Appendix B: List of Names and Numbers of the Surahs of the Holy Qur’an
In this book the references of the Qur’anic verses have been given by writing serial number of the relevant chapter, followed by a colon (:) that is followed by the number/s of the Verse/s. The names of the chapters have been omitted for the sake of brevity.
The names of the chapters with their serial numbers are given here for the guidance of the readers.
To find, for instance, the verse 5:67 in the Qur’an, the reader should open the fifth chapter, that its, al-Ma’idah (اَلمَآئِدة = The Table) and then find the 67th verse.
| SL. No. |
Arabic Names of the Chapters |
Transliteration | Meaning |
| 1. |
|
Fatihat al-kitab | The Opening of The Book |
| 2. |
|
al-Baqarah | The Cow |
| 3. |
|
Al ‘Imran | The House of Imran |
| 4. |
|
an-Nisa’ | Women |
| 5. |
|
al-Ma’idah | The Table |
| 6. |
|
al-An’am | Cattle |
| 7. |
|
al-A’raf | The Battlements |
| 8. |
|
al-Anfal | The Spoils |
| 9. |
|
at-Tawbah | Repentance |
| 10. |
|
Yunus | Jonah |
| 11. |
|
Hud | Hood |
| 12. |
|
Yusuf | Joseph |
| 13. |
|
ar-Ra’d | Thunder |
| 14. |
|
Ibrahim | Abraham |
| 15. |
|
al-Hijr | El-Hijr |
| 16. |
|
an-Nahl | The Bee |
| 17. |
|
al-Isra’ | The Night Journey |
| 18. |
|
al-Kahf | The Cave |
| 19. |
|
Maryam | Mary |
| 20. |
|
Ta Ha | Ta Ha |
| 21. |
|
al-Anbiya’ | Prophets |
| 22. |
|
al-Hajj | The Pilgrimage |
| 23. |
|
al-Mu’minun | The Believers |
| 24. |
|
an-Nur | Light |
| 25. |
|
al-Furqan | Discrimination (Salvation) |
| 26. |
|
ash-Shu’ara’ | The Poets |
| 27. |
|
an-Naml | The Ant |
| 28. |
|
al-Qasas | The Stories |
| 29. |
|
al-‘Ankabut | The Spider |
| 30. |
|
Ar-Rum | The Greeks |
| 31. |
|
Luqman | Lokman |
| 32. |
|
as-Sajdah | Prostration |
| 33. |
|
al-Ahzab | The Confederates |
| 34. |
|
Saba’ | Sheba |
| 35. |
|
Fatir (or, al-Mala’ikah) | The Originator (or The Angels) |
| 36. |
|
Ya Sin | Ya Sin |
| 37. |
|
as-Saffat | The Rangers |
| 38. |
|
Sad | Sad |
| 39. |
|
az-Zumar | The Companies |
| 40. |
|
al-Mu’min | The Believer |
| 41. |
|
Fussilat | Distinguished |
| 42. |
|
ash-Shura | Counsel |
| 43. |
|
az-Zukhruf | Ornaments |
| 44. |
|
ad-Dukhan | Smoke |
| 45. |
|
al-Jathiyah | Hobbling |
| 46. |
|
al-Ahqaf | The Sand-Dunes |
| 47. |
|
Muhammad | Muhammad |
| 48. |
|
al-Fath | Victory |
| 49. |
|
al Hujurat | Apartments |
| 50. |
|
Qaf | Qaf |
| 51. |
|
adh-Dhariyat | The Scatterers |
| 52. |
|
at-Tur | The Mount |
| 53. |
|
an-Najm | The Star |
| 54. |
|
al-Qamar | The Moon |
| 55. |
|
ar-Rahman | The All-merciful |
| 56. |
|
al-Waqi’ah | The Terror |
| 57. |
|
al-Hadid | Iron |
| 58. |
|
Al-Mujadalah | The Disputer |
| 59. |
|
al-Hashr | The Mustering |
| 60. |
|
al-Mumtahanah | The Woman Tested |
| 61. |
|
as-Saff | The Ranks |
| 62. |
|
al-Jumu’ah | Congregation |
| 63. |
|
al-Munafiqun | The Hypocrites |
| 64. |
|
at-Taghabun | Mutual Fraud |
| 65. |
|
at-Talaq | Divorce |
| 66, |
|
at-tahrim | The Forbidding |
| 67. |
|
al-Mulk | The Kingdom |
| 68. |
|
al-Qalam | The Pen |
| 69. |
|
al-Haqqah | The Indubitable |
| 70. |
|
al-Ma’arij | The Stairways |
| 71. |
|
Nuh | Noah |
| 72. |
|
Al-Jinn | The Jinn |
| 73. |
|
al-Muzzammil | Enwrapped |
| 74. |
|
al-Muddaththir | Shrouded |
| 75. |
|
al-Qiyamah | The Resurrection |
| 76. |
|
ad-Dahr (or, al-Insan) | The Time (or, Man) |
| 77. |
|
al-Mursalat | The Loosed Ones |
| 78. |
|
an-Naba’ | The Tiding |
| 79. |
|
an-Nazi’at | The Pluckers |
| 80. |
|
‘Abas | He Frowned |
| 81. |
|
at-Takwir | The Darkening |
| 82. |
|
al-Infitar | The Splitting |
| 83. |
|
al-Mutaffifin | The Stinters |
| 84. |
|
al-Inshiqaq | The Rending |
| 85. |
|
al-Buruj | The Constellations |
| 86. |
|
at-Tariq | The Night-star |
| 87. |
|
al-A’la | The Most High |
| 88. |
|
al-Ghashiyah | The Enveloper |
| 89. |
|
al-Fajr | The Dawn |
| 90. |
|
al-Balad | The Land |
| 91. |
|
ash-Shams | The Sun |
| 92. |
|
al-Layl | The Night |
| 93. |
|
ad-Duha | The Forenoon |
| 94. |
|
al-Inshirah | The Expanding |
| 95. |
|
at-Tin | The Fig |
| 96. |
|
al-’laq | The Blood-clot |
| 97. |
|
al -Qadr | Power |
| 98. |
|
al-Bayyinah | The Clear Sign |
| 99. |
|
Az-Zilzal | The Earthquake |
| 100. |
|
al-‘Adiyat | The Chargers |
| 101. |
|
al-Qari’ah | The Clatterer |
| 102. |
|
at-Takathur | Rivalry |
| 103. |
|
al-‘Asr | Afternoon |
| 104. |
|
al-Humazah | The Backbiter |
| 109. |
|
al-Fil | The Elephant |
| 106. |
|
Quraysh | Quraish |
| 107. |
|
al-Ma’un | Charity |
| 108. |
|
al-Kawthar | Abundance |
| 109. |
|
al-Kafirun | The Unbelievers |
| 110. |
|
An-Nasr | Help |
| 111. |
|
Tabbat (or, Lahab) | Perish (or, The Flame) |
| 112. |
|
al Ikhlas (or, at-Tawhid) | Sincere Religion (or, Divine Unity) |
| 113. |
|
al-Falaq | Daybreak |
| 114. |
|
an-Nas | Men |
