This article is on the chapters of the quran. The holy book of Islam is known variously as the Koran, Quran, or Qur’an. The books of the Quran was revealed to Allah’s last Prophet (SAW), in accordance with traditional Islamic doctrine, in order to guide and demonstrate righteous behavior to all human and jinn species.
In this article, I’ll take you through a list of the chapters in the Quran as well as everything there is to know about each all. Simply use the free chapters and verse(s) in the Quran if you need a solution to your issue or if you just want to ask Allah for protection. For Muslims, the Quran provides out the rules, commandments, standards for social behavior, etc.
The Prophet Muhammad’s companions put a lot of effort into preserving the Islamic sacred text for future generations. Muslims read the Holy Quran as their sacred text. Numerous verses of the Quran describe numerous foods.
List of all the chapters in the Quran and their meaning in English
The 114 chapters (surah), or srahs, that make up the Quran vary in length. Depending on whether the verses were revealed before or after Muhammad moved to the city of Medina, each chapter of the Quran is categorized as Meccan or Medinan.
However, Meccan passages may be found in a Srah (Chapter) that is considered Medinan, and vice versa. A person or attribute mentioned in the book, as well as the first few letters or words of the sura, may serve as the inspiration for a chapter’s title in the Quran.
Suratl Kauthar (chapter 108) is the shortest chapter in the holy Quran, with only three verses. Suratl Fatiha is the first chapter of the Quran and has seven verses. Suratl Nas is the last chapter and has six verses.
The chapters of the Quran are not organized in chronological sequence; rather, they seem to be grouped roughly according to decreasing chapter length. According to some academics, the sahs are placed in a specific pattern.
Each sūrah except the ninth chapter (Suratl Taubah) starts with Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem (بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم) which means ”In the name of Allah, the most Merciful, the most Gracious.”
However, the Bismillah is still used 114 times in the Quran because it appears in verse 30 of chapter 27. (Suratl An Naml verse 30).
The substance of the Quran addresses fundamental Islamic beliefs, such as the presence of God and the afterlife. The early prophets’ biographies, moral and legal issues, historical occurrences during the lifetime of prophet Muhammad, charity, and prayer are all mentioned in the Quran.
The Quran’s chapters offer general counsel on right and wrong, and historical events are connected to provide broad moral lessons.
S/N | Chapter | Meaning in English |
1 | ٱلْفَاتِحَة (Al Fatihah) | The Opening |
2 | ٱلْبَقَرَة (Al Baqarah) | The Cow |
3 | آلِ عِمْرَان (Al Imran) | The family of Imraan |
4 | ٱلنِّسَاء (An Nisa’) | The women |
5 | ٱلْمَائِدَة (Al Ma’idah) | The Table |
6 | ٱلْأَنْعَام (Al An’am) | The Cattles |
7 | ٱلْأَعْرَاف (Al A’raf) | The Heights |
8 | ٱلْأَنْفَال (Al Anfal) | The Spoils of War |
9 | ٱلتَّوْبَة (Al-tawbah) | The Repantance |
10 | يُونُس (Yunus) | Jonah |
11 | هُود (Hud) | Hud |
12 | يُوسُف (Yusuf) | Joseph |
13 | ٱلرَّعْد (Ar Ra’ad) | The Thunder |
14 | إِبْرَاهِيم (Ibraheem) | Abraham |
15 | ٱلْحِجْر (Al Hijr) | The Rocky Tract |
16 | ٱلنَّحْل (Al Nahl) | The Bee |
17 | ٱلْإِسْرَاء (Al Isra’) | The Night of Journey |
18 | ٱلْكَهْف (Al Kahf) | The Cave |
19 | مَرْيَم (Maryam) | Mary |
20 | طه (Ta-Ha) | Ta-Ha (unknown meaning) |
21 | ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء (Al Anbiya) | The Prophets |
22 | ٱلْحَجّ (Al Hajj) | The Pilgrimage |
23 | ٱلْمُؤْمِنُون (Al Mu’minoon) | The Believers |
24 | ٱلنُّور (An Nur) | The Light |
25 | ٱلْفُرْقَان (Al Furqan) | The Criterion |
26 | ٱلشُّعَرَاء (Ash-Shu’ara) | The Poets |
27 | ٱلنَّمْل (An Naml) | The Ant |
28 | ٱلْقَصَص (Al Qasas) | The Stories |
29 | ٱلْعَنْكَبُوت (Al Ankabut) | The Spider |
30 | ٱلْعَنْكَبُوت (Ar Rum) | The Romans |
31 | لُقْمَان (Luqman) | Luqman |
32 | ٱلسَّجْدَة (As Sajadah) | The Prostration |
33 | ٱلْأَحْزَاب (Al Ahzab) | The Combined Forces |
34 | سَبَأ (Saba’) | Sheba |
35 | فَاطِر (Fatir) | The Originator |
36 | يس (Yasin) | Yāʾ Sīn (a name of prophet Muhammad) |
37 | ٱلصَّافَّات (As Saffat) | Those Who Set The Ranks |
38 | ص (Sad) | Letter SAAD (unknown meaning) |
39 | ٱلزُّمَر (Az-Zumar) | The Troops |
40 | غَافِر (Ghafir) | The Forgiver (Allah) |
41 | فُصِّلَت (Fussilat) | Explained In Detail |
42 | ٱلشُّورىٰ (Ash-Shura) | The Consultation |
43 | ٱلْزُّخْرُف (Az-Zukhruf) | The Luxury |
44 | ٱلدُّخَان (Ad-Dukhan) | The Smoke |
45 | ٱلْجَاثِيَة (Al Jathiyah) | The Kneeling Down |
46 | ٱلْأَحْقَاف (Al-Ahqaaf) | The Sand-Dunes |
47 | مُحَمَّد (Muhammad) | The Prophet Muhammed |
48 | ٱلْفَتْح (Al-Fath) | The Victory |
49 | ٱلْحُجُرَات (Al-Hujuraat) | The Inner Apartments |
50 | ق (Qaaf) | Letter Qaaf (only Allah knows its meaning as it was used here) |
51 | ٱلذَّارِيَات (Adh-Dhaariyaat) | The Winnowing Winds |
52 | ٱلطُّور (At-Toor) | The Mount |
53 | ٱلنَّجْم (An-Najm) | The Star |
54 | ٱلْقَمَر (Al-Qamar) | The Moon |
55 | ٱلرَّحْمَٰن (Ar-Raḥmān) | The Most Gracious |
56 | ٱلْوَاقِعَة (Al-Wāqiʿah) | The Inevitable |
57 | ٱلْحَدِيد (Al-Ḥadīd) | The Iron |
58 | ٱلْمُجَادِلَة (Al-Mujādilah) | The Pleading Woman |
59 | ٱلْحَشْر (Al-Ḥašr) | Banishment |
60 | ٱلْمُمْتَحَنَة (Al-Mumtaḥanah) | The Female Examined One |
61 | ٱلصَّفّ (Aṣ-Ṣaff) | Battle Array |
62 | ٱلْجُمُعَة (Al-Jumuʿah) | Friday Congregation |
63 | ٱلْمُنَافِقُون (Al-Munāfiq̈ūn) | The Hypocrites |
64 | ٱلتَّغَابُن (At-Taghābun) | The Cheating |
65 | ٱلطَّلَاق (Aṭ-Ṭalāq) | Divorce |
66 | ٱلتَّحْرِيم (At-Taḥrīm) | The Prohibition |
67 | ٱلْمُلْك (Al-Mulk) | Sovereignty |
68 | ٱلْقَلَم (Al-Q̈alam) | The Pen |
69 | ٱلْحَاقَّة (Al-Ḥāqqah) | The Sure Reality |
70 | ٱلْمَعَارِج (Al-Maʿārij) | The Ascending Stairways |
71 | نُوح (Nūḥ) | Noah |
72 | ٱلْجِنّ (Al-Jinn) | The Jinn Kinds |
73 | ٱلْمُزَّمِّل (Al-Muzzammil) | The Enwrapped One |
74 | ٱلْمُدَّثِّر (Al-Muddathir) | The Enfolded One |
75 | ٱلْقِيَامَة (Al-Qiyamah) | The Day of Resurrection |
76 | ٱلْإِنْسَان (Al-ʾInsān) | The Human Kinds |
77 | ٱلْمُرْسَلَات (Al-Mursalāt) | The Emissaries |
78 | ٱلنَّبَأ (An-Nabaʾ) | The Announcement |
79 | ٱلنَّازِعَات (An-Nāziʿāt) | Soul Snatchers |
80 | عَبَسَ (Abasa) | The Frowned |
81 | ٱلتَّكْوِير (At-Takwīr) | Shrouding in Darkness |
82 | ٱلْإِنْفِطَار (Al-ʾInfiṭār) | Bursting Apart |
83 | ٱلْمُطَفِّفِين (Al-Muṭaffifīn) | The Cheats |
84 | ٱلْإِنْشِقَاق (Al-ʾInšiqāq) | The Sundering |
85 | ٱلْبُرُوج (Al-Burūj) | The Great Constellations |
86 | ٱلطَّارِق (Aṭ-Ṭāriq) | That Which Comes in the Night |
87 | ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ (Al-ʾAʿlā) | The All-Highest |
88 | ٱلْغَاشِيَة (Al-Ghāšiyah) | The Overshadowing |
89 | ٱلْفَجْر (Al-Fajr) | The Daybreak |
90 | ٱلْبَلَد (Al-Balad) | The Land |
91 | ٱلشَّمْس (Al-Shams) | The Sun |
92 | ٱللَّيْل (Al-Layl) | The Night |
93 | ٱلضُّحَىٰ (Aḍ-Ḍuḥā) | The Bright Morning Hours |
94 | ٱلشَّرْح (Al-Sharḥ) | The Expansion of Breast |
95 | ٱلتِّين (At-Tīn) | The Fig |
96 | ٱلْعَلَق (Al-ʿAlaq) | Clot of Blood |
97 | ٱلْقَدْر (Al-Qadr) | The Night of Decree |
98 | ٱلْبَيِّنَة (Al-Bayyinah) | The Evidence of the Truth |
99 | ٱلزَّلْزَلَة (Az-Zalzalah) | The Earthquake |
100 | ٱلْعَادِيَات (Al-ʿĀdiyāt) | The Courser |
101 | ٱلْقَارِعَة (Al-Qāriʿah) | The Great Calamity |
102 | ٱلتَّكَاثُر (At-Takāthur) | The Piling Up |
103 | ٱلْعَصْر (Al-ʿAṣr) | The Declining Day |
104 | ٱلْهُمَزَة (Al-Humazah) | The Slanderer |
105 | ٱلْفِيل (Al-Fīl) | The Elephant |
106 | قُرَيْش (Quraysh) | The People of Quraysh |
107 | ٱلْمَاعُون (Al-Maʿūn) | The Neighbourly Assistance |
108 | ٱلْكَوْثَر (Al-Kawthar) | Good in Abundance |
109 | ٱلْكَافِرُون (Al-Kāfirūn) | The Disbelievers |
110 | ٱلنَّصْر (An-Naṣr) | Divine Support |
111 | ٱلْمَسَد (Al-Masad) | The Plaited Rope |
112 | ٱلْإِخْلَاص (Al-ʾIkhlāṣ) | Purity of Faith |
113 | ٱلْفَلَق (Al-Falaq) | The Rising Dawn |
114 | ٱلنَّاس (An-Nas) | Mankind |
The Quran itself uses the word “Quran” roughly 70 times. The Quran is broken down into Surahs (chapters), which are then broken down into Ayahs (verses). The Quran has 6666 verses in total.
Any person who has memorized the entire Quran is called a Hafiz (memorizer). An ayah (Quranic verse) is sometimes recited with a special kind of tone reserved for this purpose, called Tajwid.
Before touching a copy of the Quran, some Muslims believe they must undergo the ritual cleaning wash (Wudu or Ghusl). The Malikis, Shafis, Hanbalis, Abu Hanifa and other other scholars have ruled it legitimate for menstruation and post-partum bleeding women to recite the holy Quran.
If you are internally or physically dirty, stay away from the Quran. However, a sexually polluted person may at any time choose to change their status. He or she can conduct tayammum and manufacture ghusl if there is no water.
Muslims often finish reciting the entire Quran during Tarawih prayers during Ramadan, the month of required fasting for Muslims.
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