List of Surahs in the Quran
The following are lists of the surahs of the Qur’an arranged in various (hopefully) useful orders. There are three lists:
- Traditional order: – this is the traditional order of the surahs
- Chronological order: this is the general order of the revelation of the surahs
- Alphabetical order: arranged according to the English transliteration of the surahs
The usage is as follows: 1. the normal order of the surahs; 2. the surahs in order of revelation (useful when following abrogation); 3. when surahs are mentioned by name rather than number.
- Traditional order of surahs: this is the usual order found in the Qur’an
Traditional order | Arabic name | English name | Chronological Order |
1 | al-Fatihah | The Opening | 5 |
2 | al-Baqarah | The Cow | 87 |
3 | Al-Imran | The Family Of Imran | 89 |
4 | an-Nisa’ | Women | 92 |
5 | al-Ma’idah | The Food | 112 |
6 | al-An`am | The Cattle | 55 |
7 | al-A`raf | The Elevated Places | 39 |
8 | al-Anfal | The Spoils Of War | 88 |
9 | at-Taubah | Repentance | 113 |
10 | Yunus | Jonah | 51 |
11 | Hud | Hud | 52 |
12 | Yusuf | Joseph | 53 |
13 | ar-Ra`d | The Thunder | 96 |
14 | Ibrahim | Abraham | 72 |
15 | al-Hijr | The Rock | 54 |
16 | an-Nahl | The Bee | 70 |
17 | Al-Isra | The Night Journey | 50 |
18 | al-Kahf | The Cave | 69 |
19 | Maryam | Mary | 44 |
20 | Ta Ha | Ta Ha | 45 |
21 | al-Anbiya’ | The Prophets | 73 |
22 | al-Hajj | The Pilgrimage | 103 |
23 | al-Mu’minun | The Believers | 74 |
24 | an-Nur | The Light | 102 |
25 | al-Furqan | The Criterion | 42 |
26 | ash-Shu`ara’ | The Poets | 47 |
27 | an-Naml | The Ant | 48 |
28 | al-Qasas | The Narrative | 49 |
29 | al-`Ankabut | The Spider | 85 |
30 | ar-Rum | The Romans | 84 |
31 | Luqman | Lukman | 57 |
32 | as-Sajdah | The Adoration | 75 |
33 | al-Ahzab | The Allies | 90 |
34 | Saba’ | Sheba | 58 |
35 | Fatir | The Creator | 43 |
36 | Ya Sin | Ya Sin | 41 |
37 | as-Saffat | The Rangers | 56 |
38 | Sad | Sad | 38 |
39 | az-Zumar | The Companies | 59 |
40 | Ghafir | The Forgiving One | 60 |
41 | Fussilat | Revelations Well Expounded | 61 |
42 | ash-Shura | The Counsel | 62 |
43 | az-Zukhruf | The Embellishment | 63 |
44 | ad-Dukhan | The Evident Smoke | 64 |
45 | al-Jathiyah | The Kneeling | 65 |
46 | al-Ahqaf | The Sandhills | 66 |
47 | Muhammad | Muhammad | 95 |
48 | al-Fath | The Victory | 111 |
49 | al-Hujurat | The Chambers | 106 |
50 | Qaf | Qaf | 34 |
51 | ad-Dhariyat | The Scatterers | 67 |
52 | at-Tur | The Mountain | 76 |
53 | an-Najm | The Star | 23 |
54 | al-Qamar | The Moon | 37 |
55 | ar-Rahman | The Merciful | 97 |
56 | al-Waqi`ah | That Which is Coming | 46 |
57 | al-Hadid | The Iron | 94 |
58 | al-Mujadilah | She Who Pleaded | 105 |
59 | al-Hashr | The Exile | 101 |
60 | al-Mumtahanah | She Who is Tested | 91 |
61 | as-Saff | The Ranks | 109 |
62 | al-Jumu`ah | The Day of Congregation | 110 |
63 | al-Munafiqun | The Hypocrites | 104 |
64 | at-Taghabun | The Cheating | 108 |
65 | at-Talaq | The Divorce | 99 |
66 | at-Tahrim | The Prohibition | 107 |
67 | al-Mulk | The Kingdom | 77 |
68 | al-Qalam | The Pen | 2 |
69 | al-Haqqah | The Inevitable | 78 |
70 | al-Ma`arij | The Ladders | 79 |
71 | Nuh | Noah | 71 |
72 | al-Jinn | The Jinn | 40 |
73 | al-Muzammil | The Mantled One | 3 |
74 | al-Mudathir | The Clothed One | 4 |
75 | al-Qiyamah | The Resurrection | 31 |
76 | al-Insane | The Man | 98 |
77 | al-Mursalat | The Emissaries | 33 |
78 | an-Naba’ | The Tidings | 80 |
79 | an-Nazi`at | Those Who Pull Out | 81 |
80 | `Abasa | He Frowned | 24 |
81 | at-Takwir | The Cessation | 7 |
82 | al-Infitar | The Cleaving Asunder | 82 |
83 | Al-Mutaffifeen | The Defrauders | 86 |
84 | al-Inshiqaq | The Rending | 83 |
85 | al-Buruj | the Constellations | 27 |
86 | at-Tariq | The Night-Comer | 36 |
87 | al-A`la | The Most High | 8 |
88 | al-Ghashiya | The Overwhelming Calamity | 68 |
89 | al-Fajr | The Dawn | 10 |
90 | al-Balad | The City | 35 |
91 | ash-Shams | The Sun | 26 |
92 | al-Layl | The Night | 9 |
93 | ad-Duha | The Early Hours | 11 |
94 | ash-Sharh | The Expansion | 12 |
95 | at-Tin | The Fig | 28 |
96 | al-`Alaq | The Clot | 1 |
97 | al-qadr | The Majesty | 25 |
98 | al-Bayyinah | The Proof | 100 |
99 | Az-Zalzala | The Shaking | 93 |
100 | al-`Adiyat | The Assaulters | 14 |
101 | al-Qari`ah | The Terrible Calamity | 30 |
102 | at-Takathur | Worldly Gain | 16 |
103 | al-`Asr | Time | 13 |
104 | al-Humazah | The Slanderer | 32 |
105 | al-Fil | The Elephant | 19 |
106 | al-Quraish | The Quraish | 29 |
107 | al-Ma`un | The Daily Necessaries | 17 |
108 | al-Kauthar | Abundance | 15 |
109 | al-Kafirun | The Unbelievers | 18 |
110 | an-Nasr | The Help | 114 |
111 | Al-Masad | The Palm Fibre | 6 |
112 | al-Ikhlas | The Unity | 22 |
113 | al-Falaq | The Daybreak | 20 |
114 | an-Nas | The Men | 21 |
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2. Chronological order: this is the order in which the surahs were revealed. This list is useful for determining which ayat abrogates another
Chronological Order | Arabic name | English name | Traditional order |
1 | al-`Alaq | The Clot | 96 |
2 | al-Qalam | The Pen | 68 |
3 | al-Muzammil | The Mantled One | 73 |
4 | al-Mudathir | The Clothed One | 74 |
5 | al-Fatihah | The Opening | 1 |
6 | Al-Masad | The Palm Fibre | 111 |
7 | at-Takwir | The Cessation | 81 |
8 | al-A`la | The Most High | 87 |
9 | al-Layl | The Night | 92 |
10 | al-Fajr | The Dawn | 89 |
11 | ad-Duha | The Early Hours | 93 |
12 | ash-Sharh | The Expansion | 94 |
13 | al-`Asr | Time | 103 |
14 | al-`Adiyat | The Assaulters | 100 |
15 | al-Kauthar | Abundance | 108 |
16 | at-Takathur | Worldly Gain | 102 |
17 | al-Ma`un | The Daily Necessaries | 107 |
18 | al-Kafirun | The Unbelievers | 109 |
19 | al-Fil | The Elephant | 105 |
20 | al-Falaq | The Daybreak | 113 |
21 | an-Nas | The Men | 114 |
22 | al-Ikhlas | The Unity | 112 |
23 | an-Najm | The Star | 53 |
24 | `Abasa | He Frowned | 80 |
25 | al-qadr | The Majesty | 97 |
26 | ash-Shams | The Sun | 91 |
27 | al-Buruj | the Constellations | 85 |
28 | at-Tin | The Fig | 95 |
29 | al-Quraish | The Quraish | 106 |
30 | al-Qari`ah | The Terrible Calamity | 101 |
31 | al-Qiyamah | The Resurrection | 75 |
32 | al-Humazah | The Slanderer | 104 |
33 | al-Mursalat | The Emissaries | 77 |
34 | Qaf | Qaf | 50 |
35 | al-Balad | The City | 90 |
36 | at-Tariq | The Night-Comer | 86 |
37 | al-Qamar | The Moon | 54 |
38 | Sad | Sad | 38 |
39 | al-A`raf | The Elevated Places | 7 |
40 | al-Jinn | The Jinn | 72 |
41 | Ya Sin | Ya Sin | 36 |
42 | al-Furqan | The Criterion | 25 |
43 | Fatir | The Creator | 35 |
44 | Maryam | Mary | 19 |
45 | Ta Ha | Ta Ha | 20 |
46 | al-Waqi`ah | That Which is Coming | 56 |
47 | ash-Shu`ara’ | The Poets | 26 |
48 | an-Naml | The Ant | 27 |
49 | al-Qasas | The Narrative | 28 |
50 | Al-Isra | The Night Journey | 17 |
51 | Yunus | Jonah | 10 |
52 | Hud | Hud | 11 |
53 | Yusuf | Joseph | 12 |
54 | al-Hijr | The Rock | 15 |
55 | al-An`am | The Cattle | 6 |
56 | as-Saffat | The Rangers | 37 |
57 | Luqman | Lukman | 31 |
58 | Saba’ | Sheba | 34 |
59 | az-Zumar | The Companies | 39 |
60 | Ghafir | The Forgiving One | 40 |
61 | Fussilat | Revelations Well Expounded | 41 |
62 | ash-Shura | The Counsel | 42 |
63 | az-Zukhruf | The Embellishment | 43 |
64 | ad-Dukhan | The Evident Smoke | 44 |
65 | al-Jathiyah | The Kneeling | 45 |
66 | al-Ahqaf | The Sandhills | 46 |
67 | ad-Dhariyat | The Scatterers | 51 |
68 | al-Ghashiya | The Overwhelming Calamity | 88 |
69 | al-Kahf | The Cave | 18 |
70 | an-Nahl | The Bee | 16 |
71 | Nuh | Noah | 71 |
72 | Ibrahim | Abraham | 14 |
73 | al-Anbiya’ | The Prophets | 21 |
74 | al-Mu’minun | The Believers | 23 |
75 | as-Sajdah | The Adoration | 32 |
76 | at-Tur | The Mountain | 52 |
77 | al-Mulk | The Kingdom | 67 |
78 | al-Haqqah | The Inevitable | 69 |
79 | al-Ma`arij | The Ladders | 70 |
80 | an-Naba’ | The Tidings | 78 |
81 | an-Nazi`at | Those Who Pull Out | 79 |
82 | al-Infitar | The Cleaving Asunder | 82 |
83 | al-Inshiqaq | The Rending | 84 |
84 | ar-Rum | The Romans | 30 |
85 | al-`Ankabut | The Spider | 29 |
86 | Al-Mutaffifeen | The Defrauders | 83 |
87 | al-Baqarah | The Cow | 2 |
88 | al-Anfal | The Spoils Of War | 8 |
89 | Al-Imran | The Family Of Imran | 3 |
90 | al-Ahzab | The Allies | 33 |
91 | al-Mumtahanah | She Who is Tested | 60 |
92 | an-Nisa’ | Women | 4 |
93 | Az-Zalzala | The Shaking | 99 |
94 | al-Hadid | The Iron | 57 |
95 | Muhammad | Muhammad | 47 |
96 | ar-Ra`d | The Thunder | 13 |
97 | ar-Rahman | The Merciful | 55 |
98 | al-Insane | The Man | 76 |
99 | at-Talaq | The Divorce | 65 |
100 | al-Bayyinah | The Proof | 98 |
101 | al-Hashr | The Exile | 59 |
102 | an-Nur | The Light | 24 |
103 | al-Hajj | The Pilgrimage | 22 |
104 | al-Munafiqun | The Hypocrites | 63 |
105 | al-Mujadilah | She Who Pleaded | 58 |
106 | al-Hujurat | The Chambers | 49 |
107 | at-Tahrim | The Prohibition | 66 |
108 | at-Taghabun | The Cheating | 64 |
109 | as-Saff | The Ranks | 61 |
110 | al-Jumu`ah | The Day of Congregation | 62 |
111 | al-Fath | The Victory | 48 |
112 | al-Ma’idah | The Food | 5 |
113 | at-Taubah | Repentance | 9 |
114 | an-Nasr | The Help | 110 |
3. Alphabetical list of surahs according to the transliteration of the Arabic: this list is to enable those searching in the English language for the name of the surah. The list was compiled without regard to the definer prefix which were re-added after sorting.
Traditional order | Arabic name | English name | Chronological Order |
87 | al-A`la | The Most High | 8 |
7 | al-A`raf | The Elevated Places | 39 |
80 | `Abasa | He Frowned | 24 |
100 | al-`Adiyat | The Assaulters | 14 |
46 | al-Ahqaf | The Sandhills | 66 |
33 | al-Ahzab | The Allies | 90 |
96 | al-`Alaq | The Clot | 1 |
6 | al-An`am | The Cattle | 55 |
21 | al-Anbiya’ | The Prophets | 73 |
8 | al-Anfal | The Spoils Of War | 88 |
29 | al-`Ankabut | The Spider | 85 |
103 | al-`Asr | Time | 13 |
90 | al-Balad | The City | 35 |
2 | al-Baqarah | The Cow | 87 |
98 | al-Bayyinah | The Proof | 100 |
85 | al-Buruj | the Constellations | 27 |
51 | ad-Dhariyat | The Scatterers | 67 |
93 | ad-Duha | The Early Hours | 11 |
44 | ad-Dukhan | The Evident Smoke | 64 |
89 | al-Fajr | The Dawn | 10 |
113 | al-Falaq | The Daybreak | 20 |
48 | al-Fath | The Victory | 111 |
1 | al-Fatihah | The Opening | 5 |
35 | Fatir | The Creator | 43 |
105 | al-Fil | The Elephant | 19 |
25 | al-Furqan | The Criterion | 42 |
41 | Fussilat | Revelations Well Expounded | 61 |
40 | Ghafir | The Forgiving One | 60 |
88 | al-Ghashiya | The Overwhelming Calamity | 68 |
57 | al-Hadid | The Iron | 94 |
22 | al-Hajj | The Pilgrimage | 103 |
69 | al-Haqqah | The Inevitable | 78 |
59 | al-Hashr | The Exile | 101 |
15 | al-Hijr | The Rock | 54 |
11 | Hud | Hud | 52 |
49 | al-Hujurat | The Chambers | 106 |
104 | al-Humazah | The Slanderer | 32 |
14 | Ibrahim | Abraham | 72 |
112 | al-Ikhlas | The Unity | 22 |
3 | Al-Imran | The Family Of Imran | 89 |
82 | al-Infitar | The Cleaving Asunder | 82 |
76 | al-Insane | The Man | 98 |
84 | al-Inshiqaq | The Rending | 83 |
17 | Al-Isra | The Night Journey | 50 |
45 | al-Jathiyah | The Kneeling | 65 |
72 | al-Jinn | The Jinn | 40 |
62 | al-Jumu`ah | The Day of Congregation | 110 |
109 | al-Kafirun | The Unbelievers | 18 |
18 | al-Kahf | The Cave | 69 |
108 | al-Kauthar | Abundance | 15 |
92 | al-Layl | The Night | 9 |
31 | Luqman | Lukman | 57 |
70 | al-Ma`arij | The Ladders | 79 |
107 | al-Ma`un | The Daily Necessaries | 17 |
5 | al-Ma’idah | The Food | 112 |
19 | Maryam | Mary | 44 |
111 | Al-Masad | The Palm Fibre | 6 |
74 | al-Mudathir | The Clothed One | 4 |
47 | Muhammad | Muhammad | 95 |
58 | al-Mujadilah | She Who Pleaded | 105 |
67 | al-Mulk | The Kingdom | 77 |
23 | al-Mu’minun | The Believers | 74 |
60 | al-Mumtahanah | She Who is Tested | 91 |
63 | al-Munafiqun | The Hypocrites | 104 |
77 | al-Mursalat | The Emissaries | 33 |
83 | Al-Mutaffifeen | The Defrauders | 86 |
73 | al-Muzammil | The Mantled One | 3 |
78 | an-Naba’ | The Tidings | 80 |
16 | an-Nahl | The Bee | 70 |
53 | an-Najm | The Star | 23 |
27 | an-Naml | The Ant | 48 |
114 | an-Nas | The Men | 21 |
110 | an-Nasr | The Help | 114 |
79 | an-Nazi`at | Those Who Pull Out | 81 |
4 | an-Nisa’ | Women | 92 |
71 | Nuh | Noah | 71 |
24 | an-Nur | The Light | 102 |
97 | qadr | The Majesty | 25 |
50 | Qaf | Qaf | 34 |
68 | al-Qalam | The Pen | 2 |
54 | al-Qamar | The Moon | 37 |
101 | al-Qari`ah | The Terrible Calamity | 30 |
28 | al-Qasas | The Narrative | 49 |
75 | al-Qiyamah | The Resurrection | 31 |
106 | al-Quraish | The Quraish | 29 |
13 | ar-Ra`d | The Thunder | 96 |
55 | ar-Rahman | The Merciful | 97 |
30 | ar-Rum | The Romans | 84 |
34 | Saba’ | Sheba | 58 |
38 | Sad | Sad | 38 |
61 | as-Saff | The Ranks | 109 |
37 | as-Saffat | The Rangers | 56 |
32 | as-Sajdah | The Adoration | 75 |
91 | ash-Shams | The Sun | 26 |
94 | ash-Sharh | The Expansion | 12 |
26 | ash-Shu`ara’ | The Poets | 47 |
42 | ash-Shura | The Counsel | 62 |
20 | Ta Ha | Ta Ha | 45 |
64 | at-Taghabun | The Cheating | 108 |
66 | at-Tahrim | The Prohibition | 107 |
102 | at-Takathur | Worldly Gain | 16 |
81 | at-Takwir | The Cessation | 7 |
65 | at-Talaq | The Divorce | 99 |
86 | at-Tariq | The Night-Comer | 36 |
9 | at-Taubah | Repentance | 113 |
95 | at-Tin | The Fig | 28 |
52 | at-Tur | The Mountain | 76 |
56 | al-Waqi`ah | That Which is Coming | 46 |
36 | Ya Sin | Ya Sin | 41 |
10 | Yunus | Jonah | 51 |
12 | Yusuf | Joseph | 53 |
99 | az-Zalzala | The Shaking | 93 |
43 | az-Zukhruf | The Embellishment | 63 |
39 | az-Zumar | The Companies | 59 |
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