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This article is about the Qur'an. For the Hindi word for "nurse," see Amah.

Template:QuranRelated Ayah (آية Template:ArabDIN, plural Ayat آيات Template:ArabDIN) is the Arabic word for sign or miracle. The word usually refers to each one of the 6236 verses[1] found in the Qur'an (6348 ayat counting the basmalas). Muslims regard each ayah of the Qur'an as a sign from Allah.

The verse number in a symbol is written at the end of each verse. This symbol is ۝, end of Ayah. Its Unicode number is U+06DD and ۝۝۝۝ also denotes the end of a sura.