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surahs

Names and Numbers of Surahs of the Qur’an

No. Arabic name of Surah Arberry’s translation Initial Letters
1   al-Fatihah The Opening
2   al-Baqarah The Cow ALM
3   Al `Imran The House of Imran ALM
4   al-Nisa’ Women
5   al-Ma’idah The Table
6   al-An`am Cattle
7   al-A`raf The Battlements ALMS
8   al-Anfal The Spoils
9   al-Bara’ah / al-Tawbah Repentance
10   Yunus Jonah ALR
11   Hud Hood ALR
12   Yusuf Joseph ALR
13   al-Ra`d Thunder ALMR
14   Ibrahim Abraham ALR
15   al-Hijr El-Hijr ALR
16   al-Nahl The Bee
17   Bani Isra’il / al-Isra’ The Night Journey
18   al-Kahf The Cave
19   Maryam Mary KHY`S
20   Ta Ha Ta Ha TH
21   al-Anbiya’ The Prophets
22   al-Hajj The Pilgrimage
23   al-Mu’minin The Believers
24   al-Nur Light
25   al-Furqan Salvation
26   al-Shu`ara’ The Poets TSM
27   al-Naml The Ant TS
28   al-Qasas The Story TSM
29   al-`Ankabut The Spider ALM
30   al-Rum The Greeks ALM
31   Luqman Lokman ALM
32   al-Sajdah Prostration ALM
33   al-Ahzab The Confederates
34   al-Saba’ Sheba
35   Fatir / al-Mala’ika The Angels
36   Ya Sin Ya Sin YS
37   al-Saffat The Rangers
38   al-Sad Sad S
39   al-Zumar The Companies
40   al-Mu’min The Believer HM
41   Ha Mim / Fussilat Distinguished HM
42   al-Shura Counsel HM`SQ
43   al-Zukhruf Ornaments HM
44   al-Dukhan Smoke HM
45   al-Jathiyah Hobbling HM
46   al-Ahqaf The Sand-Dunes HM
47   Muhammad Muhammad
48   al-Fath Victory
49   al-Hujurat Apartments
50   Qaf Qaf Q
51   al-Dhariyat The Scatterers
52   al-Tur The Mount
53   al-Najm The Star
54   al-Qamar The Moon
55   al-Rahman The All-Merciful
56   al-Waqi`ah The Terror
57   al-Hadid Iron
58   al-Mujadalah The Disputer
59   al-Hashr The Mustering
60   al-Mumtahanah The Woman Tested
61   al-Saff The Ranks
62   al-Jumu`ah Congregation
63   al-Munafiqun Hypocrites
64   al-Taghabun Mutual Fraud
65   al-Talaq Divorce
66   al-Tahrim The Forbidding
67   al-Mulk The Kingdom
68   al-Qalam The Pen N
69   al-Haqqah The Indubitable
70   al-Ma`arij The Stairways
71   Nuh Noah
72   al-Jinn The Jinn
73   al-Muzammil Enwrapped
74   al-Mudaththir Shrouded
75   al-Qiyamah The Resurrection
76   al-Dahr / al-Insan Man
77   al-Mursalat The Loosed Ones
78   al-Naba’ The Tiding
79   al-Nazi`at The Pluckers
80   `Abasa He Frowned
81   al-Takwir The Darkening
82   al-Infitar The Splitting
83   al-Mutaffifin The Stinters
84   al-Inshiqaq The Rending
85   al-Buruj The Constellations
86   al-Tariq The Night-Star
87   al-A`la The Most High
88   al-Ghashiyah The Enveloper
89   al-Fajr The Dawn
90   al-Balad The Land
91   al-Shams The Sun
92   al-Layl The Night
93   al-Duha The Forenoon
94   al-Inshirah The Expanding
95   al-Tin The Fig
96   al-`Alaq The Blood-Clot
97   al-Qadr Power
98   al-Bayyinah The Clear Sign
99   al-Zilzal / al-Zalzala The Earthquake
100   al-`Adiyat The Chargers
101   al-Qari`ah The Clatterer
102   al-Takathur Rivalry
103   al-`Asr Afternoon
104   al-Humazah The Backbiter
105   al-Fil The Elephant
106   Quraysh Koraish
107   al-Ma`un Charity
108   al-Kawthar Abundance
109   al-Kafirun The Unbelievers
110   al-Nasr Help
111   Lahab / Tabbat Perish
112   al-Ikhlas Sincere Religion
113   al-Falaq Daybreak
114   al-Nas Men

 

Alphabetical

  `Abasa 80
  `Alaq 96
  `Ankabut 29
  `Asr 103
  A`la 87
  A`raf 7
  Al `Imran 3
  An`am 6
  Anbiya’ 21
  Anfal 8
  Balad 90
  Bani Isra’il / Isra’ 17
  Bara’ah / Tawbah 9
  Bayyinah 98
  Buruj 85
  Duha 93
  Fajr 89
  Fath 48
  Fatihah 1
  Fatir / Mala’ika 35
  Furqan 25
Fussilat 41
  Ghashiyah 88
Fussilat 41
  Hadid 57
  Hajj 22
  Haqqah 69
  Hashr 59
  Hijr 15
  Hud 11
  Hujurat 49
  Humazah 104
  Ibrahim 14
  Infitar 82
  Inshiqaq 84
  Inshirah 94
   Isra’ 17
  Jumu`ah 62
  Lahab 111
  Layl 92
  Luqman 31
  Ma’idah 5
  Maryam 19
  Muhammad 47
  Mujadalah 58
  Mulk 67
  Mu’minin 23
  Mumtahanah 60
  Mutaffifin 83
  Naba’ 78
  Nahl 16
  Naml 27
  Nazi`at 79
  Nisa’ 4
  Nuh 71
  Nur 24
  Qadr 97
  Qaf 50
  Qalam 68
  Qasas 28
  Quraysh 106
  Ra`d 13
  Rahman 55
  Saff 61
  Saffat 37
  Shams 91
  Shu`ara’ 26
  Ta Ha 20
  Tahrim 66
  Takathur 102
  Takwir 81
  Tariq 86
  Tin 95
  Waqi`ah 56
  Ya Sin 36
  Yunus 10
  Yusuf 12
  Zilzal / Zalzala 99
  Zumar 39
  `Adiyat 100
  Ahqaf 46
  Ahzab 33
  Baqarah 2
  Dahr 76
  Dhariyat 51
  Dukhan 44
  Falaq 113
  Fil 105
  Ikhlas 112
  Insan 76
  Jathiyah 45
  Jinn 72
  Kafirun 109
  Kahf 18
  Kawthar 108
  Ma`arij 70
  Ma`un 107
  Mudaththir 74
  Mu’min 40
  Munafiqun 63
  Mursalat 77
  Muzammil 73
  Najm 53
  Nas 114
  Nasr 110
  Qamar 54
  Qari`ah 101
  Qiyamah 75
  Rum 30
  Saba’ 34
  Sad 38
  Sajdah 32
  Shura 42
  Tabbat 111
  Talaq 65
  Tur 52
  Zukhruf 43
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  `Abasa 80
  `Alaq 96
  `Ankabut 29
  `Asr 103
  A`la 87
  A`raf 7
  Al `Imran 3
  An`am 6
  Anbiya’ 21
  Anfal 8
  Balad 90
  Bani Isra’il / Isra’ 17
  Bara’ah / Tawbah 9
  Bayyinah 98
  Buruj 85
  Duha 93
  Fajr 89
  Fath 48
  Fatihah 1
  Fatir / Mala’ika 35
  Furqan 25
Fussilat 41
  Ghashiyah 88
Fussilat 41
  Hadid 57
  Hajj 22
  Haqqah 69
  Hashr 59
  Hijr 15
  Hud 11
  Hujurat 49
  Humazah 104
  Ibrahim 14
  Infitar 82
  Inshiqaq 84
  Inshirah 94
   Isra’ 17
  Jumu`ah 62
  Lahab 111
  Layl 92
  Luqman 31
  Ma’idah 5
  Maryam 19
  Muhammad 47
  Mujadalah 58
  Mulk 67
  Mu’minin 23
  Mumtahanah 60
  Mutaffifin 83
  Naba’ 78
  Nahl 16
  Naml 27
  Nazi`at 79
  Nisa’ 4
  Nuh 71
  Nur 24
  Qadr 97
  Qaf 50
  Qalam 68
  Qasas 28
  Quraysh 106
  Ra`d 13
  Rahman 55
  Saff 61
  Saffat 37
  Shams 91
  Shu`ara’ 26
  Ta Ha 20
  Tahrim 66
  Takathur 102
  Takwir 81
  Tariq 86
  Tin 95
  Waqi`ah 56
  Ya Sin 36
  Yunus 10
  Yusuf 12
  Zilzal / Zalzala 99
  Zumar 39
  `Adiyat 100
  Ahqaf 46
  Ahzab 33
  Baqarah 2
  Dahr 76
  Dhariyat 51
  Dukhan 44
  Falaq 113
  Fil 105
  Ikhlas 112
  Insan 76
  Jathiyah 45
  Jinn 72
  Kafirun 109
  Kahf 18
  Kawthar 108
  Ma`arij 70
  Ma`un 107
  Mudaththir 74
  Mu’min 40
  Munafiqun 63
  Mursalat 77
  Muzammil 73
  Najm 53
  Nas 114
  Nasr 110
  Qamar 54
  Qari`ah 101
  Qiyamah 75
  Rum 30
  Saba’ 34
  Sad 38
  Sajdah 32
  Shura 42
  Tabbat 111
  Talaq 65
  Tur 52
  Zukhruf 43
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