Sura Length Chart
At the top of the 'Charts' menu, you will find the 'Sura & Verse Lengths' sub menu:
This offers you three different ways to chart the lengths of each sura of the Qur’an
- By verses (the chart will show the number of verses in each sura)
- By words (the chart will show the number of Arabic words in each sura)
- By mean verse length (the chart will show the average (arithmetic mean) of each sura)
The chart drawn will look something like this:
- Suras to Show. By clicking the buttons, you can choose whether to plot every sura, just Meccan suras, or just Medinan suras on the chart.
- Sort By. You can either sort your chart by sura (so sura 1 is drawn first and sura 114 last), or you can sort your chart by length (meaning longer suras will appear first).
- Chart Columns. Point your mouse at a column and Qur’an Tools will show you a tooltip with the exact value in it. You can also click a column to “drill down” and see a chart of the individual verse lengths (by words) within this particular sura.