| Surah #
| Arabic Title
| English Title
| # of Verses
| Revealed In
| Main Theme
|
| 1
| Al-Fatiha
| The Opening
| 5
| Mecca
| Fundamental principles of Quran in a condensed form
|
| 2
| Al-Baqara
| The Calf, The Cow
| 286
| Madina
| Necessity of God-consciousness
Errors committed by followers of earlier revelations
Cancellation of all earlier messages. (v. 106)
Ethics, social relations, warfare, etc.
· Abraham
· Kaba
· Verse of Kursi (v. 255)
|
| 3
| Aal-Imran
| The Family of Imran, The House of Imran
| 200
| Madina
| · Human nature of Jesus
· Oneness of God
· Man’s faith and temptations
· Battle of Uhud (3 AH)
|
| 4
| An-Nisa
| The Women
| 176
| Madina
| · Unity of human race and mutual obligations of men and women towards one another (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 God (95-97)
|
| 5
| Al-Ma’ida
| The Food, The Repast, The Table
| 120
| Madina
| · Series of ordinances including religious rites and social obligations
· Corruption of the original message of Bible by Jews and Christians (68-77, 116-118)
|
| 6
| Al-An’am
| The Cattle
| 165
| Mecca
| · Human nature of Muhammad (50)
· Oneness and uniqueness of God (100, 103)
· Pre-Islamic superstitions concerning animals (136)
|
| 7
| Al-A’raf
| The Heights
| 206
| Mecca
| · Mission of the prophets
· Adam, Eve and Satan (16-25)
· Stories of Noah, Hud, Salih, Lot, Shuáyb and Moses (59-171)
· God's Covenant with humanity (172)
· What happens to those who discard God’s message (175)
|
| 8
| Al-Anfal
| The Spoils of War
| 75
| Madina
| · The Battle of Badr (2 AH)
· Doctrine of sacrifice through action
|
| 9
| At-Tawba
| The Repentance
| 129
| Madina
| · Problems of war between believers and their enemies
· The expedition to Tabuk (9 AH)
· Prohibition of intercalation in the Islamic lunar calendar (37)
· Those who cannot attain to faith (124-127)
|
| 10
| Yunus
| Jonah
| 109
| Mecca
| · Revelation of Quran to Prophet Muhammad (not his own work) (15-17, 37-38, 94)
· References to earlier prophets
· Fundamental tenets of Islam
|
| 11
| Hud
| Hud
| 123
| Mecca
| · The revelation of God’s will through His prophets
· More stories of earlier prophets
· Just dealings between men
|
| 12
| Yusuf
| Joseph
| 111
| Mecca
| Story of the prophet Joseph as an illustration of God’s unfathomable direction of men’s affairs
|
| 13
| Ar-Ra’d
| The Thunder
| 43
| Madina
| God’s
revelation, through His prophets, of certain fundamental moral truths,
and the consequences of accepting or rejecting them
|
| 14
| Ibrahmeen
| Abraham
| 52
| Mecca
| The revelation of God’s word to all mankind, destined to lead man from darkness to light
|
| 15
| Al-Hijr
| The Rocky Tract, The Stoneland, The Rock City
| 99
| Mecca
| God’s guidance to man through revelation of the Quran which will remain uncorrupted for all times (9)
|
| 16
| An-Nahl
| The Honey Bees, The Bee
| 128
| Mecca
| God’s creativeness:
· Manifested in the instincts of the bee
· Guidance through His revealed word
|
| 17
| Al-Isra
| The Night Journey
| 111
| Mecca
| · Prophet Muhammad’s Night Journey from Mecca to Jerusalem
· The children of Israel (2-8, 101-104)
|
| 18
| Al-Kahf
| The Cave
| 110
| Mecca
| · A series of stories on the theme of faith in God versus excessive attachment to the life of this world including:
o Men of the cave (13-20)
o The rich man and the poor man (32-44)
o Moses and the sage (60-82)
o ‘Dhu’l-Qarnayn, the ‘Two-Horned One’ (83-98)
|
| 19
| Maryam
| Mary
| 98
| Mecca
| · Story of Zachariah and his son John, the precursor of Jesus (2-15)
· Story of Mary and Jesus (16-37)
|
| 20
| Ta-Ha
| Ta-Ha
| 135
| Mecca
| · Guidance offered by God through His prophets
· Fundamental truths inherent in all revealed religions are identical
· Story of Moses (9-98)
|
| 21
| Al-Anbiya
| The Prophets
| 112
| Mecca
| · The oneness, uniqueness and transcendence of God
· The continuity of all divine revelation
· Stories of the prophets of old (48-91)
· The believers belong to one single community (92)
|
| 22
| Al-Hajj
| The Pilgrimage
| 78
| Madina
| The Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and some of the rituals connected with it (25-38)
|
| 23
| Al-Mu’minun
| The Believers
| 118
| Mecca
| · True faith
· Evidence of the existence of an Almighty Creator, and man’s ultimate responsibility before Him
· Unity of all religious communities broken by man’s egotism, greed and striving after power (52-53)
· The impossibility to believe in God, without believing in life after death
|
| 24
| An-Noor
| The Light
| 64
| Madina
| · Mutual relations and ethical rules between men and women
· The parable of the ‘light of God’ ("Verse of Light") (35)
|
| 25
| Al-Furqan
| The Criterion, The Standard, The Standard of True and False
| 77
| Mecca
| · The purpose of every divine revelation is to provide a criterion of true and false
· The humanity of every apostle sent by God to man (20)
· Divine revelation belongs to God’s creative activity
|
| 26
| Ash-Shu'ara
| The Poets
| 227
| Mecca
| Man’s weakness, which causes him to reject God’s message and worship power and wealth
|
| 27
| An-Naml
| The Ant, The Ants
| 93
| Mecca
| Story of King Solomon and Queen of Sheba
|
| 28
| Al-Qasas
| The Narrations, The Stories, The Story
| 88
| Mecca
| Human aspects of the life of Moses
|
| 29
| Al-Ankabut
| The Spider
| 69
| Mecca
| The parable of ‘the spider house’, a symbol of false beliefs that are destined to be blown away by the winds of truth (41)
|
| 30
| Ar-Roum
| The Romans, The Byzantines
| 60
| Mecca
| · Predictions of the near victory of the Byzantines [over the Persians] and the Battle of Badr (2 AH) (1-7)
· God’s ability to resurrect the dead at the end of time, and the people’s ignorance of this
|
| 31
| Luqman
| Luqman
| 34
| Mecca
| Story of Luqman, a legendary sage, counselling his son (12-19)
|
| 32
| As-Sajda
| The Prostration, Worship, Adoration
| 30
| Mecca
| · God's creation
· God's revelation and man's acceptance or denial
· The Day of Judgement
|
| 33
| Al-Ahzab
| The Clans, The Confederates, The Combined Forces
| 73
| Madina
| · War of the Confederates (5 AH) (9-27)
· Relationship between Prophet Muhammad and his family
|
| 34
| Saba
| Sheba
| 54
| Mecca
| · Insignificance of the knowledge accessible to man (9)
· Story of the people of Sheba as an example of the impermanence of human power, wealth and glory (15-20)
· Always be conscious of God (46)
|
| 35
| Fatir
| The Originator
| 45
| Mecca
| · God’s power to create and resurrect
· God’s revelation of His will through His prophets
|
| 36
| Ya-Seen
| Ya-Seen
| 83
| Mecca
| Man’s moral responsibility, resurrection and God’s judgment
|
| 37
| As-Saffat
| Those Who Set The Ranks, Drawn Up In Ranks, Those Ranged in Ranks
| 182
| Mecca
| · 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 (75-148)
|
| 38
| Sad
| Sad
| 88
| Mecca
| Divine guidance and its rejection by those who are lost in fast pride
|
| 39
| Az-Zumar
| The Crowds, The Troops, Throngs
| 75
| Mecca
| · Evidence of the existence and oneness of God in all manifestations of nature
· God forgives all sins to him who repents before his death
· Description of the Last Hour and the Day of Judgment
|
| 40
| Ghafir
| The Forgiver (God), Forgiving
| 85
| Mecca
| · Man’s false pride, worship of false values (wealth, power etc.) and his denial of divine guidance
· Stories of earlier prophets
|
| 41
| Fussilat
| Expounded, Explained In Detail, Clearly Spelled Out
| 54
| Mecca
| Man’s acceptance or rejection of divine revelation
|
| 42
| Ash-Shura
| The Consultation
| 53
| Mecca
| · God is unfathomable (11, 16)
· All prophets taught the oneness of God, so all believers should see themselves as ‘one single community’ (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
|
| 43
| Az-Zukhruf
| The Gold Adornments, The Ornaments of Gold, Luxury, Gold
| 89
| Mecca
| · To equal anyone or anything with God is spiritually destructive and logically unacceptable
· People’s blind adherence to the faith of their forefathers (22-23)
|
| 44
| Ad-Dukhan
| The Smoke
| 59
| Mecca
| Through revelation worldly pride is eventually brought to nothing
|
| 45
| Al-Jathiya
| The Kneeling Down, Crouching
| 37
| Mecca
| The humility with which all human beings will face their final judgment on resurrection. (28)
|
| 46
| Al-Ahqaf
| Winding Sand-tracts, The Dunes, The Sand-Dunes
| 35
| Mecca
| Prophet Muhammad is a warner
Treating parents with kindness
Pass the message of God with patience
|
| 47
| Muhammad
| Muhammad
| 38
| Madina
| Fighting in God’s cause
|
| 48
| Al-Fath
| The Victory, Conquest
| 29
| Madina
| The Truce of Hudaybiyyah (6 A.H.)
|
| 49
| Al-Hujurat
| The Private Apartments, The Inner Apartments
| 18
| Madina
| · Social ethics
· Reverence to the Prophet and the righteous leaders after him
· The brotherhood of all believers and all mankind (10, 13)
· The difference between true faith and outward observance of religious formalities (14)
|
| 50
| Qaf
| Qaf
| 45
| Mecca
| · Death and resurrection
· God is closer to man than his neck-vein (16)
|
| 51
| Ad-Dhariyat
| The Wind That Scatter, The Winnowing Winds, The Dust-Scattering Winds
| 60
| Mecca
| Judgement Day is sure to come
Lessons in stories of Pharaoh, Noah, and others
God who created universe send Muhammad as His Prophet
|
| 52
| At-Toor
| The Mount, Mount Sinai
| 49
| Mecca
| Reward of the righteous
Mission of the Prophet
Response to Disbelievers
|
| 53
| An-Najm
| The Star, The Unfolding
| 62
| Mecca
| Prophet Muhammad’s ascension to heaven (Mi’raj, including his vision of Lote-Tree of the Extremity (13-18)
|
| 54
| Al-Qamar
| The Star, The Unfolding
| 55
| Mecca
| Day of Judgement is coming near
Quran is easy to understand
|
| 55
| Ar-Rahman
| The Most Merciful, The Most Gracious
| 78
| Madina
| · Everything will pass away, except the face of God. (26-27)
· Description of paradise (46-78)
|
| 56
| Al-Waqi'a
| The Inevitable, The Event, That Which Must Come to Pass
| 96
| Mecca
| Scenes of Judgement Day
God’s testimony about the Quran
|
| 57
| Al-Hadeed
| The Iron
| 29
| Madina
| Creation of heavens and earth
Rewards of spending in charity
This life is amusement
Don’t grieve what you missed
|
| 58
| Al-Mujadila
| The Pleading, The Pleading Woman
| 22
| Madina
| · Divorce
· Faith and denial
· Hypocrisy
· The attitude believers should have toward non-believers
|
| 59
| Al-Hashr
| The Mustering, The Gathering, Exile, Banishment
| 24
| Madina
| The conflict between the Muslim coummunity and the Jewish tribe of Banu’n-Nadir of Medina
|
| 60
| Al-Mumtahana
| The Examined One, She That Is To Be Examined
| 13
| Madina
| The believers’ relations with unbelievers
|
| 61
| As-Saff
| The Ranks, Battle Array
| 14
| Madina
| A call to unity between professed belief and actual behaviour
|
| 62
| Al-Jumu'a
| The Congregation, Friday
| 11
| Madina
| Obligatory congregational prayer on Friday
|
| 63
| Al-Munafiqoun
| The Hypocrites
| 11
| Madina
| Hypocrisy is a sin
Don’t let riches and children divert you from God
|
| 64
| At-Taghabun
| The Cheating, The Mutual Disillusion, The Mutual Loss and Gain, Loss and Gain
| 18
| Madina
| God knows what we hide and what we reveal
Life after death will reward good and bad deeds
Nothing befalls without God’s permission
|
| 65
| At-Talaq
| Divorce
| 12
| Madina
| Divorce, waiting period, remarriage
|
| 66
| At-Tahreem
| The Prohibition
| 12
| Madina
| Certain aspects of Prophet Muhammad’s personal and family life
|
| 67
| Al-Mulk
| The Dominion, Sovereignty, Control
| 30
| Mecca
| Man’s inability to understand the mysteries of the universe, and his dependence on guidance through divine revelation
|
| 68
| Al-Qalam
| The Pen
| 52
| Mecca
| God’s testimony to moral character of Prophet Muhammad
Parable of garden owners
Response to opponents
|
| 69
| Al-Haqqa
| The Sure Reality, The Laying-Bare of the Truth
| 52
| Mecca
| Reward of righteous
Punishment of sinful
Quran is a reminder
|
| 70
| Al-Ma'arij
| The Ways of Ascent, The Ascending Stairways
| 44
| Mecca
| The unwillingness to believe, caused by the restlessness inherent in human nature
|
| 71
| Nooh
| Noah
| 28
| 71
| · Story of Noah
· Struggle against blind materialism and lack of spiritual values
|
| 72
| Al-Jinn
| The Spirits, The Unseen Beings
| 28
| Mecca
| Different sects and religions of Jinn
Prophets are only to convey God’s message
Instructions to Prophet Muhammad on late night prayer
Quran is reminder to find right way
|
| 73
| Al-Muzzammil
| The Enfolded One, The Enshrouded One, Bundled Up, The Enwrapped One
| 20
| Mecca
|
| 74
| Al-Muddathir
| The One Wrapped Up, The Cloaked One, The Man Wearing A Cloak, The Enfolded One
| 56
| Mecca
| A short early surah outlines almost all fundamental Qur'anic concepts
|
| 75
| Al-Qiyama
| Resurrection, The Day of Resurrection, Rising Of The Dead
| 40
| Mecca
| The concept of resurrection
|
| 76
| Al-Insan
| The Human, Man
| 31
| Madina
| Destiny of man is shaped by choice made
Life of Paradise for those who choose to believe
|
| 77
| Al-Mursalat
| Those Sent Forth, The Emissaries, Winds Sent Forth
| 50
| Mecca
| The gradual revelation of Quran
|
| 78
| An-Naba'
| The Great News, The Announcement, The Tiding
| 40
| Mecca
| · Life after death
· Resurrection and God’s ultimate judgment
|
| 79
| An-Nazi'at
| Those Who Tear Out, Those Who Drag Forth, Soul-snatchers, Those That Rise
| 46
| Mecca
| Death and life after it
Story of Moses and Pharaoh
|
| 80
| Abasa
| He Frowned
| 42
| Mecca
| Seeker of guidance to be preferred in delivering God’s message
|
| 81
| At-Takweer
| The Folding Up, The Overthrowing, Shrouding in Darkness
| 29
| Mecca
| Last Hour and man’s resurrection
|
| 82
| Al-Infitar
| The Cleaving Asunder, Bursting Apart
| 19
| Mecca
| Guardian angels are recording our deeds
|
| 83
| Al-Mutaffifeen
| The Dealers in Fraud, Defrauding, The Cheats, Those Who Give Short Measure
| 36
| Mecca
| Defrauders will be called to account and punished
Righteous will be rewarded with soft couches
|
| 84
| Al-Inshiqaq
| The Rending Asunder, The Sundering, Splitting Open, The Splitting Asunder
| 25
| Mecca
| On Judgement Day heavens will split open
|
| 85
| Al-Burooj
| The Mansions Of The Stars, Constellations, The Great Constellations
| 22
| Mecca
| Story of ‘People of the Ditch’
Those who torture believers become worthy of God’s curse
|
| 86
| At-Tariq
| The Night-Visitant, The Morning Star, The Nightcomer, That Which Comes in the Night
| 17
| Mecca
| Man has to appear before God after death
|
| 87
| Al-A'la
| The Most High, The All-Highest, Glory To Your Lord In The Highest
| 19
| Mecca
| God assures Prophet Muhammad that he won’t forget the Quran
|
| 88
| Al-Ghashiyah
| The Overwhelming Event, The Overshadowing Event, The Pall
| 26
| Mecca
| Wonders of nature, admonition, and accountability
|
| 89
| Al-Fajr
| The Break of Day, The Daybreak, The Dawn
| 30
| Mecca
| Encouragement to social welfare by examples of prior nations
|
| 90
| Al-Balad
| The City, The Land
| 20
| Mecca
| Qualities of piety: freeing slaves, feeding hungry, patience, advising others
|
| 91
| Ash-Shams
| The Sun
| 15
| Mecca
| Purification and corruption of the soul
|
| 92
| Al-Lail
| The Night
| 21
| Mecca
| God facilitates the easy way for good people and the hard way for the wicked
|
| 93
| Ad-Dhuha
| The Glorious Morning Light, The Forenoon, Morning Hours, Morning Bright, The Bright Morning Hours
| 11
| Mecca
| Human suffering and God’s justice
|
| 94
| Al-Sharh
| The Expansion of Breast, Solace, Consolation, Relief, Patient, The Opening-Up of the Heart
| 8
| Mecca
| Consolation to Prophet Muhammad
|
| 95
| At-Teen
| The Fig Tree, The Fig
| 8
| Mecca
| Fundamental moral value, common to all true religious teachings
|
| 96
| Al-Alaq
| The Clinging Clot, Clot of Blood, The Germ-Cell
| 19
| Mecca
| First five verses revealed to Prophet Muhammad
|
| 97
| Al-Qadr
| The Night of Honor, The Night of Decree, Power, Fate, Destiny
| 5
| Mecca
| The Nigh of Qadr in which the Quran was revealed and it’s superiority
|
| 98
| Al-Bayyina
| The Clear Evidence, The Evidence of the Truth
| 8
| Madina
| Jews and Christians were divided after receiving guidance
They were commanded to pray and give charity
|
| 99
| Az-Zalzala
| The Earthquake
| 8
| Madina
| On Judgement Day earth will report whatever happened on it
|
| 100
| Al-Adiyat
| The Courser, The Chargers, The War Horse
| 11
| Mecca
| An example of horses that are more grateful to their owners than people are to their Lord
|
| 101
| Al-Qaria
| The Striking Hour, The Great Calamity, The Stunning Blow, The Sudden Calamity
| 11
| Mecca
| Scene from the Day of Judgement
|
| 102
| At-Takathur
| The Piling Up, Rivalry in World Increase, Competition, Greed for More and More
| 8
| Mecca
| Man’s greed and tendencies
|
| 103
| Al-Asr
| The Time, The Declining Day, The Epoch, The Flight of Time
| 3
| Mecca
| Path to salvation: becoming a believer, doing good, and advising others to do the same
|
| 104
| Al-Humaza
| The Scandalmonger, The Traducer, The Gossipmonger, The Slanderer
| 9
| Mecca
| Hell is for the defamer, slanderer, and stingy
|
| 105
| Al-Feel
| The Elephant
| 5
| Mecca
| Abyssinian attack against Mecca in the year 570 CE, the Year of the Elephant
|
| 106
| Quraysh
| Quraysh
| 4
| Mecca
| Quraysh, custodians of the Kaba, should be thankful to God for protecting them from hunger and danger
|
| 107
| Al-Ma'oun
| The Neighbourly Assistance, Small Kindnesses, Almsgiving, Assistance
| 7
| Mecca
| Meaning of true worship through sincere devotion and helping those in need
|
| 108
| Al-Kawthar
| Abundance, Plenty, Good in Abundance
| 3
| Mecca
| · Spiritual riches through devotion and sacrifice
· Hatred results in cutting off of all hope
|
| 109
| Al-Kafiroun
| The Disbelievers, The Kafirs, Those Who Deny the Truth
| 6
| Mecca
| Correct attitude towards those who reject faith
|
| 110
| An-Nasr
| The Help, Divine Support, Victory, Succour
| 3
| Madina
| Last complete surah revealed before Prophet Muhammad’s death
|
| 111
| Al-Masad
| The Plaited Rope, The Palm Fibre, The Twisted Strands
| 5
| Mecca
| Hostility of Prophet Muhammad’s uncle Abu Lahab
|
| 112
| Al-Ikhlas
| Purity of Faith, The Fidelity, The Declaration of [God's] Perfection
| 4
| Mecca
| Oneness of God
|
| 113
| Al-Falaq
| The Daybreak, Dawn, The Rising Dawn
| 5
| Mecca
| Seek refuge in God from evil of others
|
| 114
| An-Nas
| Mankind, Men
| 6
| Mecca
| Trust in God's protection from temptations
|