| # | Anglicized title(s) | Arabic title(s) | English title(s) | Number of verses (Number of Rukūʿs) | Place of Revelation | Egyptian Standard Chronological Order | Nöldeke's Chronological Order | Muqatta'at (isolated letters) | Title refers to | Main theme(s) | Juz' |
| 1 | Al-Fatiha (Al-Hamd) (Al-Asas) (Al-Sab' al-Mathani) | ٱلْفَاتِحَة al-Fātiḥah ٱلْحَمْد al-Ḥamd ٱلْأَسَاس al-ʾAsās ٱلسّبْعُ الْمَثَانِي al-Sabʿ al-Mathānī | The Opening, the Opening of the Divine Writ, The Essence of the Divine Writ, The Surah of Praise, The Foundation of the Qur'an, and The Seven Oft-Repeated [Verses] | 7 (1) | Makkah | 5 | 48 | | Whole Surah | The fundamental principles of the Qur'an in a condensed form. It reads: “(1) In the name of God (Allah), the Compassionate and Merciful. (2) Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds, (3) the Compassionate and Merciful, (4) Master of the Day of Judgement. (5) Thee we worship and from Thee we seek help. | 1 |
| 2 | Al-Baqara | ٱلْبَقَرَةal-Baqarah | The Cow, The Red Heifer | 286 (40) | Madinah | 87 | 91 | Alif Lam Mim | v. 67-73 | The necessity of God-consciousness. The error(s) committed by followers of earlier revelations. Legal ordinances (ethics, social relations, warfare etc.). AL-BAQARAH (the Cow) has been so named from the story of the Cow occurring in this Surah (vv. 67-73). Ibrahim. Kaaba. Ayatul Kursi. (v. 255) | 1-3 |
| 3 | Al 'Imran | آلِ عِمْرَانʾĀli ʿImrān | The Family of Imran, The House of ʿImrān | 200 (20) | Madinah | 89 | 97 | Alif Lam Mim | v. 33, 35 | The human nature of Isa. The oneness of Allah. Man's faith and temptations. The Battle of Uhud (3 AH). Imran in Islam is regarded as the father of Mary. This chapter is named after the family of Imran, which includes Imran, Saint Anne (wife of Imran), Mary, and Jesus | 3-4 |
| 4 | An-Nisa | ٱلنِّسَاءan-Nisāʾ | The Women | 176 (24) | Madinah | 92 | 100 | | Whole Surah | Unity of the human race and the mutual obligations of men and women towards one another. (v. 1) Rights of women. Questions related to family life (including marriage and inheritance). Peace and war. Relations of believers with unbelievers. Striving in the Cause of Allah (Jihad). (v. 95–97) | 4-6 |
| 5 | Al-Ma'ida (Al-'Uqud) | ٱلْمَائِدَةal-Māʾidahٱلْعُقُودal-ʿUqūd | The Table, The Last Supper, The Contracts | 120 (16) | Madinah | 112 | 114 | | v. 112-114 | A series of ordinances (incl. Religious rites and social obligations). Corruption of the original message of the Injeel by Jews and Christians. (v. 68–77, 116–118) | 6-7 |
| 6 | Al-An'am | ٱلْأَنْعَامal-ʾAnʿām | The Cattle | 165 (20) | Makkah | 55 | 89 | | v. 136. | Human nature of Muhammad. (v. 50) Oneness and uniqueness of Allah. (e.g. v. 100, 103) Pre-Islamic superstitions concerning animals. (v. 136) | 7-8 |
| 7 | Al-A'raf | ٱلْأَعْرَافal-ʾAʿrāf | The Heights, The Faculty of Discernment | 206 (24) | Makkah | 39 | 87 | Alif Lam Mim Sad | v. 46, 48 | The mission of the prophets. Adam, Hawwa and Iblis. (v. 16–25) Stories of Nuh, Hud, Salih, Lut, Shuáyb and Musa. (v. 59–171) Allah's Covenant with humanity. (v. 172) What happens to those who discard Allah's message. (v. 175) | 8-9 |
| 8 | Al-Anfal (Badr) | ٱلْأَنْفَالal-ʾAnfālبَدْرBadr | The Spoils of War, Badr | 75 (10) | Madinah | 88 | 95 | | v. 1 | The Battle of Badr (2 A.H.). Doctrine of sacrifice through action. | 9-10 |
| 9 | At-Tawba (Bara'a) | ٱلتَّوْبَةat-TawbahبَرَاءَةBarāʾah | Repentance, Dissociation | 129 (16) | Madinah | 113 | 113 | | | Problems of war between believers and their enemies. The expedition to Tabuk (9 A.H.). Prohibition of intercalation in the Islamic lunar calendar(v. 37) Those who cannot attain to faith. (v. 124–127) | 10-11 |
| 10 | Yunus | يُونُسYūnus | Jonah | 109 (11) | Makkah | 51 | 84 | Alif Lam Ra | v. 98 | The revelation of the Qur'an to Muhammad (not Muhammad's own work). (v. 15–17, 37–38, 94) References to earlier prophets. Fundamental tenets of Islam. | 11 |
| 11 | Hud | هُودHūd | Hud | 123 (10) | Makkah | 52 | 75 | Alif Lam Ra | v. 50-60 | The revelation of God's will through his prophets. More stories of earlier prophets. Just dealings between men. | 11-12 |
| 12 | Yusuf | يُوسُفYūsuf | Joseph | 111 (12) | Makkah | 53 | 77 | Alif Lam Ra | Whole Surah | The story of the Islamic prophet Joseph (as an illustration of God's unfathomable direction of men's affairs). | 12-13 |
| 13 | Ar-Ra'd | ٱلرَّعْدar-Raʿd | The Thunder | 43 (6) | Madinah | 96 | 90 | Alif Lam Mim Ra | v. 13 | God's revelation, through his prophets, of certain fundamental moral truths, and the consequences of accepting or rejecting them. | 13 |
| 14 | Ibrahim | إِبْرَاهِيمʾIbrāhīm | Abraham | 52 (7) | Makkah | 72 | 76 | Alif Lam Ra | v. 35-41 | The revelation of God's word to all mankind, destined to lead man from darkness to light. |
| 15 | Al-Hijr | ٱلْحِجْرal-Ḥijr | The Rocky Tract, The Stoneland, The Rock City, Hegra | 99 (6) | Makkah | 54 | 57 | Alif Lam Ra | v. 80 | God's guidance to man through revelation of the Qur'an, which will remain uncorrupted for all times. (v. 9) | 14 |
| 16 | An-Nahl | ٱلنَّحْلan-Naḥl | The Bees | 128 (16) | Makkah | 70 | 73 | | v. 68-69 | God's creativeness: Manifested in the instincts of the bee. Culmination: Guidance through his revealed word. |
| 17 | Al-Isra (Bani Israil) | اٌلاِسْرٰاء Al-Isrā' بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلBanī ʾIsrāʾīl | The Night Journey, Children of Israel | 111 (12) | Makkah | 50 | 67 | | v.1 | Muhammad's Night journey from Mecca to Jerusalem. The children of Israel. (v. 2–8, 101–104) | 15 |
| 18 | Al-Kahf | ٱلْكَهْفal-Kahf | The Cave | 110 (12) | Makkah | 69 | 69 | | v. 13-20 | A series of parables or allegories on the theme of faith in God versus excessive attachment to the life of this world. Including: The men of the cave. (v. 13–20) The rich man and the poor man. (v. 32–44) Moses and the unnamed sage. (v. 60–82) The allegory of ‘Dhu’l-Qarnayn, the Two-Horned One’. (v. 83–98) | 15-16 |
| 19 | Maryam | مَرْيَمMaryam | Mary | 98 (6) | Makkah | 44 | 58 | Kaf Ha Ya 'Ayn Sad | v. 16-37 | The story of Zachariah and his son John, the precursor of Jesus. (v. 2–15) The story of Mary and Jesus. (v. 16–37) | 16 |
| 20 | Ta-Ha (Al-Kalim) | طهṬāʾ Hāʾٱلْكَلِيمal-Kalīm | Ṭāʾ Hāʾ, The Interlocutor | 135 (8) | Makkah | 45 | 55 | Ta Ha | v. 1 | The guidance offered by God through his prophets. The fundamental truths inherent in all revealed religions are identical. The story of Moses. (v. 9-98) |
| 21 | Al-Anbiya | ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءal-ʾAnbiyāʾ | The Prophets | 112 (7) | Makkah | 73 | 65 | | v. 48-91 | The oneness, uniqueness and transcendence of God. The continuity and intrinsic unity of all divine revelation. Stories of the prophets of old. (v. 48–91) The believers of all faiths belong to one single community. (v. 92) | 17 |
| 22 | Al-Hajj | ٱلْحَجّal-Ḥajj | The Pilgrimage, The Hajj | 78 (10) | Madinah | 103 | 107 | | v. 25-38 | The Mecca pilgrimage and some of the rituals connected with it. (v. 25–38) |
| 23 | Al-Mu'minun | ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونal-Muʾminūn | The Believers | 118 (6) | Makkah | 74 | 64 | | v. 1 | True faith. The evidence of the existence of an almighty Creator, and man's ultimate responsibility before Him. The unity of all religious communities, broken by man's egotism, greed and striving after power. (v. 52–53) The impossibility to believe in God, without believing in life after death. | 18 |
| 24 | An-Nur | ٱلنُّورan-Nūr | The Light | 64 (9) | Madinah | 102 | 105 | | v. 35 | Mutual relations and ethical rules between men and women. The mystic parable of the ‘light of God’ ("Verse of Light"). (v. 35) |
| 25 | Al-Furqan | ٱلْفُرْقَانal-Furqān | The Criterion, The Standard, The Standard of True and False | 77 (6) | Makkah | 42 | 66 | | v. 1 | The purpose of every divine revelation is to provide a stable criterion of true and false. The humanness of every apostle sent by God to man. (v. 20) Divine revelation belongs to God's creative activity. | 18-19 |
| 26 | Ash-Shu'ara | ٱلشُّعَرَاءaš-Šuʿarāʾ | The Poets | 227 (11) | Makkah | 47 | 56 | Ta Sin Mim | v. 224 | Man's weakness, which causes him to reject God's message and worship power and wealth etc. | 19 |
| 27 | An-Naml (Sulayman) | ٱلنَّمْلan-NamlسُلَيْمَانSulaymān | The Ants, Solomon | 93 (7) | Makkah | 48 | 68 | Ta Sin | v. 18 | The king and prophet(Sulayman) Solomon and queen of Sheba. | 19-20 |
| 28 | Al-Qasas | ٱلْقَصَصal-Qaṣaṣ | The Narrations, The Stories, The Story | 88 (9) | Makkah | 49 | 79 | Ta Sin Mim | v. 25 | Human aspects of the life of Moses. | 20 |
| 29 | Al-Ankabut | ٱلْعَنْكَبُوتal-ʿAnkabūt | The Spider | 69 (7) | Makkah | 85 | 81 | Alif Lam Mim | v. 41 | The parable of ‘the spider house’, a symbol of false beliefs that are destined to be blown away by the winds of truth. (v. 41) | 20-21 |
| 30 | Ar-Rum | ٱلرُّومar-Rūm | Rome, Byzantium | 60 (6) | Makkah | 84 | 74 | Alif Lam Mim | v. 2 | Predictions of the near victory of the Byzantines [over the Persians] and the Battle of Badr (2 A.H.). (v. 1–7) God's ability to resurrect the dead at the end of time, and the people's ignorance of this. | 21 |
| 31 | Luqman | لُقْمَانLuqmān | Luqman | 34 (4) | Makkah | 57 | 82 | Alif Lam Mim | v. 12-19 | The story of Luqman, a legendary sage, counselling his son. (v. 12–19) |
| 32 | As-Sajda (Al-Madaji') | ٱلسَّجْدَةas-Sajdahٱلْمَضَاجِعal-Maḍājiʿ | The Prostration, The Beds | 30 (3) | Makkah | 75 | 70 | Alif Lam Mim | v. 15 | God's creation. God's revelation and man's acceptance or denial. The Day of Judgement. |
| 33 | Al-Ahzab | ٱلْأَحْزَابal-ʾAḥzāb | The Clans, The Confederates, The Combined Forces | 73 (9) | Madinah | 90 | 103 | | v. 9-27 | The War of the Confederates (5 A.H.). (v. 9-27) The relationship between Muhammad and his family. | 21-22 |
| 34 | Saba | سَبَأSabaʾ | Sheba | 54 (6) | Makkah | 58 | 85 | | v. 15-20 | The insignificance of the knowledge accessible to man. (v. 9) The story of the people of Sheba, as an example of the impermanence of human power, wealth and glory. (v. 15–20) Always be conscious of God. (v. 46) | 22 |
| 35 | Fatir (Al-Mala'ika) | فَاطِرFāṭirٱلْمَلَائِكَةal-Malāʾikah | The Originator, The Angels | 45 (5) | Makkah | 43 | 86 | | v. 1 | God's power to create and resurrect. God's revelation of his will through his prophets. |
| 36 | Ya-Sin | يسYāʾ Sīn | Yāʾ Sīn | 83 (5) | Makkah | 41 | 60 | Yaseen | v. 1 | Man's moral responsibility, resurrection and God's judgment. To be recited over the dying and in the prayers of the dead. | 22-23 |
| 37 | As-Saffat | ٱلصَّافَّاتaṣ-Ṣāffāt | Those Who Set The Ranks, Drawn Up In Ranks, Those Ranged in Ranks | 182 (5) | Makkah | 56 | 50 | | v. 1 | Resurrection and the certainty that all human beings will have to answer before God. Man's constant need of prophetic guidance. Stories of earlier prophets. (v. 75–148) | 23 |
| 38 | Sad (Dawud) | صṢādدَاوُدDāwūd | Ṣād, David | 88 (5) | Makkah | 38 | 59 | Sad | v. 1 | Divine guidance and its rejection by those who are lost in fast pride. |
| 39 | Az-Zumar (Al-Ghuraf) | ٱلزُّمَرaz-Zumarٱلْغُرَفal-Ghuraf | The Crowds, The Troops, Throngs, The Chambers | 75 (8) | Makkah | 59 | 80 | | v. 71, 73 | The evidence of the existence and oneness of God in all manifestations of nature. God forgives all sins to him who repents before his death. Allegories of the Last Hour and the Day of Judgment. | 23-24 |
| 40 | Ghafir (Al-Muʼmin) | غَافِرGhafirٱلْمُؤْمِنal-Muʾmin | The Forgiver (God), Forgiving, The Believer | 85 (9) | Makkah | 60 | 78 | Ha Mim | v. 3 | Man's false pride, worship of false values (wealth, power etc.) and his denial of divine guidance. Stories of earlier prophets. | 24 |
| 41 | Fussilat (Al-Masabih) | فُصِّلَتFuṣṣilatٱلْمَصَابِيحal-Maṣābīḥ | Expounded, Explained In Detail, Clearly Spelled Out, The Lamps | 54 (6) | Makkah | 61 | 71 | Ha Mim | v. 3 | Man's acceptance or rejection of divine revelation. | 24-25 |
| 42 | Ash-Shura (Ha Mim 'Ayn Sin Qaf) | ٱلشُّورىٰaš-Šūrāحم عسقḤāʾ Mīm 'Ayn Sīn Qāf | The Consultation, Ḥāʾ Mīm ʿAyn Sīn Qāf | 53 (5) | Makkah | 62 | 83 | Ha Mim 'Ayn Sin Qaf | v. 36 | God is undefinable and unfathomable. (v. 11, 16) All prophets taught the oneness of God, so all believers of all ‘denominations’ should see themselves as ‘one single community’. (v. 13, 15) The law of cause and effect: In the life to come man will only harvest ‘what his own hands have wrought’ in this world. | 25 |
| 43 | Az-Zukhruf | ٱلزُّخْرُفaz-Zukhruf | The Gold Adornments, The Ornaments of Gold, Luxury, Gold, | 89 (7) | Makkah | 63 | 61 | Ha Mim | v. 35 | To equal anyone or anything with God is sprititually destructive and logically unacceptable. People's blind adherence to the faith of their forefathers. (v. 22–23) |
| 44 | Ad-Dukhan | ٱلدُّخَانad-Dukhān | The Smoke | 59 (3) | Makkah | 64 | 53 | Ha Mim | v. 10 | Through revelation worldly pride is eventually brought to naught. |
| 45 | Al-Jathiya (Al-Shari'a) | ٱلْجَاثِيَةal-Jāthiyahٱلشَّرِيعَةaš-Šarīʿah | The Kneeling Down, Crouching, The Sharia | 37 (4) | Makkah | 65 | 72 | Ha Mim | v. 28 | The humility with which all human beings will face their final judgment on resurrection. (v. 28) |
| 46 | Al-Ahqaf | ٱلْأَحْقَافal-ʾAḥqāf | Winding Sand-tracts, The Dunes, The Sand-Dunes | 35 (4 1/2) | Makkah | 66 | 88 | Ha Mim | v. 21 | Warning the disbelievers of their miserable fate, and reassuring the believers of their salvation. |
| 47 | Muhammad (Al-Qital) | مُحَمَّدMuḥammadٱلْقِتَالal-Qitāl | Muhammad, The Combat, The Warfare | 38 (4) | Madinah | 95 | 96 | | v. 2 | Fighting (qital) in God's cause. Instructions for Muslims to be virtuous to their parents. The Story of Hud and the punishment of that befell his people. Advising Muhammad to be more patient in delivering Islam |
| 48 | Al-Fath | ٱلْفَتْحal-Fatḥ | The Victory | 29 (4 1/2) | Madinah | 111 | 108 | | v. 1 | The Truce of Hudaybiyyah (6 A.H.). | 26 |
| 49 | Al-Hujurat | ٱلْحُجُرَاتal-Ḥujurāt | The Private Apartments, The Inner Apartments | 18 (2 1/2) | Madinah | 106 | 112 | | v. 4 | Social ethics. Reverence to Muhammad and the righteous leaders after him. The brotherhood of all believers and all mankind. (v. 10, 13) The difference between true faith and outward observance of religious formalities. (v. 14 ff.) |
