There are 114 Surahs in the Holy Quran.
Four Surahs are named for their muqaṭṭaʿāt:
Four Surahs are named for their muqaṭṭaʿāt:
Ṭā-Hā, Yā-Sīn, Ṣād and Qāf.
The Surahs of the Qur'an are not haphazardly compiled
as is generally thought.
bring ye then ten Surahs the like thereunto fabricated, and call whomsoever
Muslims believe that the chronologically final Surahs of the Quran were revealed to Muhammad in Medina,
The letters are
also known as fawātiḥ(فَوَاتِح) or"openers" as they form the opening verse of their respective Surahs.
He(may Allah bless him and grant him peace)
replied,"What made me old are Surah Hud and its sister Surahs.
The Medinan Surahs are those supposed revelations that occurred after the move to the city of that name.
Do they say,‘He has fabricated it?' Say,‘Then bring ten Surahs like it, fabricated, and invoke whomever you can,
The order of the Surahs was not based on the order the archangel
Gabriel gave them to Prophet Muhammad, but on the consensus of the companions.
Muslims believe that the chronologically final Surahs of the Quran were revealed to Muhammad in Medina,
and are called Medinan Surahs in contrast to the earlier Meccan Surahs.