| Each sura begins with a listing of its title, the number of verses it contains, the venue in which its particular revelations were received, and its placement in the order of suras. |
| Upon which he was surnamed sura, sura being the Roman word for the calf of the leg. |
| The title of the sura, with the number of its verses, is indicated on the same line by a gilt kufic inscription with brown edges which terminates in a palm-leaf motif pointing towards the left-hand margin. |
| Both recto and verso pages possess a sura heading written in a white kufic script. |
| When a Talib leader tried to give her orders, she countered with the appropriate sura. |
| Bands of geometric decoration with the name of the sura and the number of verses it contains, in gold, are particularly distinctive. |
