Qur’an Tafseer Overview

The chronological order of suras (i.e., the order in which Qur’an surah are revealed to the Prophet Muhammad(saw)) is specified in several reliable sources, most of which are based on the narrations received from the great prophet’s companion, Ibn Abas(R)
 

The traditional order of revelation is provided in the table below.

Chronological Order of Suras

Order Sura Name Number Type Note Image Action
1 Al-Alaq 96 Meccan    
2 Al-Qalam 68 Meccan Except 17-33 and 48-50, from Medina    
3 Al-Muzzammil 73 Meccan Except 10, 11 and 20, from Medina    
4 Al-Muddaththir 74 Meccan    
5 Al-Faatiha 1 Meccan    
6 Al-Masad 111 Meccan    
7 At-Takwir 81 Meccan    
8 Al-A’laa 87 Meccan    
9 Al-Lail 92 Meccan    
10 Al-Fajr 89 Meccan    
11 Ad-Dhuhaa 93 Meccan    
12 Ash-Sharh 94 Meccan    
13 Al-Asr 103 Meccan    
14 Al-Aadiyaat 100 Meccan    
15 Al-Kawthar 108 Meccan    
16 At-Takaathur 102 Meccan    
17 Al-Maa’un 107 Meccan Only 1-3 from Mecca; the rest from Medina    
18 Al-Kaafiroon 109 Meccan    
19 Al-Fil 105 Meccan    
20 Al-Falaq 113 Meccan    
21 An-Naas 114 Meccan    
22 Al-Ikhlaas 112 Meccan    
23 An-Najm 53 Meccan Except 32, from Medina    
24 Abasa 80 Meccan    
25 Al-Qadr 97 Meccan    
26 Ash-Shams 91 Meccan    
27 Al-Burooj 85 Meccan    
28 At-Tin 95 Meccan    
29 Quraish 106 Meccan    
30 Al-Qaari’a 101 Meccan    
31 Al-Qiyaama 75 Meccan    
32 Al-Humaza 104 Meccan    
33 Al-Mursalaat 77 Meccan Except 48, from Medina    
34 Qaaf 50 Meccan Except 38, from Medina    
35 Al-Balad 90 Meccan    
36 At-Taariq 86 Meccan    
37 Al-Qamar 54 Meccan Except 44-46, from Medina    
38 Saad 38 Meccan    
39 Al-A’raaf 7 Meccan Except 163-170, from Medina    
40 Al-Jinn 72 Meccan    
41 Yaseen 36 Meccan Except 45, from Medina    
42 Al-Furqaan 25 Meccan Except 68-70, from Medina    
43 Faatir 35 Meccan    
44 Maryam 19 Meccan Except 58 and 71, from Medina    
45 Taa-Haa 20 Meccan Except 130 and 131, from Medina    
46 Al-Waaqia 56 Meccan Except 81 and 82, from Medina    
47 Ash-Shu’araa 26 Meccan Except 197 and 224-227, from Medina    
48 An-Naml 27 Meccan    
49 Al-Qasas 28 Meccan Except 52-55 from Medina and 85 from Juhfa at the time of the Hijra    
50 Al-Israa 17 Meccan Except 26, 32, 33, 57, 73-80, from Medina    
51 Yunus 10 Meccan Except 40, 94, 95, 96, from Medina    
52 Hud 11 Meccan Except 12, 17, 114, from Medina    
53 Yusuf 12 Meccan Except 1, 2, 3, 7, from Medina    
54 Al-Hijr 15 Meccan Except 87, from Medina    
55 Al-An’aam 6 Meccan Except 20, 23, 91, 93, 114, 151, 152, 153, from Medina    
56 As-Saaffaat 37 Meccan    
57 Luqman 31 Meccan Except 27-29, from Medina    
58 Saba 34 Meccan    
59 Az-Zumar 39 Meccan    
60 Al-Ghaafir 40 Meccan Except 56, 57, from Medina    
61 Fussilat 41 Meccan    
62 Ash-Shura 42 Meccan Except 23, 24, 25, 27, from Medina    
63 Az-Zukhruf 43 Meccan Except 54, from Medina    
64 Ad-Dukhaan 44 Meccan    
65 Al-Jaathiya 45 Meccan Except 14, from Medina    
66 Al-Ahqaf 46 Meccan Except 10, 15, 35, from Medina    
67 Adh-Dhaariyat 51 Meccan    
68 Al-Ghaashiya 88 Meccan    
69 Al-Kahf 18 Meccan Except 28, 83-101, from Medina    
70 An-Nahl 16 Meccan Except the last three verses from Medina    
71 Nooh 71 Meccan    
72 Ibrahim 14 Meccan Except 28, 29, from Medina    
73 Al-Anbiyaa 21 Meccan    
74 Al-Muminoon 23 Meccan    
75 As-Sajda 32 Meccan Except 16-20, from Medina    
76 At-Tur 52 Meccan    
77 Al-Mulk 67 Meccan    
78 Al-Haaqqa 69 Meccan    
79 Al-Ma’aarij 70 Meccan    
80 An-Naba 78 Meccan    
81 An-Naazi’aat 79 Meccan    
82 Al-Infitaar 82 Meccan    
83 Al-Inshiqaaq 84 Meccan    
84 Ar-Room 30 Meccan Except 17, from Medina    
85 Al-Ankaboot 29 Meccan Except 1-11, from Medina    
86 Al-Mutaffifin 83 Meccan    
87 Al-Baqara 2 Medinan Except 281 from Mina at the time of the Last Hajj    
88 Al-Anfaal 8 Medinan Except 30-36 from Mecca    
89 Aal-i-Imraan 3 Medinan    
90 Al-Ahzaab 33 Medinan    
91 Al-Mumtahana 60 Medinan    
92 An-Nisaa 4 Medinan    
93 Az-Zalzala 99 Medinan    
94 Al-Hadid 57 Medinan    
95 Muhammad 47 Medinan Except 13, revealed during the Prophet’s Hijrah    
96 Ar-Ra’d 13 Medinan    
97 Ar-Rahmaan 55 Medinan    
98 Al-Insaan 76 Medinan    
99 At-Talaaq 65 Medinan    
100 Al-Bayyina 98 Medinan    
101 Al-Hashr 59 Medinan    
102 An-Noor 24 Medinan    
103 Al-Hajj 22 Medinan Except 52-55, revealed between Mecca and Medina    
104 Al-Munaafiqoon 63 Medinan    
105 Al-Mujaadila 58 Medinan    
106 Al-Hujuraat 49 Medinan    
107 At-Tahrim 66 Medinan    
108 At-Taghaabun 64 Medinan    
109 As-Saff 61 Medinan    
110 Al-Jumu’a 62 Medinan    
111 Al-Fath 48 Medinan Revealed while returning from Hudaybiyya    
112 Al-Maaida 5 Medinan Except 3, revealed at Arafat on Last Hajj    
113 At-Tawba 9 Medinan Except last two verses from Mecca    
114 An-Nasr 110 Medinan Revealed at Mina on Last Hajj, but regarded as Medinan sura