Zashama - Ultimate Islamic Resource

The Complete List of Quranic Surahs
Divine Revelations from Makkah and Madinah

“This is the Book about which there is no doubt, a guidance for those conscious of Allah”
(Qur’an 2:2)

✦ 86 MAKKI SURAHS ✦
✦ 28 MADANI SURAHS ✦

الفاتحة

1. Al-Fatihah (The Opening)

Makki

الأنعام

6. Al-An’am (The Cattle)

Makki

الأعراف

7. Al-A’raf (The Heights)

Makki

يونس

10. Yunus (Jonah)

Makki

هود

11. Hud

Makki

يوسف

12. Yusuf (Joseph)

Makki

الرعد

13. Ar-Ra’d (The Thunder)

Madani

إبراهيم

14. Ibrahim (Abraham)

Makki

الحجر

15. Al-Hijr (The Rocky Tract)

Makki

النحل

16. An-Nahl (The Bee)

Makki

الإسراء

17. Al-Isra (The Night Journey)

Makki

الكهف

18. Al-Kahf (The Cave)

Makki

مريم

19. Maryam (Mary)

Makki

طه

20. Ta-Ha

Makki

الأنبياء

21. Al-Anbiya (The Prophets)

Makki

الحج

22. Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage)

Madani

المؤمنون

23. Al-Mu’minun (The Believers)

Makki

النور

24. An-Nur (The Light)

Madani

الفرقان

25. Al-Furqan (The Criterion)

Makki

الشعراء

26. Ash-Shu’ara (The Poets)

Makki

النمل

27. An-Naml (The Ant)

Makki

القصص

28. Al-Qasas (The Stories)

Makki

العنكبوت

29. Al-Ankabut (The Spider)

Makki

الروم

30. Ar-Rum (The Romans)

Makki

لقمان

31. Luqman

Makki

السجدة

32. As-Sajdah (The Prostration)

Makki

الأحزاب

33. Al-Ahzab (The Combined Forces)

Madani

سبأ

34. Saba (Sheba)

Makki

فاطر

35. Fatir (The Originator)

Makki

يس

36. Ya-Sin

Makki

الصافات

37. As-Saffat (Those Ranged in Ranks)

Makki

ص

38. Sad (The Letter Saad)

Makki

الزمر

39. Az-Zumar (The Troops)

Makki

غافر

40. Ghafir (The Forgiver)

Makki

فصلت

41. Fussilat (Explained in Detail)

Makki

الشورى

42. Ash-Shura (The Consultation)

Makki

الزخرف

43. Az-Zukhruf (The Ornaments of Gold)

Makki

الدخان

44. Ad-Dukhan (The Smoke)

Makki

الجاثية

45. Al-Jathiyah (The Crouching)

Makki

الأحقاف

46. Al-Ahqaf (The Wind-Curved Sandhills)

Makki

محمد

47. Muhammad

Madani

الفتح

48. Al-Fath (The Victory)

Madani

الحجرات

49. Al-Hujurat (The Rooms)

Madani

ق

50. Qaf (The Letter Qaf)

Makki

الذاريات

51. Adh-Dhariyat (The Winnowing Winds)

Makki

الطور

52. At-Tur (The Mount)

Makki

النجم

53. An-Najm (The Star)

Makki

القمر

54. Al-Qamar (The Moon)

Makki

الرحمن

55. Ar-Rahman (The Beneficent)

Makki

الواقعة

56. Al-Waqi’ah (The Event)

Makki

الحديد

57. Al-Hadid (The Iron)

Madani

المجادلة

58. Al-Mujadila (The Pleading Woman)

Madani

الحشر

59. Al-Hashr (The Exile)

Madani

الممتحنة

60. Al-Mumtahanah (The Examined One)

Madani

الصف

61. As-Saff (The Ranks)

Madani

الجمعة

62. Al-Jumu’ah (Friday)

Madani

المنافقون

63. Al-Munafiqun (The Hypocrites)

Madani

التغابن

64. At-Taghabun (The Mutual Disillusion)

Madani

الطلاق

65. At-Talaq (The Divorce)

Madani

التحريم

66. At-Tahrim (The Prohibition)

Madani

الملك

67. Al-Mulk (The Sovereignty)

Makki

القلم

68. Al-Qalam (The Pen)

Makki

الحاقة

69. Al-Haqqah (The Reality)

Makki

المعارج

70. Al-Ma’arij (The Ascending Stairways)

Makki

نوح

71. Nuh (Noah)

Makki

الجن

72. Al-Jinn (The Jinn)

Makki

المزمل

73. Al-Muzzammil (The Enshrouded One)

Makki

المدثر

74. Al-Muddaththir (The Cloaked One)

Makki

القيامة

75. Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection)

Makki

الإنسان

76. Al-Insan (The Man)

Madani

المرسلات

77. Al-Mursalat (The Emissaries)

Makki

النبأ

78. An-Naba (The Tidings)

Makki

النازعات

79. An-Nazi’at (Those Who Drag Forth)

Makki

عبس

80. Abasa (He Frowned)

Makki

التكوير

81. At-Takwir (The Overthrowing)

Makki

الإنفطار

82. Al-Infitar (The Cleaving)

Makki

المطففين

83. Al-Mutaffifin (The Defrauding)

Makki

الإنشقاق

84. Al-Inshiqaq (The Sundering)

Makki

البروج

85. Al-Buruj (The Mansions of the Stars)

Makki

الطارق

86. At-Tariq (The Morning Star)

Makki

الأعلى

87. Al-A’la (The Most High)

Makki

الغاشية

88. Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming)

Makki

الفجر

89. Al-Fajr (The Dawn)

Makki

البلد

90. Al-Balad (The City)

Makki

الشمس

91. Ash-Shams (The Sun)

Makki

الليل

92. Al-Layl (The Night)

Makki

الضحى

93. Ad-Duha (The Morning Hours)

Makki

الشرح

94. Ash-Sharh (The Relief)

Makki

التين

95. At-Tin (The Fig)

Makki

العلق

96. Al-Alaq (The Clot)

Makki

القدر

97. Al-Qadr (The Power)

Makki

البينة

98. Al-Bayyinah (The Clear Proof)

Madani

الزلزلة

99. Az-Zalzalah (The Earthquake)

Madani

العاديات

100. Al-Adiyat (The Courser)

Makki

القارعة

101. Al-Qari’ah (The Calamity)

Makki

التكاثر

102. At-Takathur (The Rivalry in World Increase)

Makki

العصر

103. Al-Asr (The Declining Day)

Makki

الهمزة

104. Al-Humazah (The Traducer)

Makki

الفيل

105. Al-Fil (The Elephant)

Makki

قريش

106. Quraysh

Makki

الماعون

107. Al-Ma’un (The Small Kindnesses)

Makki

الكوثر

108. Al-Kawthar (The Abundance)

Makki

الكافرون

109. Al-Kafirun (The Disbelievers)

Makki

النصر

110. An-Nasr (The Divine Support)

Madani

المسد

111. Al-Masad (The Palm Fiber)

Makki

الإخلاص

112. Al-Ikhlas (The Sincerity)

Makki

الفلق

113. Al-Falaq (The Daybreak)

Makki

الناس

114. An-Nas (Mankind)

Makki

Key Characteristics

Makki Surahs

• Focus on Tawhid (Divine Oneness)

• Strong poetic rhythm and shorter verses

• Frequent oaths by cosmic phenomena

• Emphasis on the Hereafter

• Address “O mankind” rather than believers

Madani Surahs

• Focus on law and social organization

• Longer verses with legal content

• Address “O you who believe”

• Discuss jihad and relations with other communities

• More references to People of the Book

“And We have certainly made the Qur’an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?”
(Qur’an 54:17)