sura
/ˈsʊərə
/(also surah)
noun
A chapter or section of the Koran.Certain verses are credited with curative powers: for example, the first sura or chapter, known as the Opening, is good for scorpion bites; the last two are good for various illnesses....
- The book includes selected suras from the Koran and is accompanied by a CD with recitations from the book.
- My father taught me his favorite sura from the Koran, where God is described as a ‘Light within Light, emanating from a source found neither in the East nor in the West.’
Origin
From Arabic sūra.
Rhymes
- travelator
- travel bureau
- travel card
- traveler
- travelled
- traveller
- traveller's cheque
- traveller's joy
- traveller's tale
- travel light
- travelling
- travelling crane
- travelling people
- travelling salesman
- travelling salesman problem
- travelling scholarship
- travelling stock
- travelling stock reserve
- travelling stock route
- travelling wave
- travelogue
- travel-sick
- travel sickness
- travel writer
- travel writing