# The surahs in order of revelation

The traditional chronological order printed in the 1924 Cairo edition, as given in the Tanzil metadata. Other chronologies place some surahs differently.

| Order | Surah | Mushaf number | Place | Verses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-'Alaq | 96 | meccan | 19 |
| 2 | Al-Qalam | 68 | meccan | 52 |
| 3 | Al-Muzzammil | 73 | meccan | 20 |
| 4 | Al-Muddaththir | 74 | meccan | 56 |
| 5 | Al-Fatihah | 1 | meccan | 7 |
| 6 | Al-Masad | 111 | meccan | 5 |
| 7 | At-Takwir | 81 | meccan | 29 |
| 8 | Al-A'la | 87 | meccan | 19 |
| 9 | Al-Layl | 92 | meccan | 21 |
| 10 | Al-Fajr | 89 | meccan | 30 |
| 11 | Ad-Duha | 93 | meccan | 11 |
| 12 | Ash-Sharh | 94 | meccan | 8 |
| 13 | Al-'Asr | 103 | meccan | 3 |
| 14 | Al-'Adiyat | 100 | meccan | 11 |
| 15 | Al-Kawthar | 108 | meccan | 3 |
| 16 | At-Takathur | 102 | meccan | 8 |
| 17 | Al-Ma'un | 107 | meccan | 7 |
| 18 | Al-Kafirun | 109 | meccan | 6 |
| 19 | Al-Fil | 105 | meccan | 5 |
| 20 | Al-Falaq | 113 | meccan | 5 |
| 21 | An-Nas | 114 | meccan | 6 |
| 22 | Al-Ikhlas | 112 | meccan | 4 |
| 23 | An-Najm | 53 | meccan | 62 |
| 24 | 'Abasa | 80 | meccan | 42 |
| 25 | Al-Qadr | 97 | meccan | 5 |
| 26 | Ash-Shams | 91 | meccan | 15 |
| 27 | Al-Buruj | 85 | meccan | 22 |
| 28 | At-Tin | 95 | meccan | 8 |
| 29 | Quraysh | 106 | meccan | 4 |
| 30 | Al-Qari'ah | 101 | meccan | 11 |
| 31 | Al-Qiyamah | 75 | meccan | 40 |
| 32 | Al-Humazah | 104 | meccan | 9 |
| 33 | Al-Mursalat | 77 | meccan | 50 |
| 34 | Qaf | 50 | meccan | 45 |
| 35 | Al-Balad | 90 | meccan | 20 |
| 36 | At-Tariq | 86 | meccan | 17 |
| 37 | Al-Qamar | 54 | meccan | 55 |
| 38 | Sad | 38 | meccan | 88 |
| 39 | Al-A'raf | 7 | meccan | 206 |
| 40 | Al-Jinn | 72 | meccan | 28 |
| 41 | Ya-Sin | 36 | meccan | 83 |
| 42 | Al-Furqan | 25 | meccan | 77 |
| 43 | Fatir | 35 | meccan | 45 |
| 44 | Maryam | 19 | meccan | 98 |
| 45 | Ta-Ha | 20 | meccan | 135 |
| 46 | Al-Waqi'ah | 56 | meccan | 96 |
| 47 | Ash-Shu'ara | 26 | meccan | 227 |
| 48 | An-Naml | 27 | meccan | 93 |
| 49 | Al-Qasas | 28 | meccan | 88 |
| 50 | Al-Isra | 17 | meccan | 111 |
| 51 | Yunus | 10 | meccan | 109 |
| 52 | Hud | 11 | meccan | 123 |
| 53 | Yusuf | 12 | meccan | 111 |
| 54 | Al-Hijr | 15 | meccan | 99 |
| 55 | Al-An'am | 6 | meccan | 165 |
| 56 | As-Saffat | 37 | meccan | 182 |
| 57 | Luqman | 31 | meccan | 34 |
| 58 | Saba | 34 | meccan | 54 |
| 59 | Az-Zumar | 39 | meccan | 75 |
| 60 | Ghafir | 40 | meccan | 85 |
| 61 | Fussilat | 41 | meccan | 54 |
| 62 | Ash-Shura | 42 | meccan | 53 |
| 63 | Az-Zukhruf | 43 | meccan | 89 |
| 64 | Ad-Dukhan | 44 | meccan | 59 |
| 65 | Al-Jathiyah | 45 | meccan | 37 |
| 66 | Al-Ahqaf | 46 | meccan | 35 |
| 67 | Adh-Dhariyat | 51 | meccan | 60 |
| 68 | Al-Ghashiyah | 88 | meccan | 26 |
| 69 | Al-Kahf | 18 | meccan | 110 |
| 70 | An-Nahl | 16 | meccan | 128 |
| 71 | Nuh | 71 | meccan | 28 |
| 72 | Ibrahim | 14 | meccan | 52 |
| 73 | Al-Anbiya | 21 | meccan | 112 |
| 74 | Al-Mu'minun | 23 | meccan | 118 |
| 75 | As-Sajdah | 32 | meccan | 30 |
| 76 | At-Tur | 52 | meccan | 49 |
| 77 | Al-Mulk | 67 | meccan | 30 |
| 78 | Al-Haqqah | 69 | meccan | 52 |
| 79 | Al-Ma'arij | 70 | meccan | 44 |
| 80 | An-Naba | 78 | meccan | 40 |
| 81 | An-Nazi'at | 79 | meccan | 46 |
| 82 | Al-Infitar | 82 | meccan | 19 |
| 83 | Al-Inshiqaq | 84 | meccan | 25 |
| 84 | Ar-Rum | 30 | meccan | 60 |
| 85 | Al-'Ankabut | 29 | meccan | 69 |
| 86 | Al-Mutaffifin | 83 | meccan | 36 |
| 87 | Al-Baqarah | 2 | medinan | 286 |
| 88 | Al-Anfal | 8 | medinan | 75 |
| 89 | Ali 'Imran | 3 | medinan | 200 |
| 90 | Al-Ahzab | 33 | medinan | 73 |
| 91 | Al-Mumtahanah | 60 | medinan | 13 |
| 92 | An-Nisa | 4 | medinan | 176 |
| 93 | Az-Zalzalah | 99 | medinan | 8 |
| 94 | Al-Hadid | 57 | medinan | 29 |
| 95 | Muhammad | 47 | medinan | 38 |
| 96 | Ar-Ra'd | 13 | medinan | 43 |
| 97 | Ar-Rahman | 55 | medinan | 78 |
| 98 | Al-Insan | 76 | medinan | 31 |
| 99 | At-Talaq | 65 | medinan | 12 |
| 100 | Al-Bayyinah | 98 | medinan | 8 |
| 101 | Al-Hashr | 59 | medinan | 24 |
| 102 | An-Nur | 24 | medinan | 64 |
| 103 | Al-Hajj | 22 | medinan | 78 |
| 104 | Al-Munafiqun | 63 | medinan | 11 |
| 105 | Al-Mujadilah | 58 | medinan | 22 |
| 106 | Al-Hujurat | 49 | medinan | 18 |
| 107 | At-Tahrim | 66 | medinan | 12 |
| 108 | At-Taghabun | 64 | medinan | 18 |
| 109 | As-Saff | 61 | medinan | 14 |
| 110 | Al-Jumu'ah | 62 | medinan | 11 |
| 111 | Al-Fath | 48 | medinan | 29 |
| 112 | Al-Ma'idah | 5 | medinan | 120 |
| 113 | At-Tawbah | 9 | medinan | 129 |
| 114 | An-Nasr | 110 | medinan | 3 |

## Common questions

**What is the chronological order of the Quran?**

It is the order in which the surahs are traditionally held to have been revealed, as opposed to their order in the mushaf. In the chronology used here the first five are Al-'Alaq, Al-Qalam, Al-Muzzammil, Al-Muddaththir and Al-Fatihah, and the last is An-Nasr. The full list of 114 is on this page.

**Which surah is first in the order of revelation?**

Al-'Alaq, surah 96 in the mushaf, is first in this chronology, and An-Nasr, surah 110, is last.

**How many surahs are Meccan and how many Medinan?**

86 are Meccan and 28 Medinan. In this chronology all 86 Meccan surahs come first; the first Medinan surah is Al-Baqarah, at number 87.

**Where is Al-Fatihah in the order of revelation?**

Fifth. Al-Fatihah opens the mushaf but is number 5 in this chronology, after Al-'Alaq, Al-Qalam, Al-Muzzammil, Al-Muddaththir.

**Is this the only chronology?**

No. The order is a scholarly reconstruction from reports about individual surahs, and other chronologies, classical and modern, place some surahs differently. This page reproduces the traditional order printed in the 1924 Cairo edition of the mushaf, which most references use.

Canonical page: https://quranonlineread.com/quran/order-of-revelation/