Index

List of Chapters in the Quran

  1. Al-Fatiha: The Essence of the Divine Writ. The Seven Oft-Repeated [Verses], Makkah
  2. Al-Baqara: The Red Heifer, Madinah
  3. Al ‘Imrān: The House of Imran, Madinah
  4. An-Nisa: The Women, Madinah
  5. Al-Ma’ida: The Last Supper, Madinah  (Al-‘Uqud) The Contracts
  6. Al-An’am: The Cattle, Makkah
  7. Al-A’raf: The Heights, The Faculty of Discernment, Makkah
  8. Al-Anfal: The Spoils of War, Madinah
  9. At-Tawba: Repentance, Madinah  (Bara’a) Dissociation
  10. Yunus: Jonah, Makkah
  11. Hud: Hud, Makkah
  12. Yusuf: Joseph, Makkah
  13. Ar-Ra’d: The Thunder, Madinah
  14. Ibrahim: Abraham, Makkah
  15. Al-Hijr: The Rocky Tract, The Stoneland, The Rock City, Hegra, Makkah
  16. An-Nahl: The Bees, Makkah
  17. Al-Isra: The Night Journey, Children of Israel, Makkah (Bani Israil)
  18. Al-Kahf: The Cave, Makkah
  19. Maryam: Mary, Makkah
  20. Ṭāʾ Hāʾ: Ta-Ha, Makkah (Al-Kalim) The Interlocutor
  21. Al-Anbiya: The Prophets, Makkah
  22. Al-Hajj: The Pilgrimage, Madinah
  23. Al-Mu’minun: The Believers, Makkah
  24. An-Nur: The Light, Madinah
  25. Al-Furqan: The Criterion, The Standard, The Standard of True and False, Makkah
  26. Ash-Shu’ara: The Poets, Makkah
  27. An-Naml: The Ants, Makkah (Sulayman) Solomon
  28. Al-Qasas: The Narrations, The Stories, Makkah
  29. Al-Ankabut: The Spider, Makkah
  30. Ar-Rum: The Romans, Byzantium, Makkah
  31. Luqman: Luqman, Makkah
  32. As-Sajda: The Prostration, Makkah (Al-Madaji’) The Beds
  33. Al-Ahzab: The Clans, The Confederates, The Combined Forces, Madinah
  34. Saba: Sheba, Makkah
  35. Fatir: The Originator, Makkah (Al-Mala’ika) The Angels
  36. Yāʾ Sīn: Ya-Seen, Makkah
  37. As-Saffat: Those Who Set The Ranks, Drawn Up In Ranks, Those Ranged in Ranks, Makkah
  38. Ṣād: Sad, Makkah (Dawud) David
  39. Az-Zumar: The Crowds, The Troops, Throngs, Makkah (Al-Ghuraf) The Chambers
  40. Ghafir: The Forgiver (God), Forgiving, Makkah (Al-Muʼmin) The Believer
  41. Fussilat: Expounded, Explained In Detail, Clearly Spelled Out, Makkah (Al-Masabih) The Lamps
  42. Ash-Shura: The Consultation, Makkah (Ha Mim ‘Ayn Sin Qaf) Ḥāʾ Mīm ʿAyn Sīn Qāf
  43. Az-Zukhruf: The Gold Adornments, The Ornaments of Gold, Makkah
  44. Ad-Dukhan: The Smoke, Makkah
  45. Al-Jathiya: The Kneeling Down, Crouching, Makkah (Al-Shari’a) The Sharia
  46. Al-Ahqaf: Winding Sand-tracts, The Dunes, The Sand-Dunes, Makkah
  47. Muhammad: Muhammad, Madinah (Al-Qital) The Combat, The Warfare
  48. Al-Fath: The Victory, Madinah
  49. Al-Hujurat: The Private Apartments, The Inner Apartments, Madinah
  50. Qāf: Qaf, Makkah (Al-Basiqat) The Tall Ones
  51. Adh-Dhariyat: The Wind That Scatter, The Winnowing Winds, The Dust-Scattering Winds , Makkah
  52. At-Tur: The Mount, Mount Sinai, Makkah
  53. An-Najm: The Star, The Unfolding, Makkah
  54. Al-Qamar: The Moon, Makkah (Iqtarabat) Approached
  55. Ar-Rahman: The Most Merciful, The Most Gracious, Madinah
  56. Al-Waqi’a: The Inevitable, The Event, That Which Must Come to Pass, Makkah
  57. Al-Hadid: Iron, Madinah
  58. Al-Mujadila: The Pleading Woman, Madinah  (Al-Zihar) The Backs, The Zihar
  59. Al-Hashr: The Mustering, The Gathering, The Banishment, Madinah
  60. Al-Mumtahana: The Examined One, She That Is To Be Examined, Madinah
  61. As-Saff: The Ranks, Battle Array, Madinah (Al-Hawariyyin) The Apostles
  62. Al-Jumu’a: Congregation, Friday prayer, Madinah
  63. Al-Munafiqun: The Hypocrites, Madinah
  64. At-Taghabun: The Cheating, The Mutual Disillusion, The Mutual Loss and Gain, Madinah
  65. At-Talaq: Divorce, Madinah
  66. At-Tahrim: The Prohibition, Madinah  (Lima Tuharrim) Why do you prohibit?
  67. Al-Mulk: The Dominion, The Sovereignty, The Kingship, Makkah (Tabarak) Blessed
  68. Al-Qalam: The Pen, Makkah (Nun) Nūn
  69. Al-Haqqa: The Sure Reality, The Laying-Bare of the Truth, Makkah
  70. Al-Ma’arij: The Ways of Ascent, The Ascending Stairways, Makkah (Sa’ala Sa’il) An asker asked
  71. Nuh: Noah, Makkah
  72. Al-Jinn: The Jinn, The Spirits, The Unseen Beings, Makkah (Al-Wahy) The Revelation
  73. Al-Muzzammil: The Enfolded One, The Enshrouded One, Makkah
  74. Al-Muddaththir: The Enwrapped One, Makkah
  75. Al-Qiyama: The Day of Resurrection, Rising Of The Dead, Makkah
  76. Al-Insan: The Human, Madinah (Ad-Dahr)
  77. Al-Mursalat: Those Sent Forth, The Emissaries, Winds Sent Forth, Makkah
  78. An-Naba: The Great News, The Announcement, The Tiding, Makkah (‘Amma) About what?
  79. An-Nazi’at: Those Who Tear Out, Those Who Drag Forth, Soul-snatchers, Those That Rise, Makkah (As-Sahira) The Watchful, The Sleepless, The Alert
  80. Abasa: He Frowned, Makkah (As-Safara) The Messenger-Angels, The Journeyers
  81. At-Takwir: The Folding Up, The Overthrowing, Shrouding in Darkness, Makkah
  82. Al-Infitar: The Cleaving Asunder, Bursting Apart, Makkah
  83. Al-Mutaffifin: The Dealers in Fraud, Defrauders, Those Who Give Short Measure, Makkah
  84. Al-Inshiqaq: The Rending Asunder, The Sundering, Splitting Open, The Splitting Asunder, Makkah
  85. Al-Buruj: The Mansions Of The Stars, The Constellations, The Great Constellations, Makkah
  86. At-Tariq: The Night-Visitant, The Nightcomer, That Which Comes in the Night, Makkah
  87. Al-A’la: The Most High, The All-Highest, Glory To Your Lord In The Highest, Makkah
  88. Al-Ghashiya: The Overwhelming Event, The Overshadowing Event, The Pall, Makkah
  89. Al-Fajr: The Break of Day, The Daybreak, The Dawn, Makkah
  90. Al-Balad: The city, The Land, Makkah
  91. Ash-Shams: The Sun, Makkah
  92. Al-Layl: The Night, Makkah
  93. Ad-Dhuha: The Bright Morning Hours, Makkah
  94. Ash-Sharh: Solace, Consolation, The Opening-Up of the Heart, Makkah
  95. At-Tin: The Fig Tree, Makkah
  96. Al-‘Alaq: The Clinging Clot, Clot of Blood, The Germ-Cell, Makkah
  97. Al-Qadr: The Night of Honor, The Night of Decree, Makkah
  98. Al-Bayyina: The Clear Evidence, Madinah  (Ahl al-Kitab) The People of the Book
  99. Az-Zalzala: The Earthquake, Madinah
  100. Al-‘Adiyat: The Courser, The Chargers, The War Horse, Makkah
  101. Al-Qari’a: The Striking Hour, The Great Calamity, The Stunning Blow, The Sudden Calamity, Makkah
  102. At-Takathur: The Piling Up, Rivalry in World Increase, Competition, Makkah
  103. Al-‘Asr: The Time, The Declining Day, The Epoch, The Flight of Time, Success Criteria, Makkah
  104. Al-Humaza: The Scandalmonger, The Traducer, The Gossipmonger, The Slanderer, Makkah
  105. Al-Fil: The Elephant, Makkah
  106. Quraysh: The Quraysh, Makkah
  107. Al-Ma’un: Small Kindnesses, Makkah (Ad-Din) The Recompense
  108. Al-Kawthar: Good in Abundance, Makkah
  109. Al-Kafirun: The Disbelievers, Makkah (Al-‘Ibada) The Adoration
  110. An-Nasr: The Divine Support, Madinah  (At-Tawdi’) The Farewell
  111. Al-Masad: The Plaited Rope, The Palm Fibre, The Twisted Strands, Makkah (Tabbat) Ruined
  112. Al-Ikhlas: The Purity of Faith, The Fidelity, Makkah (At-Tawhid) The Oneness of God
  113. Al-Falaq: The Daybreak, The Rising Dawn, Makkah
  114. Al-Nas: Mankind. Mass, Makkah