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Al-Fatiha, the first surah in the Quran. The Quran is divided into 114 surahs (chapters), and 6236 (excluding "Bismillah") or 6348 (including Bismillah") ayahs (verses). Chapters are arranged broadly in descending order of length. For a preliminary discussion about the chronological order of chapters, see Surah.
The surah are of unequal length; the shortest surah has only three verses, while the longest contains 286 verses. [4] The Qur'an consists of one short introductory chapter (Q1) , eight very long chapters, making up one-third of the Qur'an ( Q2 ‒ 9 ); 19 mid-length chapters, making up another one-third (Q10‒28); and 86 short and very short ...
Distribution of Surahs by Juz', with the length of the bar corresponding to a Surah being proportionate to the number of letters of the Surahs in the Juz' divided by the total number of letters in the Juz'. Most Juz' are named after the first word of the first verse of the Juz'. [5]
It is organized in 114 chapters (surah, pl. suwer) which consist of individual verses . Besides its religious significance, it is widely regarded as the finest work in Arabic literature, [11] [12] [13] and has significantly influenced the Arabic language. It is the object of a modern field of academic research known as Quranic studies.
Meccan surahs are typically shorter than Medinan surahs, with relatively short verses , and mostly come near the end of the Qur'an. (As a general rule, the chapters of the Qur'an are ordered from longest to shortest.) Most of the chapters containing Muqatta'at are Meccan, Except 2, 3 and 13. [2]
Closing pages from a Mamluk Qur'an with chapter 113 and 114 in muhaqqaq script. Cairo, c. 1360-1380. Chester Beatty Library. Al-Nas or Mankind (Arabic: ٱلنَّاس, romanized: an-nās) is the 114th and last chapter of the Qur'an. It is a short six-verse invocation.
The Bismillah appears 114 times (despite its absence in chapter 9, it appears twice in chapter 27); 114 is 19×6. From the missing Bismillah in chapter 9 to the additional Bismillah in chapter 27, there are exactly 19 chapters. The occurrence of the additional Bismillah is in Surah 27:30.
Al-Asr (Arabic: العصر, romanized: al-ʻaṣr, The Declining Day, Eventide, The Epoch, Time) is the 103rd chapter of the Qur’ān, the Muslim holy book. It contains three āyāt or verses. Surat al-‘Asr is the third shortest chapter after Al-Kawthar and Al-Nasr , being shorter than Al-Nasr by only two words in the 3rd verse.