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These words open 113 of the Qurʾān’s 114 sūrahs. Discover the meanings within “In the name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.”
| No. | Arabic | Transliteration | English meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | الفاتحة | Al-Fātiḥah | The Opening |
| 002 | البقرة | Al-Baqarah | The Cow |
| 003 | آل عمران | Āli ʿImrān | The Family of ʿImrān |
| 004 | النساء | An-Nisāʾ | The Women |
| 005 | المائدة | Al-Māʾidah | The Table |
| 006 | الأنعام | Al-Anʿām | The Grazing Livestock |
| 007 | الأعراف | Al-Aʿrāf | The Elevations |
| 008 | الأنفال | Al-Anfāl | The Bounties |
| 009 | التوبة | At-Tawbah | Repentance |
| 010 | يونس | Yūnus | Jonah |
| 011 | هود | Hūd | Hūd |
| 012 | يوسف | Yūsuf | Joseph |
| 013 | الرعد | Ar-Raʿd | Thunder |
| 014 | ابراهيم | Ibrāhīm | Abraham |
| 015 | الحجر | Al-Ḥijr | The Valley of Stone |
| 016 | النحل | An-Naḥl | The Bee |
| 017 | الإسراء | Al-Isrāʾ | The Night Journey |
| 018 | الكهف | Al-Kahf | The Cave |
| 019 | مريم | Maryam | Mary |
| 020 | طه | Ṭā Hā | Ṭā Hā |
| 021 | الأنبياء | Al-Anbiyāʾ | The Prophets |
| 022 | الحج | Al-Ḥajj | The Pilgrimage |
| 023 | المؤمنون | Al-Muʾminūn | The Believers |
| 024 | النور | An-Nūr | Light |
| 025 | الفرقان | Al-Furqān | The Criterion |
| 026 | الشعراء | Ash-Shuʿarāʾ | The Poets |
| 027 | النمل | An-Naml | The Ants |
| 028 | القصص | Al-Qaṣaṣ | The Narrative |
| 029 | العنكبوت | Al-ʿAnkabūt | The Spider |
| 030 | الروم | Ar-Rūm | The Byzantines |
| 031 | لقمان | Luqmān | Luqmān |
| 032 | السجدة | As-Sajdah | Prostration |
| 033 | الأحزاب | Al-Aḥzāb | The Combined Forces |
| 034 | سبإ | Sabaʾ | Sheba |
| 035 | فاطر | Fāṭir | The Originator |
| 036 | يس | Yā Sīn | Yā Sīn |
| 037 | الصافات | Aṣ-Ṣāffāt | Those Arranged in Ranks |
| 038 | ص | Ṣād | Ṣād |
| 039 | الزمر | Az-Zumar | The Groups |
| 040 | غافر | Ghāfir | The Forgiver |
| 041 | فصلت | Fuṣṣilat | Presented in Detail |
| 042 | الشورى | Ash-Shūrā | Consultation |
| 043 | الزخرف | Az-Zukhruf | Ornament |
| 044 | الدخان | Ad-Dukhān | Smoke |
| 045 | الجاثية | Al-Jāthiyah | Kneeling |
| 046 | الأحقاف | Al-Aḥqāf | The Curving Sand Tracts |
| 047 | محمد | Muḥammad | Muhammad |
| 048 | الفتح | Al-Fatḥ | The Conquest |
| 049 | الحجرات | Al-Ḥujurāt | The Chambers |
| 050 | ق | Qāf | Qāf |
| 051 | الذاريات | Adh-Dhāriyāt | The Scattering Winds |
| 052 | الطور | Aṭ-Ṭūr | The Mount |
| 053 | النجم | An-Najm | The Star |
| 054 | القمر | Al-Qamar | The Moon |
| 055 | الرحمن | Ar-Raḥmān | The Entirely Merciful |
| 056 | الواقعة | Al-Wāqiʿah | The Inevitable |
| 057 | الحديد | Al-Ḥadīd | Iron |
| No. | Arabic | Transliteration | English meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 058 | المجادلة | Al-Mujādilah | The Woman Who Disputes |
| 059 | الحشر | Al-Ḥashr | The Gathering |
| 060 | الممتحنة | Al-Mumtaḥinah | That Which Examines |
| 061 | الصف | Aṣ-Ṣaff | The Row |
| 062 | الجمعة | Al-Jumuʿah | Friday |
| 063 | المنافقون | Al-Munāfiqūn | The Hypocrites |
| 064 | التغابن | At-Taghābun | Deprivation |
| 065 | الطلاق | Aṭ-Ṭalāq | Divorce |
| 066 | التحريم | At-Taḥrīm | Prohibition |
| 067 | الملك | Al-Mulk | Sovereignty |
| 068 | القلم | Al-Qalam | The Pen |
| 069 | الحاقة | Al-Ḥāqqah | The Inevitable Reality |
| 070 | المعارج | Al-Maʿārij | Ways of Ascent |
| 071 | نوح | Nūḥ | Noah |
| 072 | الجن | Al-Jinn | The Jinn |
| 073 | المزمل | Al-Muzzammil | The One Who Wraps Himself |
| 074 | المدثر | Al-Muddaththir | The One Who Covers Himself |
| 075 | القيامة | Al-Qiyāmah | The Resurrection |
| 076 | الانسان | Al-Insān | Man |
| 077 | المرسلات | Al-Mursalāt | Those Sent Forth |
| 078 | النبإ | An-Nabaʾ | The News |
| 079 | النازعات | An-Nāziʿāt | The Extractors |
| 080 | عبس | ʿAbasa | He Frowned |
| 081 | التكوير | At-Takwīr | The Wrapping |
| 082 | الإنفطار | Al-Infiṭār | The Breaking Apart |
| 083 | المطففين | Al-Muṭaffifīn | Those Who Give Less |
| 084 | الإنشقاق | Al-Inshiqāq | The Splitting |
| 085 | البروج | Al-Burūj | The Great Stars |
| 086 | الطارق | Aṭ-Ṭāriq | The Night Visitor |
| 087 | الأعلى | Al-Aʿlā | The Most High |
| 088 | الغاشية | Al-Ghāshiyah | The Overwhelming |
| 089 | الفجر | Al-Fajr | The Dawn |
| 090 | البلد | Al-Balad | The City |
| 091 | الشمس | Ash-Shams | The Sun |
| 092 | الليل | Al-Layl | The Night |
| 093 | الضحى | Aḍ-Ḍuḥā | The Morning Brightness |
| 094 | الشرح | Ash-Sharḥ | Expansion |
| 095 | التين | At-Tīn | The Fig |
| 096 | العلق | Al-ʿAlaq | The Clinging Substance |
| 097 | القدر | Al-Qadr | Decree |
| 098 | البينة | Al-Bayyinah | Clear Evidence |
| 099 | الزلزلة | Az-Zalzalah | The Earthquake |
| 100 | العاديات | Al-ʿĀdiyāt | The Racers |
| 101 | القارعة | Al-Qāriʿah | The Sudden Calamity |
| 102 | التكاثر | At-Takāthur | Competition in Increase |
| 103 | العصر | Al-ʿAṣr | Time |
| 104 | الهمزة | Al-Humazah | The Scorner |
| 105 | الفيل | Al-Fīl | The Elephant |
| 106 | قريش | Quraysh | Quraysh |
| 107 | الماعون | Al-Māʿūn | Assistance |
| 108 | الكوثر | Al-Kawthar | The Most Abundant Good |
| 109 | الكافرون | Al-Kāfirūn | The Disbelievers |
| 110 | النصر | An-Naṣr | Victory |
| 111 | المسد | Al-Masad | Fiber |
| 112 | الإخلاص | Al-Ikhlāṣ | Purification |
| 113 | الفلق | Al-Falaq | Daybreak |
| 114 | الناس | An-Nās | Mankind |
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