List of 114 Surah in Quran, Mercy to Mankind

By Sayed Qadri Last updated Jan 10, 2023

List of Surah in Quran

The Qur’an consists of 114 Surah chapters of varying lengths, each known as a surah. The title of each surah is derived from a name or quality discussed in the text or from the first letters or words of the surah.

Each Surah in Quran is formed from several Ayahs (verses) which originally means a sign or portent sent by God. The number of the ayahs are not the same in various Surahs. An individual ayah may be just few letters or several lines.1. Al-Fatihah (the Opening)

The Quran is the most read book on Earth and one of the most important religious texts. It is composed of 114 Surah or Chapters, each with its own unique content, lessons, and wisdom. Surah in Quran have been used by Muslims around the world as a source of knowledge, guidance, and solace for centuries. In this blog post, we’ll explore the various Surah in Quran and their impact on humanity.

Every Surah in Quran has definite message for human mankind. These Surah in Quran tells us about different commandments of Our Creator Almighty ALLAH.

List of Surah in Quran

No.

Name

Meaning in English

Verses

Rukus

Makki / Madni

Surah Al-Fatihah

The Opening

Makki

2	Surah Al-Baqarah	The Calf, The Cow	286	40	Madni
3	Surah Ale Imran	The Family of Imran, The House of ‘Imrán	200	20	Madni

4	Surat An-Nisa’	The Women	176	24	Madni
5	Surat Al-Ma’idah	The Food, The Repast, The Table	120	16	Madni
6	Surat Al-An’am	The Cattle	165	20	Makki
7	Surat Al-A’raf	The Heights, The Faculty of Discernment	206	24	Makki
8	Surat Al-Anfal	The Spoils of War	75	10	Madni
9	Surat At-Tawbah	The Repentance	129	16	Madni
10	Surat Yunus	Yunus (‘Alaihi Salam)	109	11	Makki
11	Surat Hud	Hud (‘Alaihis Salaam)	123	10	Makki
12	Surat Yusuf	Joseph (‘Alaihis Salaam)	111	12	Makki
13	Surat Ar-Ra’d	The Thunder	43	6	Madni
14	Surat Ibrahim	Abraham (‘Alaihis Salaam)	52	7	Makki
15	Surat Al-Hijr	The Rocky Tract, The Stoneland, The Rock City, Al-Hijr	99	6	Makki
16	Surat An-Nahl	The Honey Bees, The Bee	128	16	Makki
17	Surat Al-Isra	The Night Journey	111	12	Makki
18	Surat Al-Kahf	The Cave	110	12	Makki
19	Surah Maryam	Mary	98	6	Makki

20	Surah TaHa	Ta-Ha	135	8	Makki
21	Al-Anbiya’	The Prophets	112	7	Makki
22	Al-Hajj	The Pilgrimage	78	10	Madni
23	Al-Mu’minoon	The Believers	118	6	Makki
24	An-Nur	The Light	64	9	Madni
25	Al-Furqan	The Criterion, The Standard, The Standard of True and False	77	6	Makki
26	ash-Shu`ara’	The Poets	227	11	Makki
27	An-Naml	The Ant, The Ants	93	7	Makki
28	Al-Qasas	The Narrations, The Stories, The Story	88	9	Makki
29	Al-`Ankabut	The Spider	69	7	Makki
30	Ar-Rum	The Romans, The Byzantines	60	6	Makki
31	Luqman	Luqman	34	4	Makki
32	As-Sajdah	The Prostration, Worship, Adoration	30	3	Makki
33	Al-Ahzab	The Clans, The Confederates, The Combined Forces	73	9	Madni
34	Saba’	Sheba	54	6	Makki
35	Fatir	The Originator	45	5	Makki
36	Surah Yaseen	Ya Seen	83	5	Makki
37	As-Saffat	Those Who Set The Ranks, Drawn Up In Ranks, Those Ranged in Ranks	182	5	Makki
38	Sad	Sad	88	5	Makki
39	Az-Zumar	The Crowds, The Troops, Throngs	75	8	Makki
40	Ghafir	The Forgiver (God), Forgiving	85	9	Makki
41	Fussilat	Expounded, Explained In Detail, Clearly Spelled Out	54	6	Makki
42	Ash-Shura	The Consultation	53	5	Makki
43	Az-Zukhruf	The Gold Adornments, The Ornaments of Gold, Luxury, Gold	89	7	Makki
44	Ad-Dukhan	The Smoke	59	3	Makki
45	Al-Jathiyah	The Kneeling Down, Crouching	37	4	Makki
46	Al-Ahqaf	Winding Sand-tracts, The Dunes, The Sand-Dunes	35	4	Makki
47	Muhammad	Muhammad Sallalahu ‘Alaihi Wa Salam	38	4	Madni
48	Al-Fath	The Victory, Conquest	29	4	Madni
49	Al-Hujurat	The Private Apartments, The Inner Apartments	18	2	Madni
50	Qaf	Qaf	45	3	Makki
51	Ad-Dhariyat	The Wind That Scatter, The Winnowing Winds, The Dust-Scattering Winds	60	3	Makki
52	At-Tur	The Mount, Mount Sinai	49	2	Makki
53	An-Najm	The Star, The Unfolding	62	3	Makki
54	Al-Qamar	The Moon	55	3	Makki
55	Ar-Rahman	The Most Merciful, The Most Gracious	78	3	Madni
56	Al-Waqi’ah	The Inevitable, The Event, That Which Must Come to Pass	96	3	Makki
57	Al-Hadeed	The Iron	29	4	Madni
58	Al-Mujadilah	The Pleading, The Pleading Woman	22	3	Madni
59	Al-Hashr	The Mustering, The Gathering, Exile, Banishment	24	3	Madni
60	Al-Mumtahanah	The Examined One, She That Is To Be Examined	13	2	Madni
61	As-Saff	The Ranks, Battle Array	14	2	Madni
62	Al-Jumu’ah	The Congregation, Friday	11	2	Madni
63	Al-Munafiqun	The Hypocrites	11	2	Madni
64	At-Taghabun	The Cheating, The Mutual Disillusion, The Mutual Loss and Gain, Loss and Gain	18	2	Madni
65	At-Talaq	Divorce	12	2	Madni
66	At-Tahreem	The Prohibition	12	2	Madni
67	Al-Mulk	The Dominion, Sovereignty, Control	30	2	Makki
68	Al-Qalam	The Pen	52	2	Makki
69	Al-Haqqah	The Sure Reality, The Laying-Bare of the Truth	52	2	Makki
70	Al-Ma’aarij	The Ways of Ascent, The Ascending Stairways	44	2	Makki
71	Nuh	Noah	28	2	Makki
72	Al-Jinn	The Spirits, The Unseen Beings	28	2	Makki
73	Al-Muzzammil	The Enfolded One, The Enshrouded One, Bundled Up, The Enwrapped One	20	2	Makki
74	Al-Muddathir	The One Wrapped Up, The Cloaked One, The Man Wearing A Cloak, The Enfolded One	56	2	Makki
75	Al-Qiyamah	Resurrection, The Day of Resurrection, Rising Of The Dead	40	2	Makki
76	Al-Insan	The Human, Man	31	2	Madni
77	Al-Mursalat	Those Sent Forth, The Emissaries, Winds Sent Forth	50	2	Makki
78	An-Naba’	The Great News, The Announcement, The Tiding	40	2	Makki
79	An-Nazi’at	Those Who Tear Out, Those Who Drag Forth, Soul-snatchers, Those That Rise	46	2	Makki
80	`Abasa	He Frowned	42	1	Makki
81	At-Takweer	The Folding Up, The Overthrowing, Shrouding in Darkness	29	1	Makki
82	Al-Infitar	The Cleaving Asunder, Bursting Apart	19	1	Makki
83	Al-Mutaffifeen	The Dealers in Fraud, Defrauding, The Cheats, Those Who Give Short Measure	36	1	Makki
84	Al-Inshiqaq	The Rending Asunder, The Sundering, Splitting Open, The Splitting Asunder	25	1	Makki
85	Al-Burooj	The Mansions Of The Stars, Constellations, The Great Constellations	22	1	Makki
86	At-Tariq	The Night-Visitant, The Morning Star, The Nightcomer, That Which Comes in the Night	17	1	Makki
87	Al-A’la	The Most High, The All-Highest, Glory To Your Lord In The Highest	19	1	Makki
88	Al-Ghashiyah	The Overwhelming Event, The Overshadowing Event, The Pall	26	1	Makki
89	Al-Fajr	The Break of Day, The Daybreak, The Dawn	30	1	Makki
90	Al-Balad	The City, The Land	20	1	Makki
91	Ash-Shams	The Sun	15	1	Makki
92	Al-Lail	The Night	21	1	Makki
93	Ad-Dhuha	The Glorious Morning Light, The Forenoon, Morning Hours, Morning Bright, The Bright Morning Hours	11	1	Makki
94	Al-Inshirah	The Expansion of Breast, Solace, Consolation, Relief, Patient, The Opening-Up of the Heart	8	1	Makki
95	Al-Teen	The Fig Tree, The Fig	8	1	Makki
96	al-`Alaq	The Clinging Clot, Clot of Blood, The Germ-Cell	19	1	Makki
97	Al-Qadr	The Night of Honor, The Night of Decree, Power, Fate, Destiny	5	1	Makki
98	Al-Bayyinah	The Clear Evidence, The Evidence of the Truth	8	1	Madni
99	Az-Zalzala	The Earthquake	8	1	Madni
100	Al-Adiyat	The Courser, The Chargers, The War Horse	11	1	Makki
101	al-Qari`ah	The Striking Hour, The Great Calamity, The Stunning Blow, The Sudden Calamity	11	1	Makki
102	At-Takathur	The Piling Up, Rivalry in World Increase, Competition, Greed for More and More	8	1	Makki
103	Al-Asr	The Time, The Declining Day, The Epoch, The Flight of Time	3	1	Makki
104	Al-Humazah	The Scandalmonger, The Traducer, The Gossipmonger, The Slanderer	9	1	Makki
105	Al-Feel	The Elephant	5	1	Makki
106	Al-Quraish	Quraysh	4	1	Makki
107	Al-Maa’oun	The Neighbourly Assistance, Small Kindnesses, Almsgiving, Assistance	7	1	Makki
108	Al-Kawthar	Abundance, Plenty, Good in Abundance	3	1	Makki
109	Al-Kafiroun	The Disbelievers, The Kafirs, Those Who Deny the Truth	6	1	Makki
110	An-Nasr	The Help, Divine Support, Victory, Succour	3	1	Madni
111	Al-Masad	The Plaited Rope, The Palm Fibre, The Twisted Strands	5	1	Makki
112	Al-Ikhlas	Purity of Faith, The Fidelity, The Declaration of [God’s] Perfection	4	1	Makki
113	Al-Falaq	The Daybreak, Dawn, The Rising Dawn	5	1	Makki
114	Al-Naas	Mankind, Men	6	1	Makki