Al-Mizan An Exegesis of the Qur'an, vol 2
Appendix B: List of Names and Numbers of the Surahs of the Holy Qur’an
In this book the references of the Qur'anic verses have been given by writing serial number of the relevant chapter, followed by a colon (:) that is followed by the number/s of the Verse/s. The names of the chapters have been omitted for the sake of brevity.
The names of the chapters with their serial numbers are given here for the guidance of the readers. To find, for instance, the verse 5:67 in the Qur'an, the reader should open the fifth chapter, that its, al-Ma'idah (اَلمَآئِدة = The Table) and then find the 67th verse.
| S. No. | Arabic Names of the Chapters |
Transliteration | Meaning |
| 1. |
فاتِحَةُ الكِتاب
|
Fatihatu 'l-kitab | The Opening of The Book |
| 2. |
البَقَرة
|
al -Baqarah | The Cow |
| 3. |
آل عِمران
|
Al 'Imran | The House of Imran |
| 4. |
النِّســاء
|
an-Nisa' | Women |
| 5. |
المَـائِدة
|
Al-Ma'idah | The Table |
| 6. |
الأنْعـام
|
Al -An'am | Cattle |
| 7. |
الأعراف
|
al-A'raf | The Battlements |
| 8. |
الأنْفـال
|
al-Anfal | The Spoils |
| 9. |
التـَّوْبَة
|
At-Tawbah | Repentance |
| 10. |
يُونُس
|
Yunus | Jonah |
| 11. |
هُود
|
Hud | Hood |
| 12. |
يُوسُف
|
Yusuf | Joseph |
| 13. |
الرَّعد
|
ar-Ra'd | Thunder |
| 14. |
اِبراهيم
|
Ibrahim | Abraham |
| 15. |
الحِجْر
|
Al-Hijr | El-Hijr |
| 16. |
النًّحل
|
An-Nahl | The Bee |
| 17. |
الاِسْرآء
|
al-Isra' | The Night Journey |
| 18. |
الكَهْف
|
al-Kahf | The Cave |
| 19. |
مَريَم
|
Maryam | Mary |
| 20. |
طه
|
Ta Ha | Ta Ha |
| 21. |
الأنْبيآء
|
al-Anbiya' | Prophets |
| 22. |
الحَجّ
|
al-Hajj | The Pilgrimage |
| 23. |
المؤمِنون
|
al-Mu'minun | The Believers |
| 24. |
النّور
|
an-Nur | Light |
| 25. |
الفُرقان
|
al-Furqan | Discrimination (Salvation) |
| 26. |
الشُّـعَراء
|
ash-Shu'ara' | The Poets |
| 27. |
النَّـمْل
|
an-Naml | The Ant |
| 28. |
القَصَص
|
al-Qasas | The Stories |
| 29. |
العَنْـكَبُوت
|
al-'Ankabut | The Spider |
| 30. |
الرُّوم
|
Ar-Rum | The Greeks |
| 31. |
لُقْمان
|
Luqman | Lokman |
| 32. |
السَّـجْدة
|
as-Sajdah | Prostration |
| 33. |
الأحزاب
|
al-Ahzab | The Confederates |
| 34. |
ســَبَأ
|
Saba' | Sheba |
| 35. |
فاطِر (المَلائِكة)
|
Fatir (or, al-Mala'ikah) |
The Originator (or The Angels) |
| 36. |
يــس
|
Ya Sin | Ya Sin |
| 37. |
الصّــافّات
|
as-Saffat | The Rangers |
| 38. |
ص
|
Sad | Sad |
| 39. |
الزُّمَر
|
az-Zumar | The Companies |
| 40. |
المُؤْمِن
|
al-Mu'min | The Believer |
| 41. |
فُصِّلَت
|
Fussilat | Distinguished |
| 42. |
الشُّوری
|
ash-Shura | Counsel |
| 43. |
الزُّخْرُف
|
az-Zukhruf | Ornaments |
| 44. |
الدُّخان
|
ad-Dukhan | Smoke |
| 45. |
الجاثِية
|
al-Jathiyah | Hobbling |
| 46. |
الأحقاف
|
al-Ahqaf | The Sand-Dunes |
| 47. |
مُحَمّد (ص)
|
Muhammad | Muhammad |
| 48. |
الفَتْح
|
al-Fath | Victory |
| 49. |
الحُجُرات
|
al Hujurat | Apartments |
| 50. |
ق
|
Qaf | Qaf |
| 51. |
الذ ّارِيات
|
adh-Dhariyat | The Scatterers |
| 52. |
الطُّور
|
at-Tur | The Mount |
| 53. |
النَّجْم
|
an-Najm | The Star |
| 54. |
القَمَر
|
al-Qamar | The Moon |
| 55. |
الرَّحمن
|
ar-Rahman | The All-merciful |
| 56. |
الواقِعَة
|
al-Waqi'ah | The Terror |
| 57. |
الحَديد
|
al-Hadid | Iron |
| 58. |
المُجادَلة
|
Al-Mujadalah | The Disputer |
| 59. |
الحَشْر
|
al-Hashr | The Mustering |
| 60. |
المُمتَحَنة
|
al-Mumtahanah | The Woman Tested |
| 61. |
الصَّف
|
as-Saff | The Ranks |
| 62. |
الجُّمُعة
|
al-Jumu'ah | Congregation |
| 63. |
المُنافِقُون
|
al-Munafiqun | The Hypocrites |
| 64. |
التَّغابُن
|
at-Taghabun | Mutual Fraud |
| 65. |
الطَّلاق
|
at-Talaq | Divorce |
| 66, |
التَّحْريم
|
at-tahrim | The Forbidding |
| 67. |
المُلْك
|
al-Mulk | The Kingdom |
| 68. |
القَلـََم
|
al-Qalam | The Pen |
| 69. |
الحَاقّـَة
|
al-Haqqah | The Indubitable |
| 70. |
المَعارِج
|
al-Ma'arij | The Stairways |
| 71. |
نُوح
|
Nuh | Noah |
| 72. |
الجِنّ
|
Al-Jinn | The Jinn |
| 73. |
المُزَّمّـِل
|
al-Muzzammil | Enwrapped |
| 74. |
المُدَّثــِّر
|
al-Muddaththir | Shrouded |
| 75. |
القِيامَة
|
al-Qiyamah | The Resurrection |
| 76. |
الدَّهر (الإنسان)
|
ad-Dahr (or, al -Insan) |
The Time (or, Man) |
| 77. |
المُرسَلات
|
al-Mursalat | The Loosed Ones |
| 78. |
النـَّبأ
|
an-Naba' | The Tiding |
| 79. |
النـّازِعات
|
an-Nazi'at | The Pluckers |
| 80. |
عَبَس
|
'Abas | He Frowned |
| 81. |
التـَّكْوير
|
at-Takwir | The Darkening |
| 82. |
الإنفِطار
|
al-Infitar | The Splitting |
| 83. |
المُطـَفِّفين
|
al-Mutaffifin | The Stinters |
| 84. |
الإنشِقاق
|
al-Inshiqaq | The Rending |
| 85. |
البُروج
|
al-Buruj | The Constellations |
| 86. |
الطّارق
|
at-Tariq | The Night-star |
| 87. |
الأعلی
|
Al-A'la | The Most High |
| 88. |
الغاشِيَة
|
al-Ghashiyah | The Enveloper |
| 89. |
الفَجْر
|
Al-Fajr | The Dawn |
| 90. |
البَـلـَد
|
Al-Balad | The Land |
| 91. |
الشــَّمْس
|
ash-Shams | The Sun |
| 92. |
اللـَّيل
|
Al-Layl | The Night |
| 93. |
الضُّحی
|
ad-Duha | The Forenoon |
| 94. |
الإنشـِراح
|
al-Inshirah | The Expanding |
| 95. |
التـِّين
|
At-Tin | The Fig |
| 96. |
العَلـَق
|
al-'laq | The Blood-clot |
| 97. |
القـَدر
|
al -Qadr | Power |
| 98. |
البَيِّنَة
|
al -Bayyinah | The Clear Sign |
| 99. |
الزِّلزال
|
Az-Zilzal | The Earthquake |
| 100. |
العـَاديات
|
al-'Adiyat | The Chargers |
| 101. |
القارِعَة
|
al-Qari'ah | The Clatterer |
| 102. |
التَكاثـُر
|
at-Takathur | Rivalry |
| 103. |
العَصْر
|
Al-'Asr | Afternoon |
| 104. |
الهُمَزَة
|
al-Humazah | The Backbiter |
| 109. |
الفيل
|
Al-Fil | The Elephant |
| 106. |
قـُرَيْش
|
Quraysh | Quraish |
| 107. |
الماعُون
|
al-Ma'un | Charity |
| 108. |
الكـَوْثَر
|
al-Kawthar | Abundance |
| 109. |
الكافِرون
|
al-Kafirun | The Unbelievers |
| 110. |
النـَّصر
|
An-Nasr | Help |
| 111. |
تَبَّت
|
Tabbat (or, Lahab) |
Perish (or,The Flame) |
| 112. |
الإخـْلاص (التـَّوحيد)
|
al Ikhlas (or, at-Tawhid) |
Sincere Religion (or, Divine Unity) |
| 113. |
الفـَلَق
|
al-Falaq | Daybreak |
| 114. |
النـَّاس
|
an-Nas | Men |