A distinctive set of verses from the Qur’an that has a beginning and an end, a special name, and a minimum of three verses.
"Āyah" (pl. āyāt"): sign, indication, a verse of the Qur’an. Other meanings: miracle, proof, evidence, wonder, admonition.
Consecutive portions of the Qur’an that are marked by a certain sign in the "mus'haf" (physical copy of the Qur’an). They are well coordinated and are read uninterruptedly within a known time frame.
Sūrat al-Fātihah, which is seven verses.
A set of surahs of the Qur’an starting with Sūrat al-Baqarah and ending with either Sūrat Yunus or Sūrat-ut-Tawbah and Sūrat al-Anfāl (together).
A science that deals with counting the number of verses in a certain surah or in the entire Qur’an, along with identifying the beginning and the end of each verse.