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I lost count of the suras I recited all through the night.

Cole’s starting point is the Quranic sura, or chapter, titled “Romans.”

“I’ve seen things that would scare most, but I recite the suras, and they go away,” Mr. Shafiq said, referring to chapters in Quran.

Marracci worked to disprove Islam, carefully translating and rebutting each sura in turn.

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