The Holy Quran
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1. Al-Fatihah (The Opening)
The Opening
Example Verse (1:6-7):
"Guide us to the straight path - The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray."
2. Al-Baqarah (The Cow)
The Cow
Example Verse (2:255):
"Allah - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of [all] existence. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep..."
3. Ali 'Imran (Family of Imran)
The Family of Imran
Example Verse (3:103):
"And hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not become divided. And remember the favor of Allah upon you..."
4. An-Nisa (The Women)
The Women
Example Verse (4:1):
"O mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from one soul and created from it its mate and dispersed from both of them many men and women..."
5. Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)
The Table Spread with Food
Example Verse (5:3):
"...This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion..."
6. Al-An'am (The Cattle)
The Cattle
Example Verse (6:162):
"Say, "Indeed, my prayer, my rites of sacrifice, my living and my dying are for Allah, Lord of the worlds.""
7. Al-A'raf (The Heights)
The Heights
Example Verse (7:23):
"They said, "Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers.""
8. Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War)
The Spoils of War
Example Verse (8:2):
"The believers are only those who, when Allah is mentioned, their hearts become fearful, and when His verses are recited to them, it increases them in faith; and upon their Lord they rely -"
9. At-Tawbah (The Repentance)
The Repentance
Example Verse (9:129):
"But if they turn away, [O Muhammad], say, "Sufficient for me is Allah; there is no deity except Him. On Him I have relied, and He is the Lord of the Great Throne.""
10. Yunus (Jonah)
Jonah
Example Verse (10:62):
"Unquestionably, [for] the allies of Allah there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve."
11. Hud (Hud)
Hud
Example Verse (11:6):
"And there is no creature on earth but that upon Allah is its provision, and He knows its place of dwelling and place of storage. All is in a clear register."
12. Yusuf (Joseph)
Joseph
Example Verse (12:87):
"...Indeed, no one despairs of relief from Allah except the disbelieving people."
13. Ar-Ra'd (The Thunder)
The Thunder
Example Verse (13:28):
"Those who have believed and whose hearts are assured by the remembrance of Allah. Unquestionably, by the remembrance of Allah hearts are assured."
14. Ibrahim (Abraham)
Abraham
Example Verse (14:7):
"And [remember] when your Lord proclaimed, 'If you are grateful, I will surely increase you [in favor]; but if you deny, indeed, My punishment is severe.'"
15. Al-Hijr (The Rocky Tract)
The Rocky Tract
Example Verse (15:9):
"Indeed, it is We who sent down the Qur'an and indeed, We will be its guardian."
16. An-Nahl (The Bee)
The Bee
Example Verse (16:125):
"Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction, and argue with them in a way that is best..."
17. Al-Isra (The Night Journey)
The Night Journey
Example Verse (17:23):
"And your Lord has decreed that you not worship except Him, and to parents, good treatment..."
18. Al-Kahf (The Cave)
The Cave
Example Verse (18:29):
"And say, "The truth is from your Lord, so whoever wills - let him believe; and whoever wills - let him disbelieve.""
19. Maryam (Mary)
Mary
Example Verse (19:96):
"Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - the Most Merciful will appoint for them affection."
20. Taha (Ta-Ha)
Ta-Ha
Example Verse (20:114):
"...and say, "My Lord, increase me in knowledge.""
21. Al-Anbiya (The Prophets)
The Prophets
Example Verse (21:107):
"And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], except as a mercy to the worlds."
22. Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage)
The Pilgrimage
Example Verse (22:77):
"O you who have believed, bow and prostrate and worship your Lord and do good - that you may succeed."
23. Al-Mu'minun (The Believers)
The Believers
Example Verse (23:1-2):
"Certainly will the believers have succeeded: They who are during their prayer humbly submissive"
24. An-Nur (The Light)
The Light
Example Verse (24:35):
"Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The example of His light is like a niche within which is a lamp..."
25. Al-Furqan (The Criterion)
The Criterion
Example Verse (25:63):
"And the servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth easily, and when the ignorant address them [harshly], they say [words of] peace,"
26. Ash-Shu'ara (The Poets)
The Poets
Example Verse (26:227):
"Except those [poets] who believe and do righteous deeds and remember Allah often..."
27. An-Naml (The Ant)
The Ant
Example Verse (27:19):
"So [Solomon] smiled, amused at her speech, and said, "My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents...""
28. Al-Qasas (The Stories)
The Stories
Example Verse (28:77):
"But seek, through that which Allah has given you, the home of the Hereafter; and [yet], do not forget your share of the world..."
29. Al-'Ankabut (The Spider)
The Spider
Example Verse (29:45):
"...Indeed, prayer prohibits immorality and wrongdoing, and the remembrance of Allah is greater..."
30. Ar-Rum (The Romans)
The Romans
Example Verse (30:21):
"And of His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquillity in them; and He placed between you affection and mercy..."
31. Luqman (Luqman)
Luqman
Example Verse (31:18):
"And do not turn your cheek [in contempt] toward people and do not walk through the earth exultantly. Indeed, Allah does not like everyone self-deluded and boastful."
32. As-Sajdah (The Prostration)
The Prostration
Example Verse (32:16):
"They arise from [their] beds; they supplicate their Lord in fear and aspiration, and from what We have provided them, they spend."
33. Al-Ahzab (The Combined Forces)
The Combined Forces
Example Verse (33:21):
"There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allah an excellent pattern for anyone whose hope is in Allah and the Last Day and [who] remembers Allah often."
34. Saba (Sheba)
Sheba
Example Verse (34:39):
"Say, "Indeed, my Lord extends provision for whom He wills of His servants and restricts [it] for him. But whatever thing you spend [in His cause] - He will compensate it; and He is the best of providers.""
35. Fatir (Originator)
Originator
Example Verse (35:15):
"O mankind, you are those in need of Allah, while Allah is the Free of need, the Praiseworthy."
36. Ya-Sin (Ya Sin)
Ya Sin
Example Verse (36:82):
"His command is only when He intends a thing that He says to it, "Be," and it is."
37. As-Saffat (Those who set the Ranks)
Those who set the Ranks
Example Verse (37:180-182):
"Exalted is your Lord, the Lord of might, above what they describe. And peace upon the messengers. And praise to Allah, Lord of the worlds."
38. Sad (The Letter Sad)
The Letter Sad
Example Verse (38:29):
"[This is] a blessed Book which We have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], that they might reflect upon its verses and that those of understanding would be reminded."
39. Az-Zumar (The Troops)
The Troops
Example Verse (39:53):
"Say, "O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful.""
40. Ghafir (The Forgiver)
The Forgiver
Example Verse (40:60):
"And your Lord says, "Call upon Me; I will respond to you."..."
41. Fussilat (Explained in Detail)
Explained in Detail
Example Verse (41:34):
"And not equal are the good deed and the bad. Repel [evil] by that [deed] which is better; and thereupon the one whom between you and him is enmity [will become] as though he was a devoted friend."
42. Ash-Shuraa (The Consultation)
Consultation
Example Verse (42:38):
"And those who have responded to their lord and established prayer and whose affair is [determined by] consultation among themselves, and from what We have provided them, they spend."
43. Az-Zukhruf (The Ornaments of Gold)
Ornaments of Gold
Example Verse (43:32):
"...But the mercy of your Lord is better than whatever they accumulate."
44. Ad-Dukhan (The Smoke)
Smoke
Example Verse (44:8):
"There is no deity except Him; He gives life and causes death. [He is] your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers."
45. Al-Jathiyah (The Crouching)
Crouching
Example Verse (45:22):
"And Allah created the heavens and earth in truth and so that every soul may be recompensed for what it has earned, and they will not be wronged."
46. Al-Ahqaf (The Wind-Curved Sandhills)
The Wind-Curved Sandhills
Example Verse (46:15):
"...My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents and to work righteousness of which You approve..."
47. Muhammad (Muhammad)
Muhammad
Example Verse (47:7):
"O you who have believed, if you support Allah, He will support you and plant firmly your feet."
48. Al-Fath (The Victory)
Victory
Example Verse (48:29):
"Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah; and those with him are forceful against the disbelievers, merciful among themselves..."
49. Al-Hujurat (The Rooms)
The Rooms
Example Verse (49:13):
"O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you..."
50. Qaf (The Letter Qaf)
The Letter Qaf
Example Verse (50:16):
"And We have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer to him than [his] jugular vein."
51. Adh-Dhariyat (The Winnowing Winds)
The Winnowing Winds
Example Verse (51:56):
"And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me."
52. At-Tur (The Mount)
The Mount
Example Verse (52:48):
"And be patient, [O Muhammad], for the decision of your Lord, for indeed, you are in Our eyes. And exalt [Allah] with praise of your Lord when you arise."
53. An-Najm (The Star)
The Star
Example Verse (53:39):
"And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives"
54. Al-Qamar (The Moon)
The Moon
Example Verse (54:17):
"And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?"
55. Ar-Rahman (The Beneficent)
The Most Gracious
Example Verse (55:13):
"So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?"
56. Al-Waqi'ah (The Inevitable)
The Inevitable
Example Verse (56:8-11):
"Then the companions of the right - what are the companions of the right? And the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left? And the forerunners, the forerunners - Those are the ones brought near [to Allah]"
57. Al-Hadid (The Iron)
Iron
Example Verse (57:20):
"Know that the life of this world is but amusement and diversion and adornment and boasting to one another and competition in increase of wealth and children..."
58. Al-Mujadila (The Pleading Woman)
She That Disputeth
Example Verse (58:11):
"...Allah will raise those who have believed among you and those who were given knowledge, by degrees. And Allah is Acquainted with what you do."
59. Al-Hashr (The Exile)
The Gathering
Example Verse (59:18):
"O you who have believed, fear Allah. And let every soul look to what it has put forth for tomorrow - and fear Allah. Indeed, Allah is Acquainted with what you do."
60. Al-Mumtahanah (She that is to be examined)
She That Is To Be Examined
Example Verse (60:8):
"Allah does not forbid you from those who do not fight you because of religion and do not expel you from your homes - from being righteous toward them and acting justly toward them. Indeed, Allah loves those who act justly."
61. As-Saf (The Ranks)
The Ranks
Example Verse (61:2-3):
"O you who have believed, why do you say what you do not do? Great is hatred in the sight of Allah that you say what you do not do."
62. Al-Jumu'ah (The Congregation, Friday)
Friday
Example Verse (62:9):
"O you who have believed, when [the adhan] is called for the prayer on the day of Jumu'ah [Friday], then proceed to the remembrance of Allah and leave trade. That is better for you, if you only knew."
63. Al-Munafiqun (The Hypocrites)
The Hypocrites
Example Verse (63:9):
"O you who have believed, let not your wealth and your children divert you from remembrance of Allah. And whoever does that - then those are the losers."
64. At-Taghabun (The Mutual Disillusion)
Mutual Loss and Gain
Example Verse (64:16):
"So fear Allah as much as you are able and listen and obey and spend [in the way of Allah]; it is better for your souls. And whoever is protected from the stinginess of his soul - it is those who will be the successful."
65. At-Talaq (The Divorce)
Divorce
Example Verse (65:2-3):
"...And whoever fears Allah - He will make for him a way out And will provide for him from where he does not expect..."
66. At-Tahrim (The Prohibition)
The Prohibition
Example Verse (66:6):
"O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones..."
67. Al-Mulk (The Sovereignty)
Dominion
Example Verse (67:2):
"[He] who created death and life to test you [as to] which of you is best in deed - and He is the Exalted in Might, the Forgiving -"
68. Al-Qalam (The Pen)
The Pen
Example Verse (68:4):
"And indeed, you are of a great moral character."
69. Al-Haqqah (The Reality)
The Inevitable
Example Verse (69:52):
"So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great."
70. Al-Ma'arij (The Ascending Stairways)
The Ways of Ascent
Example Verse (70:19-22):
"Indeed, mankind was created anxious: When evil touches him, impatient, And when good touches him, withholding [it], Except the observers of prayer -"
71. Nuh (Noah)
Noah
Example Verse (71:10-12):
"And said, 'Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver. He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in [continuing] showers And give you increase in wealth and children..."
72. Al-Jinn (The Jinn)
The Jinn
Example Verse (72:18):
"And [He revealed] that the masjids are for Allah, so do not invoke with Allah anyone."
73. Al-Muzzammil (The Enshrouded One)
The One wrapped in Garments
Example Verse (73:20):
"...And whatever good you put forward for yourselves - you will find it with Allah. It is better and greater in reward..."
74. Al-Muddaththir (The Cloaked One)
The One Enveloped
Example Verse (74:3-4):
"And your Lord glorify And your clothing purify"
75. Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection)
Resurrection
Example Verse (75:3-4):
"Does man think that We will not assemble his bones? Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips."
76. Al-Insan (Man)
Man
Example Verse (76:8-9):
"And they give food in spite of love for it to the needy, the orphan, and the captive, [Saying], "We feed you only for the countenance of Allah. We wish not from you reward or gratitude.""
77. Al-Mursalat (The Emissaries)
Those Sent Forth
Example Verse (77:50):
"Then in what statement after the Qur'an will they believe?"
78. An-Naba (The Tidings)
The Great News
Example Verse (78:39):
"That is the True Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return."
79. An-Nazi'at (Those who drag forth)
Those Who Pull Out
Example Verse (79:40-41):
"But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination, Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge."
80. 'Abasa (He Frowned)
He Frowned
Example Verse (80:34-37):
"On the Day a man will flee from his brother And his mother and his father And his wife and his children, For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him."
81. At-Takwir (The Overthrowing)
The Folding Up
Example Verse (81:27-29):
"It is not except a reminder to the worlds For whoever wills among you to take a right course. And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds."
82. Al-Infitar (The Cleaving)
The Cleaving
Example Verse (82:6):
"O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous,"
83. Al-Mutaffifin (The Defrauding)
Those Who Deal in Fraud
Example Verse (83:1-3):
"Woe to those who give less [than due], Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full. But if they give by measure or by weight to them, they give less."
84. Al-Inshiqaq (The Sundering)
The Splitting Asunder
Example Verse (84:6):
"O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it."
85. Al-Buruj (The Mansions of the Stars)
The Big Stars
Example Verse (85:11):
"Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment."
86. At-Tariq (The Nightcommer)
The Night-Comer
Example Verse (86:9):
"The Day when secrets will be put on trial,"
87. Al-A'la (The Most High)
The Most High
Example Verse (87:14-15):
"He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself And mentions the name of his Lord and prays."
88. Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming)
The Overwhelming Event
Example Verse (88:8-9):
"[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure. With their effort [they are] satisfied"
89. Al-Fajr (The Dawn)
The Dawn
Example Verse (89:27-30):
"[To the righteous soul will be said], "O reassured soul, Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him], And enter among My [righteous] servants And enter My Paradise.""
90. Al-Balad (The City)
The City
Example Verse (90:4):
"We have certainly created man into hardship."
91. Ash-Shams (The Sun)
The Sun
Example Verse (91:9-10):
"He has succeeded who purifies it [the soul], And he has failed who instills it [with corruption]."
92. Al-Layl (The Night)
The Night
Example Verse (92:5-7):
"As for he who gives and fears Allah And believes in the best [reward], We will ease him toward ease."
93. Ad-Duhaa (The Morning Hours)
The Forenoon
Example Verse (93:11):
"But as for the favor of your Lord, report [it]."
94. Ash-Sharh (The Relief)
The Opening Forth
Example Verse (94:5-6):
"For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease. Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease."
95. At-Tin (The Fig)
The Fig
Example Verse (95:4):
"We have certainly created man in the best of stature;"
96. Al-'Alaq (The Clot)
The Clot
Example Verse (96:1-5):
"Recite in the name of your Lord who created - Created man from a clinging substance. Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous - Who taught by the pen - Taught man that which he knew not."
97. Al-Qadr (The Power)
The Night of Decree
Example Verse (97:3):
"The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months."
98. Al-Bayyinah (The Clear Proof)
The Clear Evidence
Example Verse (98:5):
"And they were not commanded except to worship Allah, [being] sincere to Him in religion, inclining to truth, and to establish prayer and to give zakah. And that is the correct religion."
99. Az-Zalzalah (The Earthquake)
The Earthquake
Example Verse (99:7-8):
"So whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it, And whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it."
100. Al-'Adiyat (The Courser)
The Assaulters
Example Verse (100:6):
"Indeed mankind, to his Lord, is ungrateful."
101. Al-Qari'ah (The Calamity)
The Striking Hour
Example Verse (101:6-9):
"Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds], He will be in a pleasant life. But as for one whose scales are light, His refuge will be an abyss."
102. At-Takathur (The Rivalry in world increase)
Piling Up
Example Verse (102:1-2):
"Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you Until you visit the graveyards."
103. Al-'Asr (The Declining Day)
The Time
Example Verse (103:1-3):
"By time, Indeed, mankind is in loss, Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience."
104. Al-Humazah (The Traducer)
The Slanderer
Example Verse (104:1):
"Woe to every slanderer and backbiter"
105. Al-Fil (The Elephant)
The Elephant
Example Verse (105:1-2):
"Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant? Did He not make their plan into misguidance?"
106. Quraysh (Quraysh)
Quraysh
Example Verse (106:3-4):
"Let them worship the Lord of this House, Who has fed them, [saving them] from hunger and made them safe, [saving them] from fear."
107. Al-Ma'un (The Small Kindnesses)
Small Kindnesses
Example Verse (107:4-7):
"So woe to those who pray [But] who are heedless of their prayer - Those who make show [of their deeds] And withhold [simple] assistance."
108. Al-Kawthar (The Abundance)
Abundance
Example Verse (108:1):
"Indeed, We have granted you, [O Muhammad], al-Kawthar."
109. Al-Kafirun (The Disbelievers)
The Disbelievers
Example Verse (109:6):
"For you is your religion, and for me is my religion."
110. An-Nasr (The Divine Support)
Divine Support
Example Verse (110:1-3):
"When the victory of Allah has come and the conquest, And you see the people entering into the religion of Allah in multitudes, Then exalt [Him] with praise of your Lord and ask forgiveness of Him. Indeed, He is ever Accepting of repentance."
111. Al-Masad (The Palm Fiber)
The Palm Fiber
Example Verse (111:1):
"May the hands of Abu Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he."
112. Al-Ikhlas (The Sincerity)
Sincerity
Example Verse (112:1-4):
"Say, "He is Allah, [who is] One, Allah, the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor is born, Nor is there to Him any equivalent.""
113. Al-Falaq (The Daybreak)
Daybreak
Example Verse (113:1-5):
"Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak From the evil of that which He created And from the evil of darkness when it settles And from the evil of the blowers in knots And from the evil of an envier when he envies.""
114. An-Nas (Mankind)
Mankind
Example Verse (114:1-6):
"Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind, The Sovereign of mankind. The God of mankind, From the evil of the retreating whisperer - Who whispers [evil] into the breasts of mankind - From among the jinn and mankind.""