الفاتحة (الحمد)1. Surah: al-Fātiḥa (al-Ḥamd) (48)
English: The Opening (The Price)
Period: early meccan (610-612)
البقرة 2. Surah: al-Baqara (91)
English: The Cow
Period: medina (622-632)
آل عمران3. Surah: Āl ʿImrān (97)
English: The Family of Amram
Period: medina (622-632)
النّساء4. Surah: an-Nisā (100)
English: The Women
Period: medina (622-632)
المائدة5. Surah: al-Māʾida (114)
English: The Table
Period: medina (622-632)
الأنعام6. Surah: al-Anʿām (89)
English: The Cattle
Period: late meccan (615-621)
الأعراف 7. Surah: al-A'raf (87)
English: The Heights
Period: late meccan (615-621)
الأنفال 8. Surah: al-Anfāl (95)
English: The Booty
Period: medina (622-632)
التوبة (البراءة)9. Surah: at-Tauba (al-Barāʾa) (113)
English: The Buses (Acquittal)
Period: medina (622-632)
يونس 10. Surah: Yūnus (84)
English: Jona
Period: late meccan (615-621)
هود 11. Surah: Hūd (75)
English: Heber
Period: late meccan (615-621)
يوسف 12. Surah: Yūsuf (77)
English: Joseph
Period: late meccan (615-621)
الرّعد 13. Surah: ar-Raʿd (90)
English: The Thunder
Period: late meccan (615-621)
إبراهيم14. Surah: Ibrāhīm (76)
English: Abraham
Period: late meccan (615-621)
الحجر15. Surah: al-Ḥiǧr (57)
English: The Rocky Land
Period: mid meccan (613-614)
النّحل16. Surah: an-Naḥl (73)
English: The Bee
Period: late meccan (615-621)
الإسراء (بني إسرائيل)17. Surah: al-Isrāʾ (Banī Isrāʾīl) (67)
English: The Night Journey (Israel)
Period: mid meccan (613-614)
الكهف 18. Surah: al-Kahf (69)
English: The Cave
Period: mid meccan (613-614)
مريم 19. Surah: Maryam (58)
English: Mirjam
Period: mid meccan (613-614)
طه 20. Surah: Ṭā-Hā (55)
English: Ta Ha
Period: mid meccan (613-614)
الأنبياء21. Surah: al-Anbiyāʾ (65)
English: The Prophets
Period: mid meccan (613-614)
الحجّ22. Surah: al-Ḥaǧǧ (107)
English: The Pilgrimage
Period: medina (622-632)
المؤمنون23. Surah: al-Muʾminūn (64)
English: The Believers
Period: mid meccan (613-614)
النّور24. Surah: an-Nūr (105)
English: The Light
Period: medina (622-632)
الفرقان 25. Surah: al-Furqān (66)
English: The Rescue
Period: mid meccan (613-614)
الشّعراء26. Surah: aš-Šuʿarāʾ (56)
English: The Poets
Period: mid meccan (613-614)
النّمل 27. Surah: an-Naml (68)
English: The Ants
Period: mid meccan (613-614)
القصص 28. Surah: al-Qasas (79)
English: The Story
Period: late meccan (615-621)
العنكبوت29. Surah: al-ʿAnkabūt (81)
English: The Spider
Period: late meccan (615-621)
الرّوم30. Surah: ar-Rūm (74)
English: The Romans
Period: late meccan (615-621)
لقمان31. Surah: Luqman (82)
English: Lokman
Period: late meccan (615-621)
السّجدة32. Surah: as-Saǧda (70)
English: The Prostration
Period: late meccan (615-621)
الأحزاب 33. Surah: al-Aḥzāb (103)
English: The Groups
Period: medina (622-632)
سبأ 34. Surah: Sabaʾ (85)
English: The Sabeans
Period: late meccan (615-621)
فاطر (الملائكة)35. Surah: Fāṭir (al-Malāʾika) (86)
English: The Creator (The Angel)
Period: late meccan (615-621)
يس 36. Surah: Ya-Sīn (60)
English: Ya-Sin
Period: mid meccan (613-614)
الصّافات37. Surah: aṣ-Ṣāffāt (50)
English: Stand in Line
Period: mid meccan (613-614)
ص 38. Surah: Ṣād (59)
English: Sad
Period: mid meccan (613-614)
الزّمر 39. Surah: az-Zumar (80)
English: The Crowds
Period: late meccan (615-621)
غافر (المؤمن)40. Surah: Ġāfir (al-Muʾmin) (78)
English: The Forgiving (The Believer)
Period: late meccan (615-621)
فصّلت (حم)41. Surah: Fuṣṣilat (Ḥā-Mīm) (71)
English: Are Apart (Ḥā-Mīm)
Period: late meccan (615-621)
الشّورى 42. Surah: aš-Šūrā (83)
English: The Advice
Period: late meccan (615-621)
الزّخرف 43. Surah: az-Zuḫruf (61)
English: The Pomp
Period: mid meccan (613-614)
الدّخان44. Surah: ad-Duḫān (53)
English: The Smoke
Period: mid meccan (613-614)
الجاثية45. Surah: al-Ǧāṯiya (72)
English: The Kneeling
Period: late meccan (615-621)
الأحقاف 46. Surah: al-Aḥqāf (88)
English: The Dunes
Period: late meccan (615-621)
محمّد (القتال)47. Surah: Muḥammad (al-Qitāl) (96)
English: Mohammed (The Fencing)
Period: medina (622-632)
الفتح 48. Surah: al-Fatḥ (108)
English: The Success
Period: medina (622-632)
الحجرات 49. Surah: al-Ḥuǧurāt (112)
English: The Chambers
Period: medina (622-632)
ق 50. Surah: Qāf (54)
English: Qaf
Period: mid meccan (613-614)
الذّاريات 51. Surah: aḏ-Ḏāriyāt (39)
English: The Churning
Period: early meccan (610-612)
الطّور52. Surah: at-Tūr (40)
English: The Mountain
Period: early meccan (610-612)
النّجْم53. Surah: an-Naǧm (28)
English: The Star
Period: early meccan (610-612)
القمر54. Surah: al-Qamar (49)
English: The Moon
Period: mid meccan (613-614)
الرّحْمن 55. Surah: ar-Raḥmān (43)
English: The Merciful
Period: early meccan (610-612)
الواقعة 56. Surah: al-Wāqiʿa (41)
English: Coming Catastrophe
Period: early meccan (610-612)
الحديد57. Surah: al-Ḥadīd (99)
English: The Iron
Period: medina (622-632)
المجادلة 58. Surah: al-Muǧādala (106)
English: The Dispute
Period: medina (622-632)
الحشْر59. Surah: al-Ḥašr (102)
English: The Assembly
Period: medina (622-632)
الممتحنة60. Surah: al-Mumtaḥina (110)
English: The Exam
Period: medina (622-632)
الصّفّ61. Surah: aṣ-Ṣaff (98)
English: Rank and File
Period: medina (622-632)
الجمعة62. Surah: al-Ǧumʿa (94)
English: The Friday
Period: medina (622-632)
المنافقون 63. Surah: al-Munāfiqūn (104)
English: The Hypocrites
Period: medina (622-632)
التّغابن64. Surah: at-Taġābun (93)
English: The Cheating
Period: medina (622-632)
الطّلاق65. Surah: aṭ-Ṭalāq (101)
English: The Dismissal
Period: medina (622-632)
التّحريم66. Surah: at-Taḥrīm (109)
English: The Prohibition
Period: medina (622-632)
الملك67. Surah: al-Mulk (63)
English: The Kingship
Period: mid meccan (613-614)
القلم (ن)68. Surah: al-Qalam (Nūn) (18)
English: The Pen (Nun)
Period: early meccan (610-612)
الحاقّة69. Surah: al-Ḥāqqa (38)
English: The Truth
Period: early meccan (610-612)
المعارج70. Surah: al-Maʿāriǧ (42)
English: Ladder to Heaven
Period: early meccan (610-612)
نوح 71. Surah: Nūḥ (51)
English: Noah
Period: mid meccan (613-614)
الجنّ72. Surah: al-Ǧinn (62)
English: The Jinn
Period: mid meccan (613-614)
المزمّل 73. Surah: al-Muzzammil (23)
English: Self Enveloped
Period: early meccan (610-612)
المدثّر74. Surah: al-Mudaṯṯir (2)
English: Self Covered
Period: early meccan (610-612)
القيامة75. Surah: al-Qiyāma (36)
English: The Resurrection
Period: early meccan (610-612)
الإٍنسان (الدّهر)76. Surah: al-Insān (ad-Dahr) (52)
English: The Human (The Time)
Period: mid meccan (613-614)
المرسلات77. Surah: al-Mursalāt (32)
English: The Messengers
Period: early meccan (610-612)
النّبأ78. Surah: an-Nabaʾ (33)
English: The Announcement
Period: early meccan (610-612)
النّازعات 79. Surah: an-Nāziʿāt (31)
English: Move Out
Period: early meccan (610-612)
عبس80. Surah: ʿAbasa (17)
English: He Frowned
Period: early meccan (610-612)
التّكوير81. Surah: at-Takwīr (27)
English: The Encase
Period: early meccan (610-612)
الانفطار82. Surah: al-Infiṭār (26)
English: The Cleavage
Period: early meccan (610-612)
المطفّفين83. Surah: al-Muṭaffifīn (37)
English: The Scammers
Period: early meccan (610-612)
الانشقاق84. Surah: al-Inšiqāq (29)
English: The Breakup
Period: early meccan (610-612)
البروج85. Surah: al-Burūǧ (22)
English: The Towers
Period: early meccan (610-612)
الطّارق86. Surah: aṭ-Ṭāriq (15)
English: Coming at Night
Period: early meccan (610-612)
الأعلى 87. Surah: al-Aʿlā (19)
English: The Highest
Period: early meccan (610-612)
الغاشية88. Surah: al-Ġāšiya (34)
English: The Encased
Period: early meccan (610-612)
الفجر 89. Surah: al-Faǧr (35)
English: Dawn
Period: early meccan (610-612)
البلد90. Surah: al-Balad (11)
English: The Town
Period: early meccan (610-612)
الشّمس91. Surah: aš-Šams (16)
English: The Sun
Period: early meccan (610-612)
الليل92. Surah: al-Lail (10)
English: The Night
Period: early meccan (610-612)
الضحى93. Surah: aḍ-Ḍuḥā (13)
English: The Morning
Period: early meccan (610-612)
الشرح94. Surah: aš-Šarḥ (12)
English: The Widing
Period: early meccan (610-612)
التِّينِ95. Surah: at-Tīn (20)
English: The Fig Trees
Period: early meccan (610-612)
العَلَق (إقْرَأ)96. Surah: al-ʿAlaq (Iqraʾ) (1)
English: Blood Clot (recite!)
Period: early meccan (610-612)
الْقَدْرِ97. Surah: al-Qadr (14)
English: The Determination
Period: early meccan (610-612)
الْبَيِّنَةُ98. Surah: al-Bayyina (92)
English: The clear Proof
Period: medina (622-632)
الزلزلة99. Surah: az-Zalzala (25)
English: The Quake
Period: early meccan (610-612)
العاديات100. Surah: al-ʿĀdiyāt (30)
English: The Running
Period: early meccan (610-612)
القارعة101. Surah: al-Qāriʿa (24)
English: The Rumbling
Period: early meccan (610-612)
التكاثر102. Surah: at-Takāṯur (8)
English: The Addiction
Period: early meccan (610-612)
العصر103. Surah: al-ʿAsr (21)
English: The Afternoon
Period: early meccan (610-612)
الهُمَزة104. Surah: al-Humaza (6)
English: The Stitcher
Period: early meccan (610-612)
الْفِيلِ105. Surah: al-Fīl (9)
English: The Elephant
Period: early meccan (610-612)
قُرَيْشٍ106. Surah: Quraiš (4)
English: The Quraysh
Period: early meccan (610-612)
الْمَاعُونَ107. Surah: al-Māʿūn (7)
English: The Assistance
Period: early meccan (610-612)
الكوثر108. Surah: al-Kauṯar (5)
English: The Abundance
Period: early meccan (610-612)
الْكَافِرُونَ109. Surah: al-Kāfirūn (45)
English: The Infidels
Period: early meccan (610-612)
النصر110. Surah: an-Naṣr (111)
English: The Help
Period: medina (622-632)
المسد (أبو لهب)111. Surah: al-Masad (Abū Lahab) (3)
English: Palm Fiber Knit (Father of the Flame)
Period: early meccan (610-612)
الإخلاص 112. Surah: al-Iḫlāṣ (44)
English: The Sincerity
Period: early meccan (610-612)
الْفَلَقِ113. Surah: al-Falaq (46)
English: The Morning Light
Period: early meccan (610-612)
النَّاسِ114. Surah: an-Nās (47)
English: The Mankind
Period: early meccan (610-612)

1By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour; 2By the Moon as she follows him; 3By the Day as it shows up (the Sun´s) glory; 4By the Night as it conceals it; 5By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure; 6By the Earth and its (wide) expanse: 7By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it; 8And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right;- 9Truly he succeeds that purifies it, 10And he fails that corrupts it! 11The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong-doing, 12Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety). 13But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She-camel of Allah! And (bar her not from) having her drink!" 14Then they rejected him (as a false prophet), and they hamstrung her. So their Lord, on account of their crime, obliterated their traces and made them equal (in destruction, high and low)! 15And for Him is no fear of its consequences. 

aš-Šams - الشّمس

The Sun

Translated by: Abdullah Yusuf Ali

sura91 early meccan

facts

Epoch: early meccan (Period 1) Revelation: 16

Revelation in Qur'ān: 16 Lapse: 610-612