What is Juz Amma?
The thirtieth part of the Quran, and the section almost every learner reads and memorises first.
The Quran is divided into 114 surahs, and separately into thirty roughly equal parts called ajzāʾ — singular juzʾ. That thirty-part division is an organisational convenience rather than part of the text: it exists so that a reader can complete the Quran over thirty days by reading one part daily, which is a common practice during Ramadan.
Juz Amma is the thirtieth and final part. It begins with Surah An-Naba, the 78th surah, and runs to the end of the Quran at Surah An-Nas, the 114th. That is 37 surahs in total.
Where the name comes from
Each juz is commonly referred to by its opening word. Surah An-Naba begins عَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ — the first word is ʿamma, and so the part is known as Juz Amma.
What is in it
Juz Amma contains the shortest surahs in the Quran. Their length is why it is the thirtieth part rather than a proportionally large section: it holds more than a quarter of all the surahs in a fraction of the text.
It includes several of the most frequently recited chapters, among them Al-Ikhlas, Al-Falaq and An-Nas at the very end. Surah Al-Kawthar, one of the shortest in the Quran at three verses, is also here.
Why beginners start here
- The surahs are short. A complete surah in a single session is achievable, and finishing things matters for motivation more than people admit.
- The vocabulary repeats. Words and phrase patterns recur heavily across these surahs, so each one makes the next slightly easier.
- Many are already familiar. If you have heard these recited in prayer, you have a check on your own reading: when it does not sound right, you notice.
- The verses are short, which means frequent natural stopping points — helpful while you are still learning to manage breath and pauses.
- It is available separately. Slim standalone volumes are inexpensive, portable and easy to mark up.
Reading it, memorising it, or both
For reading practice, working through Juz Amma from the end backwards is common: the very last surahs are the shortest, so you begin with the least difficult material and work towards longer chapters as your reading improves.
For memorisation, the same section is the standard starting point, for the same reasons. See Quran memorization for how to approach it in a way that holds.
Note on Al-Fatiha. The opening surah is not in Juz Amma — it is at the very beginning of the Quran, in the first juz. It is recited in every unit of the prayer, so most people learn it first regardless of where they begin reading.