For the convenience of people who wish to read the Qur`an in a week the text may be divided into 7 portions, each portion is known as Hizb or Manzil. The following division to 7 equal portions is by Hamza Al-Zayyat (d.156/772): == In Sufism == Sufi`s spiritual journey is seen as a path marked by various stopping places or stages. The stopping pl.....