Which book is divided into 114 chapters called Suras??
Islam revelation and literal word of God and is widely regarded as the finest literary work in the classical Arabic language. Muslims believe that the verses of the Quran were revealed to Muhammad by God through the archangel Gabriel ("Jibrīl") on many occasions between 610 CE until his death on June 8, 632. While Muhammad was alive, all of these revelations were written down by his companions ("sahabah"), although the prime method of transmission was orally through memorization. The Quran is divided into 114 chapters ("suras") which combined, contain 6,236 verses ("āyāt"). The chronologically earlier suras, revealed at Mecca, are primarily
Aram (Kural book) poet Sirumedhaviyar first suggested grouping of the chapters under subdivisions in verse 20 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai. Accordingly, he divided the Book of Aṟam into three "Iyal"s, or divisions, namely, "pāyiram" (the first 4 chapters), "aṟam" (the next 33 chapters), and "ūḻ" (the final chapter). Following this, the ten medieval commentators, who were the first to write commentaries about the Tirukkural, divided the Book of Aṟam variously between two and four portions, grouping the original chapters diversely under these divisions and thus changing the order of the chapters widely. For example, while Parimelalhagar divided Book One into two parts, namely,