The Holy Quran

All Muslims believe in the holy Quran as the last and complete book of Allah, the Almighty. This book was revealed upon the last holy prophet of Allah, Muhammad. There are other holy books of Allah, the Almighty which were revealed upon earlier prophets of Allah for example the holy Bible as revealed upon Isa, holy Taurat as revealed upon Musa and the holy Zabur as revealed upon Dawood. The revelation of holy Quran started in the month of Ramadan when Muhammad was in ghar-e-hira for meditation at the age of 40 years and it was completed verse by verse after 23 years. The holy Quran contains 30 parts (parahs) comprising of 114 chapters (Surahs). The total number of verses in the holy Quran is 6,236^[1] as shown below:

Surah No.	Surah	Meaning	Number of verses
1	الفاتحة	Al-Fatihah, the Opening	7
2	اﻟﺒﻘﺮﺓ	Al-Baqarah, the Cow	286
3	اۤل عمران	Aali Imran, the Family of Imran	200
4	النساء	An-Nisa’ , the Women	176
5	المائدة	Al-Ma’idah, the Table	120
6	الأنعام	Al-An’am, the Cattle	165
7	الأعراف	Al-A’raf, the Heights	206
8	الأنفال	Al-Anfal, the Spoils of War	75
9	التوبة	At-Taubah, the Repentance	129
10	يونس	Yunus, Yunus	109
11	هود	Hud, Hud	123
12	يوسف	Yusuf, Yusuf	111
13	الرعد	Ar-Ra’d, the Thunder	43
14	إبراهيم	Ibrahim, Ibrahim	52
15	الحجر	Al-Hijr, the Rocky Tract	99
16	النحل	An-Nahl, the Bees	128
17	الإسراء	Al-Isra’, the Night Journey	111
18	الكهف	Al-Kahf, the Cave	110
19	مريم	Maryam, Maryam	98
20	طه	Ta-Ha, Ta-Ha	135
21	الأنبياء	Al-Anbiya’, the Prophets	112
22	الحج	Al-Haj, the Pilgrimage	78
23	المؤمنون	Al-Mu’minun, the Believers	118
24	النور	An-Nur, the Light	64
25	الفرقان	Al-Furqan, the Criterion	77
26	الشعراء	Ash-Shu’ara’, the Poets	227
27	النمل	An-Naml, the Ants	93
28	القصص	Al-Qasas, the Stories	88
29	العنكبوت	Al-Ankabut, the Spider	69
30	الروم	Ar-Rum, the Romans	60
31	لقمان	Luqman, Luqman	34
32	السجدة	As-Sajdah, the Prostration	30
33	الأحزاب	Al-Ahzab, the Combined Forces	73
34	ﺳﺒﺄ	Saba’, the Sabeans	54
35	الفاطر	Al-Fatir, the Originator	45
36	يس	Ya-Sin, Ya-Sin	83
37	الصافات	As-Saffah, Those Ranges in Ranks	182
38	صۤ	Sad, Sad	88
39	الزمر	Az-Zumar, the Groups	75
40	غافر	Ghafar, the Forgiver	85
41	فصلت	Fusilat, Distinguished	54
42	الشورى	Ash-Shura, the Consultation	53
43	الزخرف	Az-Zukhruf, the Gold	89
44	الدخان	Ad-Dukhan, the Smoke	59
45	الجاثية	Al-Jathiyah, the Kneeling	37
46	الأحقاف	Al-Ahqaf, the Valley	35
47	محمد	Muhammad, Muhammad	38
48	الفتح	Al-Fat’h, the Victory	29
49	الحجرات	Al-Hujurat, the Dwellings	18
50	ق	Qaf, Qaf	45
51	الذاريات	Adz-Dzariyah, the Scatterers	60
52	الطور	At-Tur, the Mount	49
53	النجم	An-Najm, the Star	62
54	القمر	Al-Qamar, the Moon	55
55	الرحمن	Ar-Rahman, the Most Gracious	78
56	الواقعة	Al-Waqi’ah, the Event	96
57	الحديد	Al-Hadid, the Iron	29
58	المجادلة	Al-Mujadilah, the Reasoning	22
59	الحشر	Al-Hashr, the Gathering	24
60	الممتحنة	Al-Mumtahanah, the Tested	13
61	الصف	As-Saf, the Row	14
62	الجمعة	Al-Jum’ah, Friday	11
63	المنافقون	Al-Munafiqun, the Hypocrites	11
64	التغابن	At-Taghabun, the Loss & Gain	18
65	الطلاق	At-Talaq, the Divorce	12
66	التحريم	At-Tahrim, the Prohibition	12
67	الملك	Al-Mulk – , the Kingdom	30
68	القلم	Al-Qalam, the Pen	52
69	الحاقة	Al-Haqqah, the Inevitable	52
70	المعارج	Al-Ma’arij, the Elevated Passages	44
71	نوح	Nuh, Nuh	28
72	الجن	Al-Jinn, the Jinn	28
73	المزمل	Al-Muzammil, the Wrapped	20
74	المدثر	Al-Mudaththir, the Cloaked	56
75	القيامة	Al-Qiyamah, the Resurrection	40
76	الإنسان	Al-Insan, the Human	31
77	المرسلات	Al-Mursalat, Those Sent Forth	50
78	النبأ	An-Naba’, the Great News	40
79	النازعات	An-Nazi’at, Those Who Pull Out	46
80	عبس	‘Abasa, He Frowned	42
81	التكوير	At-Takwir, the Overthrowing	29
82	الانفطار	Al-Infitar, the Cleaving	19
83	المطففين	Al-Mutaffifin, Those Who Deal in Fraud	36
84	اﻹنشقاق	Al-Inshiqaq, the Splitting Asunder	25
85	البروج	Al-Buruj, the Stars	22
86	الطارق	At-Tariq, the Nightcomer	17
87	الأعلى	Al-A’la, the Most High	19
88	الغاشية	Al-Ghashiyah, the Overwhelming	26
89	الفجر	Al-Fajr, the Dawn	30
90	البلد	Al-Balad, the City	20
91	الشمس	Ash-Shams, the Sun	15
92	الليل	Al-Layl, the Night	21
93	الضحى	Adh-Dhuha, the Forenoon	11
94	الشرح	Al-Inshirah, the Opening Forth	8
95	التين	At-Tin, the Fig	8
96	العلق	Al-‘Alaq, the Clot	19
97	القدر	Al-Qadar, the Night of Decree	5
98	البينة	Al-Bayinah, the Proof	8
99	الزلزلة	Az-Zalzalah, the Earthquake	8
100	العاديات	Al-‘Adiyah, the Runners	11
101	القارعة	Al-Qari’ah, the Striking Hour	11
102	التكاثر	At-Takathur, the Piling Up	8
103	العصر	Al-‘Asr, the Time	3
104	الهمزة	Al-Humazah, the Slanderer	9
105	الفيل	Al-Fil, the Elephant	5
106	قريش	Quraish, Quraish	4
107	الماعون	Al-Ma’un, the Assistance	7
108	الكوثر	Al-Kauthar, the River of Abundance	3
109	الكافرون	Al-Kafirun, the Disbelievers	6
110	النصر	An-Nasr, the Help	3
111	المسد	Al-Masad, the Palm Fiber	5
112	الإخلاص	Al-Ikhlas, the Sincerity	4
113	الفلق	Al-Falaq, the Daybreak	5
114	الناس	An-Nas, Mankind	6

References

↑ Wikipedia: Ayah

[1] Wikipedia: Ayah

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