Quran Surahs


Quran, the one and only source of Islam, has total of 114 surahs.Out of all these surahs, 86 of them were considered to be revealed in Mecca and 28 of them in Medina. Arrangement of Surahs was done during the four caliphates and did not follow the revelation order of the surahs. The revelation order is also shown down below.

The first surah revealed was Al-Alaq but the arrangement of surahs puts Al-Fatiha as the first surah on the list. In the meantime, the names of Surahs were put by the people who were arranging them. Al-Fatiha means “The opener/opening” as it was put as the first surah of the Quran.

The Quran includes a total of 114 Surah and these Surah in total has 6236 ayahs and 76827 words.


SurahMeaningAyah Count Revelation Order
1) Al-Fatiḥa The Opener 75
2) Al-Baqarah The Cow 28687
3) Ali Imran Family of Imran 20089
4) An-Nisa The Women 17692
5) Al-Maidah The Table Spread with Food 120112
6) Al-Anam The Cattle 16555
7) Al-Araf The Heights 20639
8) Al-Anfal The Spoils of War 7588
9) At-Tawbah The Repentance 129113
10) Yunus Jonah 10951
11) Hud Hud 12352
12) Yusuf Joseph 11153
13) Ar-Rad The Thunder 4396
14) Ibrahim Abraham 5272
15) Al-Hijr The Rocky Tract 9954
16) An-Nahl The Bee 12870
17) Al-Isra The Night Journey 11150
18) Al-Kahf The Cave 11069
19) Maryam Mary 9844
20) Taha Ta-Ha 13545
21) Al-Anbiya The Prophets 11273
22) Al-Haj The Pilgrimage 78103
23) Al-Muminun The Believers 11874
24) An-Nur The Light 64102
25) Al-Furqan The Criterion 7742
26) Ash-Shuara The Poets 22747
27) An-Naml The Ant 9348
28) Al-Qasas The Stories 8849
29) Al-Ankabut The Spider 6985
30) Ar-Rum The Romans 6084
31) Luqman Luqman 3457
32) As-Sajdah The Prostration 3075
33) Al-Ahzab The Combined Forces 7390
34) Saba Sheba 5458
35) Fatir Originator 4543
36) Ya-Sin Yasin 8341
37) As-Saffat Lined up in rows 18256
38) Sad Sad 8838
39) Az-Zumar The Troops 7559
40) Ghafir The Forgiver 8560
41) Fussilat Explained in Detail 5461
42) Ash-Shuraa The Consultation 5362
43) Az-Zukhruf The Ornaments of Gold 8963
44) Ad-Dukhan The Smoke 5964
45) Al-Jathiyah The Crouching 3765
46) Al-Ahqaf The Wind-Curved Sandhills 3566
47) Muhammad Muhammad 3895
48) Al-Fath The Victory 29111
49) Al-Hujurat The Rooms 18106
50) Qaf Qaf 4534
51) Adh-Dhariyat The Winnowing Winds 6067
52) At-Tur The Mount 4976
53) An-Najm The Star 6223
54) Al-Qamar The Moon 5537
55) Ar-Rahman The Beneficent 7897
56) Al-Waqi The Inevitable 9646
57) Al-Hadid The Iron 2994
58) Al-Mujadila The Pleading Woman 22105
59) Al-Hashr The Exile 24101
60) Al-Mumtahanah She that is to be examined 1391
61) As-Saf The Ranks 14109
62) Al-Jumu The Congregation, Friday 11110
63) Al-Munafiqun The Hypocrites 11104
64) At-Taghabun Mutual loss and gain 18108
65) At-Talaq The Divorce 1299
66) At-Tahrim The Prohibtiion 12107
67) Al-Mulk The Sovereignty 3077
68) Al-Qalam The Pen 522
69) Al-Haqqah The Inevitable Reality 5278
70) Al-Ma’arij The Ascending Stairways 4479
71) Nuh Noah 2871
72) Al-Jinn The Jinn 2840
73) Al-Muzzammil The Enshrouded One 203
74) Al-Muddaththir The Cloaked One 564
75) Al-Qiyamah The Resurrection 4031
76) Al-Insan The Man 3198
77) Al-Mursalat The Emissaries 5033
78) An-Naba The Tidings 4080
79) An-Nazi Those Who Pull Out 4681
80) Abasa He Frowned 4224
81) At-Takwir The Overthrowing 297
82) Al-Infitar The Cleaving 1982
83) Al-Mutaffifin The Defrauding 3686
84) Al-Inshiqaq The Sundering 2583
85) Al-Buruj The Mansions of the Stars 2227
86) At-Tariq Pulsar 1736
87) Al-Ala The Most High 198
88) Al-Ghashiyah The Enveloper 2668
89) Al-Fajr The Dawn 3010
90) Al-Balad The City 2035
91) Ash-Shams The Sun 1526
92) Al-Layl The Night 219
93) Ad-Duhaa The Morning Hours 1111
94) Ash-Sharh The Expansion 812
95) At-Tin The Fig 828
96) Al-Alaq Clinging Substance 191
97) Al-Qadr The Power 525
98) Al-Bayyinah The Clear Proof 8100
99) Az-Zalzalah The Earthquake 893
100) Al-Adiyat The Courser 1114
101) Al-Qari The Calamity 1130
102) At-Takathur Increased Rivalry 816
103) Al-Asr The Declining Day 313
104) Al-Humazah he Slanderer 932
105) Al-Fil The Elephant 519
106) Quraysh Quraysh 429
107) Al-Maun The Small Kindesses 717
108) Al-Kawthar The Abundance 315
109) Al-Kafirun The Disbelievers 618
110) An-Nasr The Divine Support 3114
111) Al-Masad The Palm Fiber 56
112) Al-Ikhlas The Sincerity 422
113) Al-Falaq The Daybreak 520
114) An-Nas The Mankind 621