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When they were very little, she and her siblings would gather at their father’s knees while he sang suras.

From The Guardian • Dec. 7, 2016

No one has a Quran or suras from it.

From Newsweek • Sep. 4, 2013

On TV, from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m., religion students participate in the lalimun, a game show in which they must identify the origins of the different suras chosen by a jury of wise men.

From Time • Nov. 1, 2011

The imam then proceeded to read several suras from the Quran.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah

The man who had asked earlier if any of us were Saidu’s family began to read suras.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah