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D. The Koran In the last years of his life, Mohammed dictated his scriptures to his disciples. His messages were partly written on parchment, paper, palm leaves Or bone, and partly committed to memory. The fragments were eventually collected and rearranged into the Koran. 18 . The Koran is divided into 114 chapters, each of which is called agura (surah). The sguras are divided into two categories: 1. The Meccan suras, which number ninety-two,and which were revealed to Mohammed during his thirteen years residence in Mecca. These suras give guidance to the individual soul and ground the adherents into the faith. 19 2. The Medina euras, which number twenty-two, and which were revealed to Mohammed during his ten-year stay in Medina. These auras give guidance to a growing social and political community and translate faith into action. 20 The revelations to Mohammed, while he was in a state of trance, comprise the Sacred Book and are never confused with those which occurred during the times when there were no physical changes apparent in him. The latter are known as the Hadith, or Sunnah, of the Prophet. 21 -9- Se ed a ee 5 adhoc plete ae Zmee FAO RABY. a Aas HAS