page_title: Āyah
hierarchical_section_title: Āyah
caption_attribution_description: Holy Koran covering by Ahmed Karahisari, kept at the Topkapi Palace.
context_page_description: An Ayah or Quran verse is a "verse" the Islamic Quran, one of the statements of varying length that make up the Surahs of the Quran and are marked by a number. In the Quranic context the word means "evidence," "sign" or "miracle," and in Islam may refer to things other than Quranic verses, such as religious obligations or cosmic phenomena. In the Quran it is referred to in several verses such as:
  تِلْكَ آيَاتُ ٱللَّٰهِ نَتْلُوهَا عَلَيْكَ بِٱلْحَقِّۖ فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثٍۭ بَعْدَ ٱللَّٰهِ وَآيَاتِهِۦ يُؤْمِنُونَ
  "These are the Ayahs of Allah that We recite for you in truth. So what discourse will they believe after Allah and His Ayahs?"
  — Quran 45:6
context_section_description: An  Ayah or Quran verse (Arabic: آيَة‎, romanized: ʾĀyah /ˈɑːjə/; plural: ْآيَات‎ ʾĀyāt) is a "verse" the Islamic Quran, one of the statements of varying length that make up the Surahs (chapters) of the Quran and are marked by a number. In the Quranic context the word means "evidence," "sign" or "miracle," and in Islam may refer to things other than Quranic verses, such as religious obligations (ayat taklifiyyah) or cosmic phenomena (ayat takwiniyyah). In the Quran it is referred to in several verses such as:
  تِلْكَ آيَاتُ ٱللَّٰهِ نَتْلُوهَا عَلَيْكَ بِٱلْحَقِّۖ فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثٍۭ بَعْدَ ٱللَّٰهِ وَآيَاتِهِۦ يُؤْمِنُونَ
  
  "These are the Ayahs of Allah that We recite for you in truth. So what discourse will they believe after Allah and His Ayahs?" 
  — Quran 45:6
caption: A 16th-century Quran opened to show sura (chapter) 2, ayat (verses) 1–4.
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