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The very first verses revealed - 96:1-5 [sura al-Alaq] – around 610 AD


The last verses revealed: 110 [sura an-Nasr] – 632 AD


The Quran was revealed over a period of 23 years





Chronological Order Sura Sequence Number in the Quran


1. al alaq [the germ cell] 19 96


2. al qalam 52 68


3. al muzzmmil 20 73

4. al muddath 56 74

5. al fathiha 7 1 [The Opening]


6. al lahab 5 111


7. at takwir 29 81


8. al ala 19 87


9. al lail 21 92


10. al fajr 30 89


11. adh dhuha 11 93


12 . al Sharh 8 94


13. al asr 3 103


14. al-Adiyat 11 100

15. al-Kauthar 3 108

16. at-Takathur 8 102

17. al-Ma’un 7 107

18. al-Kafirun 6 109

19. al-Fil 5 105

20. al-Falaq 5 113

21. an-Nas 6 114

22. al-Ikhlaas 4 112

23. an-Najm 62 53

24. Abasa 42 80

25. al-Qadr 5 97

26. ash-Shams 15 91

27. al-Buruj 22 85

28. at-Tin 8 95

29. Quraish 4 106

30. al-Qari’a 11 101

31. al-Qiyamat 40 75

32. al-Humaza 9 104

33. al-Mursalat 50 77

34. Qaf 45 50

35. al-Balad 20 90

36. at-Tariq 17 86

37. al-Qamar 55 54

38. Sad 88 38

39. al-Araf 206 7 [The faculty of discernment]

40. al-Jinn 28 72

41. Ya-Sin 83 36

42. al-Furqan 77 25 [The Standard of True and False ]

43. Fatir 45 35

44. Maryam 98 19 [Mary]

45. Taha 135 20 [O Man]

46. al-Waqi’a 96 56

47. ash-Shuaraa 227 26 [the poets]

48. an-Naml 93 27 [the Ants]

49. al-Qasas 88 28

50. al-Israa 111 17 [the Night Journey]


52. Hud 123 11

53. Yusuf 111 12

54. al-Hijr 99 15

55. al-Anam 165 6 [cattle]

56. As-Saffat 182 37


57. Luqman 34 31


58. Saba 54 34

59. az-Zumar 75 39

60. al-Mumin 85 40

61. Ha-Mim 54 41

62. ash-shura 53 42

63. az-Zukhruf 89 43

64. ad-Dukhan 59 44

65. al-Jathiya 37 45

66. al-Ahqaf 35 46

67. az-Zariyat 60 51

68. al-Gashiya 26 88

69. al-Kahf 110 18 [the cave]

70. an-Nahl 128 16 [the Bee]

71. Nuh 28 71

72. Ibrahim 52 14 [Abraham]

73. al-Anbiyaa 112 21 [[the Prophets]

74. al-Muminun 118 23 [the Believers]

75. as-Sajda 30 32

76. at-Tur 49 52

77. al-Mulk 30 67

78. al-Haqqa 52 69

79. al-Maarij 44 70

81. an-Naziat 46 79

80. an-Nabaa 40 78

73. al-Inshiqaq 25 84

84. ar-Rum 60 30

85. al-ankabut 69 29

86. al-Mutaffifin 36 83



Medina Revelation


87. al-Baqara 286 2 [the Cow] The first in Medina

88. as-Anfal 75 8 [Spoils of War]

89. al-Imran 200 3 [the House of Imran ]

90. al-Ahzab 73 33

91. al-Mumtahana 13 60

92. an Nisaa 176 4 [Women]

93. al-Zalzalah 8 99

94. al-Hadid 13 57

95. Muhammad 38 47

96. ar-Rad 43 13 [Thunder]

97. ar-Rahman 78 55

98. ad-Dahr 31 76

99. at-Talaq 12 65

100. al-Baiyina 8 98

101 al-Hashr 24 59

102. an-Nur 64 24 [the Light]

103. al-Hajj 78 22 [the Pilgrimage]

104. a;-Munafiqun 11 63

105. al-Mujadila 22 58

106. al-Hujurat 18 49

107. at-Tahrim 12 66

108. at-Tagabun 18 64

109. as-Saff 14 61

110. al-Jamu’a 11 62

111. al-Fath 29 48

112. al-Maida 120 5 [the Repast]

113. at-Tauba 129 9 [Repentance]

114. an-Nasr 3 110