Revelation Chronology
The Qur’an’s surahs grouped by their Meccan / Madinan phase, with any recorded occasions of revelation.
Note: the Meccan/Madinan classification and revelation order rest on scholarly reports, and some details are debated. This is presented as the mainstream classification, not as certainty.
Meccan87 surahs
1Al-FaatihaThe Opening · 7 āyāt
6Al-An'aamThe Cattle · 165 āyāt
7Al-A'raafThe Heights · 206 āyāt
10YunusJonas · 109 āyāt
11HudHud · 123 āyāt
12YusufJoseph · 111 āyāt
14IbrahimAbraham · 52 āyāt
15Al-HijrThe Rock · 99 āyāt
16An-NahlThe Bee · 128 āyāt
17Al-IsraaThe Night Journey · 111 āyāt
18Al-KahfThe Cave · 110 āyāt
19MaryamMary · 98 āyāt
20Taa-HaaTaa-Haa · 135 āyāt
21Al-AnbiyaaThe Prophets · 112 āyāt
23Al-MuminoonThe Believers · 118 āyāt
25Al-FurqaanThe Criterion · 77 āyāt
26Ash-Shu'araaThe Poets · 227 āyāt
27An-NamlThe Ant · 93 āyāt
28Al-QasasThe Stories · 88 āyāt
29Al-AnkabootThe Spider · 69 āyāt
30Ar-RoomThe Romans · 60 āyāt
31LuqmanLuqman · 34 āyāt
32As-SajdaThe Prostration · 30 āyāt
34SabaSheba · 54 āyāt
35FaatirThe Originator · 45 āyāt
36YaseenYaseen · 83 āyāt
37As-SaaffaatThose drawn up in Ranks · 182 āyāt
38SaadThe letter Saad · 88 āyāt
39Az-ZumarThe Groups · 75 āyāt
40GhafirThe Forgiver · 85 āyāt
41FussilatExplained in detail · 54 āyāt
42Ash-ShuraConsultation · 53 āyāt
43Az-ZukhrufOrnaments of gold · 89 āyāt
44Ad-DukhaanThe Smoke · 59 āyāt
45Al-JaathiyaCrouching · 37 āyāt
46Al-AhqafThe Dunes · 35 āyāt
50QaafThe letter Qaaf · 45 āyāt
51Adh-DhaariyatThe Winnowing Winds · 60 āyāt
52At-TurThe Mount · 49 āyāt
53An-NajmThe Star · 62 āyāt
54Al-QamarThe Moon · 55 āyāt
55Ar-RahmaanThe Beneficent · 78 āyāt
56Al-WaaqiaThe Inevitable · 96 āyāt
67Al-MulkThe Sovereignty · 30 āyāt
68Al-QalamThe Pen · 52 āyāt
69Al-HaaqqaThe Reality · 52 āyāt
70Al-Ma'aarijThe Ascending Stairways · 44 āyāt
71NoohNoah · 28 āyāt
72Al-JinnThe Jinn · 28 āyāt
73Al-MuzzammilThe Enshrouded One · 20 āyāt
74Al-MuddaththirThe Cloaked One · 56 āyāt
75Al-QiyaamaThe Resurrection · 40 āyāt
77Al-MursalaatThe Emissaries · 50 āyāt
78An-NabaThe Announcement · 40 āyāt
79An-Naazi'aatThose who drag forth · 46 āyāt
80AbasaHe frowned · 42 āyāt
81At-TakwirThe Overthrowing · 29 āyāt
82Al-InfitaarThe Cleaving · 19 āyāt
83Al-MutaffifinDefrauding · 36 āyāt
84Al-InshiqaaqThe Splitting Open · 25 āyāt
85Al-BuroojThe Constellations · 22 āyāt
86At-TaariqThe Morning Star · 17 āyāt
87Al-A'laaThe Most High · 19 āyāt
88Al-GhaashiyaThe Overwhelming · 26 āyāt
89Al-FajrThe Dawn · 30 āyāt
90Al-BaladThe City · 20 āyāt
91Ash-ShamsThe Sun · 15 āyāt
92Al-LailThe Night · 21 āyāt
93Ad-DhuhaaThe Morning Hours · 11 āyāt
94Ash-SharhThe Consolation · 8 āyāt
95At-TinThe Fig · 8 āyāt
96Al-AlaqThe Clot · 19 āyāt
97Al-QadrThe Power, Fate · 5 āyāt
100Al-AadiyaatThe Chargers · 11 āyāt
101Al-Qaari'aThe Calamity · 11 āyāt
102At-TakaathurCompetition · 8 āyāt
103Al-AsrThe Declining Day, Epoch · 3 āyāt
104Al-HumazaThe Traducer · 9 āyāt
105Al-FilThe Elephant · 5 āyāt
106QuraishQuraysh · 4 āyāt
107Al-Maa'unAlmsgiving · 7 āyāt
108Al-KawtharAbundance · 3 āyāt
109Al-KaafiroonThe Disbelievers · 6 āyāt
111Al-MasadThe Palm Fibre · 5 āyāt
112Al-IkhlaasSincerity · 4 āyāt
113Al-FalaqThe Dawn · 5 āyāt
114An-NaasMankind · 6 āyāt
Madinan27 surahs
2Al-BaqaraThe Cow · 286 āyāt
3Aal-i-ImraanThe Family of Imraan · 200 āyāt
4An-NisaaThe Women · 176 āyāt
5Al-MaaidaThe Table · 120 āyāt
8Al-AnfaalThe Spoils of War · 75 āyāt
9At-TawbaThe Repentance · 129 āyāt
13Ar-Ra'dThe Thunder · 43 āyāt
22Al-HajjThe Pilgrimage · 78 āyāt
24An-NoorThe Light · 64 āyāt
33Al-AhzaabThe Clans · 73 āyāt
47MuhammadMuhammad · 38 āyāt
48Al-FathThe Victory · 29 āyāt
49Al-HujuraatThe Inner Apartments · 18 āyāt
57Al-HadidThe Iron · 29 āyāt
58Al-MujaadilaThe Pleading Woman · 22 āyāt
59Al-HashrThe Exile · 24 āyāt
60Al-MumtahanaShe that is to be examined · 13 āyāt
61As-SaffThe Ranks · 14 āyāt
62Al-Jumu'aFriday · 11 āyāt
63Al-MunaafiqoonThe Hypocrites · 11 āyāt
64At-TaghaabunMutual Disillusion · 18 āyāt
65At-TalaaqDivorce · 12 āyāt
66At-TahrimThe Prohibition · 12 āyāt
76Al-InsaanMan · 31 āyāt
98Al-BayyinaThe Evidence · 8 āyāt
99Az-ZalzalaThe Earthquake · 8 āyāt
110An-NasrDivine Support · 3 āyāt