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Chronology of Qur'anic Suras

Compiled by Aya Okawa

Surah Number. Ayah 1 2 2.163-171 2.?200-2 2.?204-7 3 4 5 6 6.20,23 6.91 6.92 6.93 6.94 6.114,141,151-153 7 7.157f 7.163-170 8 8. 30-36 9 10 10.46 10.94-96 11 11.12 11.17 11.114 12 12.1-3 12.7 13 14 14.35-39 15 16 16.41f 16.126-128 17

Ayah

Surah Name al-Fatiha al-Baqarah

EGYPTIAN (Standard) Chron Number Period E5 E87 Meccan Madinan Madinan Madinan Madinan Madinan Madinan Madinan Meccan Madinan add Madinan add Meccan Madinan add Meccan Madinan add Meccan Meccan Madinan Add Madinan Meccan ins Madinan Meccan Madinan add Madinan add Meccan Madinan add Madinan add Madinan add Meccan Madinan add Madinan add Madinan Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Madinan add Meccan

WESTERN (Noldeke-Schwally) E Counter Chron Number Period 13 163 164 165 166 169 172 199 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 55 56 57 167 168 200 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 177 137 138 92 133 134 135 79 N48 N91 * * * N97 N100 N114 N89 N89 * * * * N89 N87 * N87 N95 N95 N113 N84 N84 N84 N75 N75 N75 N75 N77 N77 N77 N90 N76 * N57 N73 * N73 N67 First Meccan Madinan Meccan ins Meccan ins Meccan ins Madinan Madinan Madinan (but parts earli Third Meccan Third Meccan Madinan add Madinan add Madinan add Madinan add Third Meccan Third Meccan Madinan add Third Meccan Madinan Madinan Madinan Third Meccan Third Meccan Third Meccan Third Meccan Third Meccan Third Meccan Third Meccan Third Meccan Third Meccan Third Meccan Third Meccan Third Meccan Madinan add Second Meccan Third Meccan Madinan add Third Meccan Second Meccan

W Counter 74 171 172 173 174 182 185 203 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 156 157 158 178 179 202 150 151 152 120 121 122 123 126 127 128 170 124 125 88 115 116 117 103

163-171 ?200-2 ?204-7 al 'Imran al-Nisa' al-Mai'dah al-An'am 20,23 91 92 93 94 114,141,151-153 al-A'raf 157f 163-170 al-Anfal 30-36 al-Bara'ah/al-Tawbah E113 Yunus E51 * * Hud E52 * * * Yusuf E53 * * al-Ra'd E96 Ibrahim E72 E72 al-Hijr E54 al-Nahl E70 E70 * Bani Isra'il E50 E89 E92 E112 E55 * * * * E55 * E39 E39 * E88

46 94-96 12 17 114 3-Jan 7

35-39

41f 126-128

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17.26 17.32f. 18 18.28 18.83-101 19 19.58 19.71 20 20.130f 21 22 22.1-24 22.43-55 22.59-64 22.66-74 23 24 25 25.68-70 26 26.197 26.224-227 27 28 28.52-55 28.85 29 29.1 29.2-11 29.?45 29.?60 30 30.17 31 31.11-18 31.25 31.26 31.27 31.28 31.29 32 32.16-20 33 34 34.6 35

26 32f al-Kahf 28 83-101 Maryam 58 71 TaHa 130f al-Anbiya' al-Hajj 24-Jan 43-55 59-64 66-74 al-Mu'minin al-Nur al-Furqan 68-70 al-Shu'ara 197 224-227 al-Nami al-Qasa 42-55 85 al-'Ankabut 1 11-Feb ?45 ?60 al-Rum 17 Luqman 18-Nov 25 26 27 28 29 al-Sajdah 16-20 al-Ahzab al-Saba' 6 Fatir / al-Mala'ika

* * E69 * * E44 * * E45 * E73 E103 E103 E103 E103 E103 E74 E102 E42 * E47 * * E48 E49 * * E85 E85 * E85 E85 E84 * E57 E57 E57 E57 * * * E75 * E90 E58 * E43

Madinan add Madinan add Meccan Madinan add Madinan add Meccan Madinan add Madinan add Meccan Madinan add Meccan Madinan Madinan Madinan Madinan Madinan Meccan Madinan Meccan Madinan add Meccan Madinan add Madinan add Meccan Meccan Madinan add Madinan add Meccan Meccan Madinan add Meccan Meccan Meccan Madinan add Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Madinan add Madinan add Madinan add Meccan Madinan add Madinan Meccan Madinan add Meccan

80 81 130 131 132 64 65 66 67 68 139 186 187 188 189 190 140 185 61 62 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 157 158 159 160 161 155 156 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 141 142 170 108 109 63

N67 N67 N69 N69 N69 N58 N58 N58 N55 N55 N65 N107 * * * * N64 N105 N66 N66 N56 N56 N56 N68 N79 N79 N79 N81 * * * * N74 N74 N82 * * * * * N82 N70 N70 N103 N85 N85 N86

Second Meccan Second Meccan Second Meccan Second Meccan Second Meccan Second Meccan Second Meccan Second Meccan Second Meccan Second Meccan Second Meccan Madinan Meccan ins Meccan ins Meccan ins Meccan ins Second Meccan Madinan Second Meccan Second Meccan Second Meccan Second Meccan Second Meccan Second Meccan Third Meccan Third Meccan Third Meccan Third Meccan Madinan add Madinan add Madinan add Madinan add Third Meccan Third Meccan Third Meccan Madinan add Madinan add Madinan add Madinan add Madinan add Third Meccan Third Meccan Third Meccan Madinan Third Meccan Third Meccan Third Meccan

104 105 107 108 109 89 90 91 83 84 100 192 193 194 195 196 99 190 101 102 85 86 87 106 131 132 133 135 136 137 138 139 118 119 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 110 111 188 153 154 155

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36 36.45 37 38 39 39.52-54 40 40.56f 41 42 42.42-45 42.27 43 43.54 44 45 45.14 46 46.1 46.15 46.35 47 47.13 48 49 50 50.38 51 51.24-60 52 52.21 52.29-49 53 53.23 53.26-32 53.32 54 54.44-46 55 55.8-9 55.33 (except last 5 w 56 56.75-95 56.81f 57 58 59

YaSin 45 al-Saffat al-Sad al-Zumar 52-54 al-Mu'min 56f Ha Mim / Fussilat Al-Shura 42-45 27 al-Zukhruf 54 al-Dukhan al-Jathiyah 14 al-Ahqaf 1 15 35 Muhammad 13 al-Fath al-Hujurat Qaf 38 al-Dhariyat 24-60 al-Tur 21 29-49 al-Najm 23 26-32 32 al-Qamar 44-46 al-Rahman 9-Aug 33 al-Waqi'ah 75-95 81f al-Hadid al-Mujadalh al-Hashr

E41 * E56 E38 E59 * E60 * E61 E62 * * E63 * E64 E65 * E66 * * * E95 * E111 E106 E34 * E67 E67 E76 E76 E76 E23 E23 E23 * E37 * E97 E97 E97 E46 * * E94 E105 E101

Meccan Madinan add Meccan Meccan Meccan Madinan add Meccan Madinan add meccan meccan Madinan add Madinan add Meccan Madinan add Meccan Meccan Madinan add Meccan Madinan add Madinan add Madinan add Madinan Meccan ins Madinan Madinan Meccan Madinan add Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Madinan add Meccan Madinan add Madinan Madinan Madinan Meccan Mec exc 56.81f Madinan add Madinan Madinan Madinan

59 60 100 54 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 175 176 198 193 48 49 127 128 143 144 145 32 33 34 35 52 53 178 179 180 69 70 71 174 192 184

N60 N60 N50 N59 N80 N80 N78 N78 N71 N83 N83 N83 N61 N61 N53 N72 N72 N88 N88 N88 N88 N96 N96 N108 N112 N54 N54 N39 * N40 * * N28 * * N28 N49 N49 N43 * * N41 * * N99 N106 N102

Second Meccan Second Meccan Second Meccan Second Meccan Third Meccan Third Meccan Third Meccan Third Meccan Third Meccan Third Meccan Third Meccan Third Meccan Second Meccan Second Meccan Second Meccan Third Meccan Third Meccan Third Meccan Third Meccan Third Meccan Third Meccan Madinan Madinan Madinan Madinan Second Meccan Second Meccan First Meccan Additions to Mec, date First Meccan Meccan add to Meccan Meccan add to Meccan First Meccan Additions to Mec, date Additions to Mec, date First Meccan Second Meccan Second Meccan First Meccan Additions to Mec, date Additions to Mec, date First Meccan Additions to Mec, date Additions to Mec, date Madinan Madinan Madinan

93 94 77 92 134 135 129 130 112 147 148 149 95 96 80 113 114 159 160 161 162 180 181 197 201 81 82 58 59 60 61 62 38 39 40 41 75 76 67 68 69 63 64 65 184 191 187

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60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 68.17-33 68.34-47 68.48-50 68.51-52 69 70 71 72 73 73.10f 73.20twenty 74 74.31 75 75.16-19 76 77 77.48 78 79 79.27-46 80 81 82 83 84 84.25 85 missing from chart? 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94

al-Mumtahanah al-Saff al-Jumu'ah al-Munafiqun al-Taghabun al-Talaq al-Tahrim al-Mulk al-Qalam 17-33 34-47 48-50 51-52 al-Haqqah al-Ma'arij Nuh al-Jinn al-Muzammil 10f 20 al-Mudaththir 31 al-Qiyamah 16-19 al-Dahr / al-Insan al-Mursalat 48 al-Naba' al-Nazi'at 27-46 Abasa al-Takwir al-Infitar al-Mutaffifin al-Inshiqaq 25 al-Buruj al-Tariq al-A'la al-Ghashiyah al-Fajr al-Balad al-Shams al-Layl al-Duha al-Inshirah

E91 E109 E110 E104 E108 E99 E107 E77 E2 * E2 * E2 E78 E79 E71 E40 E3 * * E4 E4 E31 E31 E98 E33 * E80 E81 E81 E24 E7 E82 E86 E83 E83 E27 E36 E8 E68 E10 E35 E26 E9 E9 E11

Madinan Madinan Madinan Madinan Madinan Madinan Madinan Meccan Meccan Madinan add Meccan Madinan add Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Madinan add Madinan add Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Madinan Meccan Madinan add Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan

171 196 197 191 195 182 194 146 3 4 5 6 7 147 148 136 58 8 9 10 11 12 43 44 181 46 47 149 150 151 36 15 152 162 153 154 39 51 16 129 19 50 38 17 18 20

N110 N98 N94 N104 N93 N101 N109 N63 N18 * * * * N38 N42 N51 N62 N23 N23 * N2 * N36 * N52 N32 N32 N33 N31 * N17 N27 N26 N37 N29 * N22 * N15 N19 N34 N35 N11 N16 N10 N13 N12

Madinan Madinan Madinan Madinan Madinan Madinan Madinan Second Meccan First Meccan Meccan add to Meccan Meccan add to Meccan Meccan add to Meccan Meccan add to Meccan First Meccan First Meccan Second Meccan Second Meccan First Meccan First Meccan Madinan add to Meccan First Meccan Madinan add to Meccan First Meccan Additions to Mec, date Second Meccan First Meccan First Meccan First Meccan First Meccan Meccan add to Meccan First Meccan First Meccan First Meccan First Meccan First Meccan Additions to Mec, date First Meccan First Meccan First Meccan First Meccan First Meccan First Meccan First Meccan First Meccan First Meccan First Meccan

199 183 177 189 176 186 198 98 20 21 22 23 24 57 66 78 97 31 32 33 3 4 52 55 79 47 48 49 45 46 19 37 36 56 42 43 29 30 17 25 50 51 13 18 12 15 14

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95 96 96.9-19 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 103.3 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114

al-Tin al-'Alaq 9-19.0 al-Qadr al-Bayyinah al-Zilzal / a-Zalzala al-'Adiyat al-Qariyah al-Takathur al-'Asr 3 al-Humazah al-Fil Quraysh al-Ma'un al-Kawthar al-Kafirun al-Nasr Lahab / Tabbat al-Ikhlas al-Falaq al-Nass

E28 E1 E1 E25 E100 E93 E14 E30 E16 E13 E13 E32 E19 E29 E17 E15 E18 E114 E6 E22 E20 E21

Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Madinan Madinan Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan Madinan Meccan Meccan Meccan Meccan

40 1 2 37 183 173 23 42 25 21 22 45 28 41 26 24 27 201 14 31 29 30

N20 N1 * N14 N92 N25 N30 N24 N8 N21 * N6 N9 N4 N7 N5 N45 N111 N3 N44 N46 N47

First Meccan First Meccan Meccan add to Meccan First Meccan Madinan First Meccan First Meccan First Meccan First Meccan First Meccan Additions to Mec, date First Meccan First Meccan First Meccan First Meccan First Meccan First Meccan Madinan First Meccan First Meccan First Meccan First Meccan

26 1 2 16 175 35 44 34 10 27 28 8 11 6 9 7 71 200 5 70 72 73

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