Sura 19 of the Qur ' an is close to that in the Gospel of Luke.

* The 42nd Sura of Qur ' an is named as Shura.

The 38th verse of that Sura suggests that shura is praiseworthy life style of a successful believer.

Thus the belief in the oneness of God is equated in the Qur ' an with the " belief in the unseen " ( Sura ).

" The Qur ' an argues that the stability and order prevailing throughout the universe shows that it was created and is being administered by only one God ( Sura ).

It is stated in the Qur ' an ( Sura: Adh-Dhariyat ( The Wind that Scatter ) verse: 22 ) that one's sustenance is pre-determined in heaven when the Lord says: " And in the heaven is your provision and that which ye are promised.

Other divinities with whom the term " Ahuric " is associated include the six Amesha Spentas and ( notable among the lesser yazatas ) Aredvi Sura of The Waters and Ashi of Reward and Recompense.

No distinct families of the Bruttii appear under the Republic, during which the only cognomen is Sura.

This Christian story is recounted by Islam and appears in a famous Sura of the Koran, Sura Al-Kahf.

:“ We will give the home of the Hereafter to those who do not want arrogance or mischief on earth ; and the end is best for the righteous .”-The Holy Qur ’ an, Sura 28 ( Al-Qasas ) Verse 83

In Sura 7 ( Al-A ` rāf ) Madyan is mentioned as one of several peoples who were warned by prophets to repent lest judgment fall on them.

In the wake of Achaemenid expansion shrines were constructed throughout the empire and particularly influenced the role of Mithra, Aredvi Sura Anahita, Verethregna and Tishtrya, all of which, in addition to their original ( proto -) Indo-Iranian functions, now also received Perso-Babylonian functions.

In the Middle East, Orthodox Christians have also been often referred as Roman ( or Rum ) Orthodox, because of their historical connection with the Eastern Roman ( Byzantine ) Empire as said in Chapter 30 ( Sura Rum ) of the Quran.

Rav Ashi not only elevated Sura until it became the intellectual center of the Babylonian Jews, but contributed to its material grandeur also.

The two heads of the schools also rise, and the gaon of Sura recites the targum to the passage read by the exilarch.

It also served as a station on another route running from Damascus, Palmyra, and Sura up to Lesser Armenia and the Euxine ( Black ) Sea.

Publius Cornelius Lentulus, nicknamed Sura, ( d. December 5, 63 BC ) was one of the chief figures in the Catiline conspiracy and also a stepfather of Mark Antony.

The Annunciation is also described in the Qur ' an, in Sura 3 ( Al-i-Imran-The Family of Imran ) verses 45-51 ( archaic translation ):

And Sura 19 ( Maryam-Mary ) verses 16-26 also refers to it.

There is also some information in Sura An-Najm, which some scholars say is related to the Isra and Mi ' raj.

Sura Al-Isra (, Sūratu al-Isrā, " The Night Journey "), also called Sura Bani Isra ' il ( i. e. Children of Israel ), is the 17th chapter of the Qur ' an, with 111 verses.

Geonim (; also transliterated Gaonim ) were the presidents of the two great Babylonian, Talmudic Academies of Sura and Pumbedita, in the Abbasid Caliphate, and were the generally accepted spiritual leaders of the Jewish community world wide in the early medieval era, in contrast to the Resh Galuta ( Exilarch ) who wielded secular authority over the Jews in Islamic lands.

According to Rav Sherira Gaon, Sura ( Hebrew: סורא ) was identical to the town of Mata Mehasia ( מתא מחסיא ), which is also mentioned in the Talmud, however, Matha-Mehasia is cited in the Talmud, many times, either as a nearby town or a suburb of Sura, and the Talmudist academy in Matha-Mehasia was sometimes moved or served as an additional branch to the Talmudist academy of Sura.

Sura may also refer to:

A traditional Islamic saying states that, " The first who will be summoned to paradise are those who have praised God in every circumstance " In the Quran it is also stated in Sura 14 that those who are grateful will be given more by God.

Badr is also the subject of Sura 8: Al-Anfal, which details military conduct and operations.

الم is also the First Ayah of Sura 3, 29, 30, 31 and 32 6.

The poem draws from Sura 7 ( Arabic الأعراف ) in the Qur ' an ; Poe also drew upon the Qur ' an in other works, including " The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade ".

Commentators on the Qur ' an, like Ibn Kathir are of the opinion that this verse could also be referring to the poor-due mentioned in Sura 6: 141 which states " pay the due thereof on the day of their harvest.

Surah 9: 60 lists those who are eligible to receive Zakaat by saying " Alms are for the poor and the needy, and those employed to administer the ( funds ); for those whose hearts have been ( recently ) reconciled ( to Truth ); for those in bondage and in debt ; in the cause of Allah ; and for the wayfarer: ( thus is it ) ordained by Allah, and Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom ", while Sura 17: 26 commands the believers to " Render to the kindred their due rights, as ( also ) to those in want, and to the wayfarer: But squander not ( your wealth ) in the manner of a spendthrift.

Abba Arikka ( 175 – 247 ) ( Talmudic Aramaic: ; born: Abba bar Aybo, Hebrew: רבי אבא בר איבו ) was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Sassanid Babylonia, known as an amora ( commentator on the Oral Law ) of the 3rd century who established at Sura the systematic study of the rabbinic traditions, which, using the Mishnah as text, led to the compilation of the Talmud.

In Yemen, however, rather than abandoning the Aramaic targum during the public reading of the Torah, it was supplemented by a third version, namely the translation of the Torah into Arabic by Saadia Gaon ( called the Tafsir, though this Gaon was born in prominently Jewish at the time Sura Iraq, Babylon, moved to Egypt, arguably lead those two communities, and died in Jaffa ancestral Israel, he was not known to have ever been to the Jewish villages of Yemen.

At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Ursus and Sura ( or, less frequently, year 855 Ab urbe condita ).

At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sura and Senico ( or, less frequently, year 860 Ab urbe condita ).

At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Sura ( or, less frequently, year 943 Ab urbe condita ).

At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sura and Rufus ( or, less frequently, year 935 Ab urbe condita ).

Gendibal demonstrates to the Speaker's Table that the brain of Sura Novi, a Hamishwoman ( the farming population of Trantor are known as the Hamish ), shows a very subtle change in her mind that could only have been done by an agency more powerful than the Second Foundation.

The transference in meaning of the term from the learning session to the institution itself appears to have occurred by the time of the great Talmudic Academies in Babylonia, Sura and Pumbedita, which were known as shte ha-yeshivot, " the two colleges.

The Qur ' anic passages Sura, Sura and Sura provide a basic understanding of the serious nature and consequences of assigning partners or equals to God, a sin known in Islam as Shirk.

Perhaps the most popular beverage, both because it is cheaper than beer and has a higher, 40-percent alcohol content, is a neutral grain spirit called Sura (), but more generally known as Lao Whiskey (, Lao lao in Laos and Lao Khao (, white alcohol ) in Thailand.

Surat Al-Mala ' ikah " The Angels ", also known as Fatir ( ) " Originator " is the 35th Sura of the Qur ' an with 45 ayat.

Joseph Jacobs, in the Jewish Encyclopedia article mentioned, notes that the transition from the triennial to the annual reading of the Law and the transference of the beginning of the cycle to the month of Tishri are attributed by Sándor Büchler to the influence of Abba Arika, also known as " Rab ," or " Rav ," ( 175 – 247 CE ), a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia, and who established at Sura the systematic study of the rabbinic traditions, which, using the Mishnah as text, led to the compilation of the Talmud:

The best known reference to magic in Islam is the Sura Al-Falaq ( meaning dawn or daybreak ), which is a prayer to ward off Black Magic.