Surah names

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Names of all 114 surahs in Arabic and in Latin letters, with where and in what order each was revealed, how many ayahs it has and whether it starts with the Bismillah. To show surah names as calligraphy, use one of the surah name fonts or images under Related resources.

Surahs

ID	Name	Simple Name	Arabic Name	Revelation Order	Revelation Place	Verse Count	Bismillah?
1	Al-Fātiĥah	Al-Fatihah	الفاتحة	5	Makkah	7	❌
2	Al-Baqarah	Al-Baqarah	البقرة	87	Madinah	286	✅
3	Āli `Imrān	Ali 'Imran	آل عمران	89	Madinah	200	✅
4	An-Nisā	An-Nisa	النساء	92	Madinah	176	✅
5	Al-Mā'idah	Al-Ma'idah	المائدة	112	Madinah	120	✅
6	Al-'An`ām	Al-An'am	الأنعام	55	Makkah	165	✅
7	Al-'A`rāf	Al-A'raf	الأعراف	39	Makkah	206	✅
8	Al-'Anfāl	Al-Anfal	الأنفال	88	Madinah	75	✅
9	At-Tawbah	At-Tawbah	التوبة	113	Madinah	129	❌
10	Yūnus	Yunus	يونس	51	Makkah	109	✅
11	Hūd	Hud	هود	52	Makkah	123	✅
12	Yūsuf	Yusuf	يوسف	53	Makkah	111	✅
13	Ar-Ra`d	Ar-Ra'd	الرعد	96	Madinah	43	✅
14	Ibrāhīm	Ibrahim	إبراهيم	72	Makkah	52	✅
15	Al-Ĥijr	Al-Hijr	الحجر	54	Makkah	99	✅
16	An-Naĥl	An-Nahl	النحل	70	Makkah	128	✅
17	Al-'Isrā	Al-Isra	الإسراء	50	Makkah	111	✅
18	Al-Kahf	Al-Kahf	الكهف	69	Makkah	110	✅
19	Maryam	Maryam	مريم	44	Makkah	98	✅
20	Ţāhā	Taha	طه	45	Makkah	135	✅
21	Al-'Anbyā	Al-Anbya	الأنبياء	73	Makkah	112	✅
22	Al-Ĥajj	Al-Hajj	الحج	103	Madinah	78	✅
23	Al-Mu'minūn	Al-Mu'minun	المؤمنون	74	Makkah	118	✅
24	An-Nūr	An-Nur	النور	102	Madinah	64	✅
25	Al-Furqān	Al-Furqan	الفرقان	42	Makkah	77	✅
26	Ash-Shu`arā	Ash-Shu'ara	الشعراء	47	Makkah	227	✅
27	An-Naml	An-Naml	النمل	48	Makkah	93	✅
28	Al-Qaşaş	Al-Qasas	القصص	49	Makkah	88	✅
29	Al-`Ankabūt	Al-'Ankabut	العنكبوت	85	Makkah	69	✅
30	Ar-Rūm	Ar-Rum	الروم	84	Makkah	60	✅
31	Luqmān	Luqman	لقمان	57	Makkah	34	✅
32	As-Sajdah	As-Sajdah	السجدة	75	Makkah	30	✅
33	Al-'Aĥzāb	Al-Ahzab	الأحزاب	90	Madinah	73	✅
34	Saba	Saba	سبإ	58	Makkah	54	✅
35	Fāţir	Fatir	فاطر	43	Makkah	45	✅
36	Yā-Sīn	Ya-Sin	یسٓ	41	Makkah	83	✅
37	Aş-Şāffāt	As-Saffat	الصافات	56	Makkah	182	✅
38	Şād	Sad	ٓص	38	Makkah	88	✅
39	Az-Zumar	Az-Zumar	الزمر	59	Makkah	75	✅
40	Ghāfir	Ghafir	غافر	60	Makkah	85	✅
41	Fuşşilat	Fussilat	فصلت	61	Makkah	54	✅
42	Ash-Shūraá	Ash-Shuraa	الشورى	62	Makkah	53	✅
43	Az-Zukhruf	Az-Zukhruf	الزخرف	63	Makkah	89	✅
44	Ad-Dukhān	Ad-Dukhan	الدخان	64	Makkah	59	✅
45	Al-Jāthiyah	Al-Jathiyah	الجاثية	65	Makkah	37	✅
46	Al-'Aĥqāf	Al-Ahqaf	الأحقاف	66	Makkah	35	✅
47	Muĥammad	Muhammad	محمد	95	Madinah	38	✅
48	Al-Fatĥ	Al-Fath	الفتح	111	Madinah	29	✅
49	Al-Ĥujurāt	Al-Hujurat	الحجرات	106	Madinah	18	✅
50	Qāf	Qaf	قٓ	34	Makkah	45	✅
51	Adh-Dhāriyāt	Adh-Dhariyat	الذاريات	67	Makkah	60	✅
52	Aţ-Ţūr	At-Tur	الطور	76	Makkah	49	✅
53	An-Najm	An-Najm	النجم	23	Makkah	62	✅
54	Al-Qamar	Al-Qamar	القمر	37	Makkah	55	✅
55	Ar-Raĥmān	Ar-Rahman	الرحمن	97	Madinah	78	✅
56	Al-Wāqi`ah	Al-Waqi'ah	الواقعة	46	Makkah	96	✅
57	Al-Ĥadīd	Al-Hadid	الحديد	94	Madinah	29	✅
58	Al-Mujādila	Al-Mujadila	المجادلة	105	Madinah	22	✅
59	Al-Ĥashr	Al-Hashr	الحشر	101	Madinah	24	✅
60	Al-Mumtaĥanah	Al-Mumtahanah	الممتحنة	91	Madinah	13	✅
61	Aş-Şaf	As-Saf	الصف	109	Madinah	14	✅
62	Al-Jumu`ah	Al-Jumu'ah	الجمعة	110	Madinah	11	✅
63	Al-Munāfiqūn	Al-Munafiqun	المنافقون	104	Madinah	11	✅
64	At-Taghābun	At-Taghabun	التغابن	108	Madinah	18	✅
65	Aţ-Ţalāq	At-Talaq	الطلاق	99	Madinah	12	✅
66	At-Taĥrīm	At-Tahrim	التحريم	107	Madinah	12	✅
67	Al-Mulk	Al-Mulk	الملك	77	Makkah	30	✅
68	Al-Qalam	Al-Qalam	القلم	2	Makkah	52	✅
69	Al-Ĥāqqah	Al-Haqqah	الحاقة	78	Makkah	52	✅
70	Al-Ma`ārij	Al-Ma'arij	المعارج	79	Makkah	44	✅
71	Nūĥ	Nuh	نوح	71	Makkah	28	✅
72	Al-Jinn	Al-Jinn	الجن	40	Makkah	28	✅
73	Al-Muzzammil	Al-Muzzammil	المزمل	3	Makkah	20	✅
74	Al-Muddaththir	Al-Muddaththir	المدثر	4	Makkah	56	✅
75	Al-Qiyāmah	Al-Qiyamah	القيامة	31	Makkah	40	✅
76	Al-'Insān	Al-Insan	الإنسان	98	Madinah	31	✅
77	Al-Mursalāt	Al-Mursalat	المرسلات	33	Makkah	50	✅
78	An-Naba	An-Naba	النبإ	80	Makkah	40	✅
79	An-Nāzi`āt	An-Nazi'at	النازعات	81	Makkah	46	✅
80	`Abasa	'Abasa	عبس	24	Makkah	42	✅
81	At-Takwīr	At-Takwir	التكوير	7	Makkah	29	✅
82	Al-'Infiţār	Al-Infitar	الانفطار	82	Makkah	19	✅
83	Al-Muţaffifīn	Al-Mutaffifin	المطففين	86	Makkah	36	✅
84	Al-'Inshiqāq	Al-Inshiqaq	الانشقاق	83	Makkah	25	✅
85	Al-Burūj	Al-Buruj	البروج	27	Makkah	22	✅
86	Aţ-Ţāriq	At-Tariq	الطارق	36	Makkah	17	✅
87	Al-'A`lá	Al-A'la	الأعلى	8	Makkah	19	✅
88	Al-Ghāshiyah	Al-Ghashiyah	الغاشية	68	Makkah	26	✅
89	Al-Fajr	Al-Fajr	الفجر	10	Makkah	30	✅
90	Al-Balad	Al-Balad	البلد	35	Makkah	20	✅
91	Ash-Shams	Ash-Shams	الشمس	26	Makkah	15	✅
92	Al-Layl	Al-Layl	الليل	9	Makkah	21	✅
93	Ađ-Đuĥaá	Ad-Duhaa	الضحى	11	Makkah	11	✅
94	Ash-Sharĥ	Ash-Sharh	الشرح	12	Makkah	8	✅
95	At-Tīn	At-Tin	التين	28	Makkah	8	✅
96	Al-`Alaq	Al-'Alaq	العلق	1	Makkah	19	✅
97	Al-Qadr	Al-Qadr	القدر	25	Makkah	5	✅
98	Al-Bayyinah	Al-Bayyinah	البينة	100	Madinah	8	✅
99	Az-Zalzalah	Az-Zalzalah	الزلزلة	93	Madinah	8	✅
100	Al-`Ādiyāt	Al-'Adiyat	العاديات	14	Makkah	11	✅
101	Al-Qāri`ah	Al-Qari'ah	القارعة	30	Makkah	11	✅
102	At-Takāthur	At-Takathur	التكاثر	16	Makkah	8	✅
103	Al-`Aşr	Al-'Asr	العصر	13	Makkah	3	✅
104	Al-Humazah	Al-Humazah	الهمزة	32	Makkah	9	✅
105	Al-Fīl	Al-Fil	الفيل	19	Makkah	5	✅
106	Quraysh	Quraysh	قريش	29	Makkah	4	✅
107	Al-Mā`ūn	Al-Ma'un	الماعون	17	Makkah	7	✅
108	Al-Kawthar	Al-Kawthar	الكوثر	15	Makkah	3	✅
109	Al-Kāfirūn	Al-Kafirun	الكافرون	18	Makkah	6	✅
110	An-Naşr	An-Nasr	النصر	114	Madinah	3	✅
111	Al-Masad	Al-Masad	المسد	6	Makkah	5	✅
112	Al-'Ikhlāş	Al-Ikhlas	الإخلاص	22	Makkah	4	✅
113	Al-Falaq	Al-Falaq	الفلق	20	Makkah	5	✅
114	An-Nās	An-Nas	الناس	21	Makkah	6	✅

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About surah metadata

QUL exports metadata for each Surah of the Quran in both JSON and SQLite formats.

Sample JSON

An example of the JSON structure:

JSON

{
  "1": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Al-Fātiĥah",
    "name_simple": "Al-Fatihah",
    "name_arabic": "الفاتحة",
    "revelation_order": 5,
    "revelation_place": "makkah",
    "verses_count": 7,
    "bismillah_pre": false
  }
}

Field descriptions

Field	Type	Description
id	Integer	Surah number (1–114)
name	String	Transliterated Surah name with diacritic
name_simple	String	Transliterated name of the Surah (e.g., `Al-Fatihah`)
name_arabic	String	Arabic name of the Surah (e.g., `الفاتحة`)
revelation_order	Integer	Order in which the Surah was revealed historically
revelation_place	String	`makkah` or `madinah` – based on location of revelation
verses_count	Integer	Total number of verses in the Surah
bismillah_pre	Boolean	`true` if the Surah starts with Bismillah and it should be recited; `false` otherwise

How to use this resource

Download the JSON or SQLite file from the download links on this page. The JSON file is one object: each key is the surah number as a string ("1" to "114") and always equals the id field. The SQLite file has the same fields in the chapters table (surahs are called chapters there), with bismillah_pre stored as 0 or 1.

Build verse keys. Use id and verses_count to generate every surah:ayah key of a surah. These keys match verse_key in the other QUL resources.
Sort and filter. Sort by revelation_order (1 to 114) to list surahs in the order of revelation. Filter on revelation_place, which is "makkah" or "madinah".
Check for Bismillah. If bismillah_pre is true, show the Bismillah before the first ayah. It is false for two surahs only: Al-Fatihah, where the Bismillah is the first ayah, and At-Tawbah, which has none.

JavaScript

// Setup: unzip the download and serve quran-metadata-surah-name.json from your app (here at /data/)
const surahs = await fetch('/data/quran-metadata-surah-name.json').then((res) => res.json());

// Get a surah by number
const alBaqarah = surahs['2']; // { id: 2, name_simple: "Al-Baqarah", verses_count: 286, ... }

// Every verse key of a surah
const verseKeys = Array.from({ length: alBaqarah.verses_count }, (_, i) => `${alBaqarah.id}:${i + 1}`);

// Surahs in the order of revelation
const chronological = Object.values(surahs).sort((a, b) => a.revelation_order - b.revelation_order);

SQL

-- SQLite: surahs are stored in the chapters table
SELECT id, name_simple, verses_count
FROM chapters
WHERE revelation_place = 'madinah'
ORDER BY revelation_order;

For a longer walkthrough, see Tutorial 7: Quran Metadata End-to-End.

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