Which Juzz’ has the most verses?
One of the first things that anyone learns about the holy Qur’ān is that there are 114 chapters of varying length, with the longest being Sūrah al-Baqarah with 286 verses, and the shortest chapters having just 3 verses. So it’s no surprise to anyone that different chapters can have vastly different numbers of verses.
It is also well-known that the Qur’ān is also divided into 30 parts, and these are generally around the same length, measured in terms of pages. Pages are a more reliable indicator of actual length, or “reading time”, than verses, since verses also vary enormously in length.
But one connection I haven’t seen mentioned enough is the variance in the number of verses per part of the Qur’ān. How does the length of each juzz’ compare with the others in terms of the number of verses it contains? Sure, they all span the same number of pages, but certainly a juzz’ consisting of short verses will have more verses in it will have more verses overall than a juzz’ consisting of longer ones. So which juzz’ has the most verses? We can investigate this.