Sequence of Suras in the Quran with the Chronological References on the sides



Sura Name Number

of verses Chronological Place revealed Hijra year [H]

sequence

1. al-fatiha (The Opening) 7 5 [early Meccan]


2. al-baqara (The Heifer) 286 87 medina

[most within two years of Exodus to Medina, exception 281 is the last revelation]


3. al-imran (Family of Imran) 200 89 medina 3 H, 10H


4. al nissa (The Women) 176 92 medina 4H


5. al maida (The Repast) 120 112 madina


6. al anam (The Cattle) 165 55 mecca

[last year in Mecca, before exodus]



7. al Araf (The Heights) 206 39 mecca


8 al anfal (The Spoils of War) 75 88 medina 2H

[Badr battle]


9. al tauba (The Repentance)129 113 medina

[continuation of sura no.8 in 8H , before Tabuk Expedition in 9H]



10. Yunus (The Prophet Yunus) 109 51 Late mecca

[one year before Hijra]


11 Hud (The Prophet Hud) 123 52 mecca


12. Yusuf (Joseph) 111 53 mecca


13 ar rad (The Thunder) 43 96 madina


14 ibrahim (Abraham) 52 72 mecca


15 al hijr (The Rocky Tract) 99 54 mecca


16 an nahl (Bees) 128 70 mecca


17 al israa (The Night Journey) 111 50 mecca


18 al kahf (The Cave) 110 69 mecca


19 maryam (Mary) 98 44 mecca


20 taha 135 45 mecca


21 al anbiyaa(The Prophets) 112 73 mecca


22 al hajj(The Pilgrimage) 78 103 madina


23 al muminun(The Believers) 118 74 mecca


24 an nur (The light) 64 102 madina


25 al furqan (The Criterion) 77 42 mecca


26 ash Shuaraa (The Poets) 227 47 mecca


27 an naml (The Ants) 93 48 mecca


28 al qasas(The Narrations) 88 49 mecca


29 al ankabut(The Spider) 69 85 mecca


30 ar rum(The Romans) 60 84 mecca


31 luqman 34 57 mecca


32 as sajda (The Prostration) 30 75 mecca


33 al ahzab (The Confederates) 73 90 madina


34 saba (Sheba) 54 58 mecca


35 fatir (The Originator of Creation)45 43 mecca


36 Ya Sin 83 41 mecca


37 as saffat(Those

Ranged in Rank) 182 56 mecca


38 sad(Letter Saad) 88 38 mecca


39 az zumar(Crowds) 75 59 mecca


40 al mumin(Believer) 85 60 mecca


41 ha mim 54 61 mecca


42 ash shura(Consultation) 53 53 mecca


43 az zukhruf (The Gold

Adornment) 89 63 mecca


44 ad dukhan (The Smoke) 59 64 mecca


45 al jathiya(The Kneeling Down) 37 65 meca


46 al ahqaf (Winding Sand Tracts) 35 66 mecca


47 muhammad 38 95 medina


48 al fath (The Victory) 29 111 madina


49 al hujurat(The Chamners) 18 106 madina


50 qaf 45 34 mecca


51 az zariyat (The Winds

That Scatter) 60 67 mecca


52 at tur (The Mount) 49 76 mecca


53 an anjm (The Star) 62 23 mecca


54 al qamar (The Moon) 55 37 mecca


55 ar rahman(The Most Gracious)78 97 madina


56 al waqia (The Inevitable) 96 46 mecca


57 al hadid (Iron) 29 94 madina


58 al mujadila(The Woman

Who Pleads) 22 105 madina


59 al hashr(The Mustering) 24 101 madina


60 al mumtah(That Which

Examines) 13 91 madina


61 as saff (The Battle Array)14 109 madina


62 al jamua (Friday) 11 110 madina


63 al munafiqun(Hypocrites) 11 104 madina


64 at tagabun(The Mutual Loss

and Gain)18 108 madina


65 at talaq (Divorce) 12 99 madina


66 at tahrim(Prohibition) 12 107 madina


67 al mulk (The Dominion) 30 77 mecca


68 al qalam (The Pen) 52 2 mecca


69 al haqqa(The Sure Reality) 52 78 mecca


70 al maarij (The Ways of Ascent)44 79 mecca


71 nuh (The Prophet Noah) 28 71 mecca


72 al jinn(The Spirits) 28 40 mecca


73 al muzzammil(The Enfolded

One) 20 3 mecca


74 al muddath(The Wrapped Up)56 4 mecca


75 al qiyamat(The Resurrection)40 31 mecca


76 ad dahr(The Time) 31 98 mecca


77 al mursalat(Those Sent Forth)50 33 mecca


78 an-Nabaa (The Great News) 40 80 mecca


79 an-naziat(Those Who Tear Out)46 81 mecca


80 abasa(He Frowned) 42 24 mecca


81 at takwir(The Folding Up) 29 7 mecca


82. Al Infitar (The Cleaving Asunder)


83 al-Mutaffifin(The Dealers in Fraud)36 86


84 al-Inshiqaq (The Rending Asunder)25 73


85 al-Buruj(The Constellations) 22 27


86 at-Tariq (The Night Star) 17 36


87 al ala (The Most High)19 8


88 al-Gashiya (The Overwhelming Event) 26 68


89 al fajr(The Dawn) 30 10

90 al-Balad(The City) 20 35


91 ash-Shams(The Sun) 15 26


92 al lail (The Night)21 9


93 adh dhuha (The Glorious Morning Light) 11 11


94 . al Sharh(The Expansion of the Breast) 8 12


95 at-Tin(The Fig) 8 28


96 al alaq (The Clinging Clot) [the germ cell] 19 1


97 al-Qadr (The Night of Power or Honour) 5 25


98 al-Baiyina (The Clear Evidence) 8 100


99 al-Zalzalah (The Earthquake) 8 93

100 al-Adiyat (Those That Run) 11 14


101 al-Qari’a (The Great Calamity) 11 30


102 at-Takathur (The Piling Up) 8 16


103. al asr (Time Through the Ages) 3 13


104 al-Humaza (The Scandalmonger) 9 32



105. al-Fil (The Elephant) 5 19


106 Quraish (The Tribe of Quraysh) 4 29


107. al-Ma’un (The Neighbourly Assistance) 7 17


108 al-Kauthar (The Abundance) 3 15


109. al-Kafirun (Those Who Reject Faith) 6 18


110 an-Nasr (The Help) 3 114


111 al lahab 5 6



112 al-Ikhlaas (The Purity of Faith) 4 22



113. al-Falaq (The Daybreak) 5 20

114 an-Nas (Mankind) 6 21