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

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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

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1. ↑ Wikipedia: Ayah