(d) Makkah verses. According to this arrangement, there are 6,219 verses.

(e) Madīnah verses. This way of reading contains 6,211 verses.

4. Sūrah (pl. Suwar), Chapters. A word which signifies a row or series, but which is now used exclusively for the chapters of the Qurʾān, which are one hundred and fourteen in number. These chapters are called after some word which occurs in the text, and, if the Traditions are to be trusted, they were so named by Muḥammad himself, although the verses of their respective Sūrahs were undoubtedly arranged after his death, and sometimes with little regard to their sequence. Muslim doctors admit that the K͟halīfah ʿUs̤mān arranged the chapters in the order in which they now stand in the Qurʾān.

The Sūrahs of the Muḥammadan Qurʾān are similar to the forty-three divisions of the Law amongst the Jews known as ‏סְדָרִים‎ Sidārīm, or “orders.” These were likewise named after a word in the section, e.g. The first is Bereshith, the second Noah, &c. (See Buxtorf’s Tiberias, p. 181.)

Each Sūrah of the Qurʾān, with the exception of the IXth, begins with the words—

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم‎

“In the name of the Merciful, the Compassionate.”

The Sūrahs, as they stand in Arabic editions of the Qurʾān, are as follows:—

No. Title of Sūrah. Meaning in English. The Chronological Order.
According to Jalālu ʾd-dīn. According to Rev. J. M. Rodwell. According to Sir W. Muir.
1 Fātiḥah Preface uncertain 8 6
2 Baqarah Cow 86 91 uncertain
3 Ālu ʿImrān Family of ʿImrān 88 97 A.H. 2 to 10
4 Nisāʾ Women 91 100 uncertain
5 Māʾidah Table 112 114 A.H. 6 to 10
6 Anʿām Cattle 54 89 81
7 Aʿrāf Aʿrāf 38 87 91
8 Anfāl Spoils 87 95 A.H. 2
9 Taubah Repentance 113 113 The last.
10 Yūnus Jonah 50 84 79
11 Hūd Hūd 51 75 78
12 Yūsuf Joseph 52 77 77
13 Raʿd Thunder 95 90 89
14 Ibrāhīm Abraham 71 76 80
15 Ḥijr Ḥijr 53 57 62
16 Naḥl Bee 69 73 88
17 Banū Isrāʾīl Children of Israel 49 67 87
18 Kahf Cave 68 69 69
19 Maryam Mary 43 58 68
20 T̤ā Ḥā T̤ā Ḥā 44 55 75
21 Ambiyāʾ Prophets 72 65 86
22 Ḥajj Pilgrimage 103 107 85
23 Muʾminūn Believers 73 64 84
24 Nūr Light 102 105 A.H. 5
25 Furqān Qurʾān 41 66 74
26 Shuʿarāʾ Poets 46 56 61
27 Naml Ant 47 68 70
28 Qaṣaṣ Story 48 79 83
29 ʿAnkabūt Spider 84 81 90
30 Rūm Greeks 83 74 60
31 Luqmān Luqmān 56 82 50
32 Sajdah Prostration 74 70 44
33 Aḥzāb Confederates 89 103 uncertain
34 Sabaʾ Sabaʾ 57 85 79
35 Malāʾikah Angels 42 86 66
36 Yā Sīn Yā Sīn 40 60 67
37 Sāffāt Ranks 55 50 59
38 Ṣād Ṣād 37 59 73
39 Zumar Troops 58 80 45
40 Muʾmin Believer 59 78 72
41 Fuṣṣilat Explanation 60 71 53
42 Shūrā Council 61 83 71
43 Zuk͟hrūf Ornaments 62 61 76
44 Duk͟hān Smoke 63 53 58
45 Jās̤iyah Kneeling 64 72 57
46 Aḥqāf Aḥqāf 65 88 64
47 Muḥammad Muḥammad 94 96 uncertain
48 Fatḥ Victory 111 108 A.H. 6
49 Ḥujurāt Chambers 106 112 uncertain
50 Qāf Qāf 33 54 56
51 Ẕāriyāt Scattering Winds 66 43 63
52 T̤ūr Mountain 75 44 55
53 Najm Star 22 46 43
54 Qamar Moon 36 49 48
55 Raḥmān Merciful 96 48 40
56 Wāqiʿah Inevitable 45 45 41
57 Ḥadīd Iron 93 99 uncertain
58 Mujādilah Disputer 105 106 uncertain
59 Ḥashr Assembly 101 102 A.H. 4
60 Mumtaḥinah Proved 90 110 A.H. 7
61 Ṣaff Array 110 98 uncertain
62 Jamuʿah Assembly 108 94 uncertain
63 Munāfiqīn Hypocrites 104 104 A.H. 65
64 Tag͟hābun Mutual Deceit 109 93 82
65 T̤alāq Divorce 108 101 uncertain
66 Taḥrīm Prohibition 107 109 A.H. 7 to 8
67 Mulk Kingdom 76 63 42
68 Qalam Pen 2 17 52
69 Ḥāqqah Inevitable Day 77 42 51
70 Maʿārij Steps 78 47 37
71 Nūḥ Noah 70 51 54
72 Jinn Genii 39 62 65
73 Muzzammil Wrapped up 3 3 46
74 Muddas̤s̤ir Enfolded 4 2 21
75 Qiyāmah Resurrection 30 40 36
76 Dahr Time 97 52 35
77 Mursalāt Messengers 32 36 34
78 Nabaʾ News 79 37 33
79 Nāziʿāt Those who drag 80 35 47
80 ʿAbasa He frowned 23 24 26
81 Takwīr Folding up 6 32 27
82 Infit̤ār Cleaving asunder 81 31 11
83 Tat̤fīf Short Measure 85 41 32
84 Inshiqāq Rending in sunder 82 33 28
85 Burūj Celestial Signs 26 28 31
86 T̤āriq Night Star 35 22 29
87 Aʿla Most High 7 25 23
88 G͟hāshiyah Overwhelming 67 38 25
89 Fajr Day-break 9 39 14
90 Balad City 34 18 15
91 Shams Sun 25 23 4
92 Lail Night 8 16 12
93 Ẓuḥā Sun in his meridian 10 4 16
94 Inshirāḥ Expanding 11 5 17
95 Tīn Fig 27 26 8
96 ʿAlaq Congealed blood 1 1 19
97 Qadr (Night of) Power 24 92 24
98 Baiyinah Evidence 99 21 uncertain
99 Zalzalah Earthquake 92 30 3
100 ʿĀdiyāt Swift horses 13 34 2
101 Qāriʿah Striking 29 29 7
102 Takās̤ur Multiplying 15 14 9
103 ʿAṣr Afternoon 12 27 1
104 Humazah Slanderer 31 13 10
105 Fīl Elephant 18 19 13
106 Quraish Quraish 28 20 5
107 Māʿūn Necessaries 16 15 39
108 Kaus̤ar Kaus̤ar 14 9 18
109 Kāfirūn Infidels 17 12 38
110 Naṣr Assistance 101 111 30
111 Abū Lahab Abū Lahab 5 11 22
112 Ik͟hlāṣ Unity 21 10 20
113 Falaq Day-break 19 6 uncertain
114 Nās Men 20 7 uncertain

5. Rukūʾ (pl. Rukūʾāt), an inclination of the head or bow. These are sections of about ten verses or less, at which the devout Muslim makes a bow of reverence; they are marked on the margin of the Qurʾān with the letter ʿain ع‎, with the number of the rukūʾ over it. Muḥammadans generally quote their Qurʾān by the Juzʾ or Sīpārah and the Rukūʾ.