Thursday, May 14, 2020

The Qur'an

So that I have these references and sources in one place, for my World Religions teaching and
reading, I've assembled some information about the contents of the Qur'an. Here are the titles of the suras:

1. Al-Fatihah (The Opening)
2. Al-Baqarah (The Cow)
3. Al-'Imran (The Family of Amran)
4. An-Nisa' (The Women)
5. Al-Ma'idah (The Food)
6. Al-An'am (The Cattle)
7. Al-A'raf (The Elevated Places)
8. Al-Anfal (Voluntary Gifts)
9. Al-Bara'at / At-Taubah (The Immunity)
10. Yunus (Jonah)
11. Hud (Hud)
12. Yusuf (Joseph)
13. Ar-Ra'd (The Thunder)
14. Ibrahim (Abraham)
15. Al-Hijr (The Rock)
16. An-Nahl (The Bee)
17. Bani Isra'il (The Israelites)
18. Al-Kahf (The Cave)
19. Maryam (Mary)
20. Ta Ha (Ta Ha)
21. Al-Anbiya' (The Prophets)
22. Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage)
23. Al-Mu'minun (The Believers)
24. An-Nur (The Light)
25. Al-Furqan (The Discrimination)
26. Ash-Shu'ara' (The Poets)
27. An-Naml (The Naml)
28. Al-Qasas (The Narrative)
29. Al-'Ankabut (The Spider)
30. Ar-Rum (The Romans)
31. Luqman (Luqman)
32. As-Sajdah (The Adoration)
33. Al-Ahzab (The Allies)
34. Al-Saba' (The Saba')
35. Al-Fatir (The Originator)
36. Ya Sin (Ya Sin)
37. As-Saffat (Those Ranging in Ranks)
38. Sad (Sad)
39. Az-Zumar (The Companies)
40. Al-Mu'min (The Believer)
41. Ha Mim (Ha Mim)
42. Ash-Shura (Counsel)
43. Az-Zukhruf (Gold)
44. Ad-Dukhan (The Drought)
45. Al-Jathiyah (The Kneeling)
46. Al-Ahqaf (The Sandhills)
47. Muhammad (Muhammad)
48. Al-Fath (The Victory)
49. Al-Hujurat (The Apartments)
50. Qaf (Qaf)
51. Ad-Dhariyat (The Scatterers)
52. At-Tur (The Mountain)
53. An-Najm (The Star)
54. Al-Qamar (The Moon)
55. Ar-Rahman (The Beneficent)
56. Al-Waqi'ah (The Event)
57. Al-Hadid (Iron)
58. Al-Mujadilah (The Pleading Woman)
59. Al-Hashr (The Banishment)
60. Al-Mumtahanah (The Woman who is Examined)
61. As-Saff (The Ranks)
62. Al-Jumu'ah (The Congregation)
63. Al-Munafiqun (The Hypocrites)
64. At-Taghabun (The Manifestation of Losses)
65. At-Talaq (Divorce)
66. At-Tahrim (The Prohibition)
67. Al-Mulk (The Kingdom)
68. Al-Qalam (The Pen)
69. Al-Haqqah (The Sure Truth)
70. Al-Ma'arij (The Ways of Ascent)
71. Nuh (Noah)
72. Al-Jinn (The Jinn)
73. Al-Muzzammil (The One Covering Himself)
74. Al-Muddaththir (The One Wrapping Himself Up)
75. Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection)
76. Al-Insan (The Man)
77. Al-Mursalat (Those Sent Forth)
78. An-Naba' (The Announcement)
79. An-Nazi'at (Those Who Yearn)
80. 'Abasa (He Frowned)
81. At-Takwir (The Folding Up)
82. Al-Infitar (The Cleaving)
83. At-Tatfif (Default in Duty)
84. Al-Inshiqaq (The Bursting Asunder)
85. Al-Buruj (The Stars)
86. At-Tariq (The Comer by Night)
87. Al-A'la (The Most High)
88. Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming Event)
89. Al-Fajr (The Daybreak)
90. Al-Balad (The City)
91. Ash-Shams (The Sun)
92. Al-Lail (The Night)
93. Ad-Duha (The Brightness of the Day)
94. Al-Inshirah (The Expansion)
95. At-Tin (The Fig)
96. Al-'Alaq (The Clot)
97. Al-Qadr (The Majesty)
98. Al-Bayyinah (The Clear Evidence)
99. Al-Zilzal (The Shaking)
100. Al-'Adiyat (The Assaulters)
101. Al-Qari'ah (The Calamity)
102. At-Takathur (The Abundance of Wealth)
103. Al-'Asr (The Time)
104. Al-Humazah (The Slanderer)
105. Al-Fil (The Elephant)
106. Al-Quraish (The Quraish)
107. Al-Ma'un (Acts of Kindness)
108. Al-Kauthar (The Abundance of Good)
109. Al-Kafirun (The Disbelievers)
110. An-Nasr (The Help)
111. Al-Lahab (The Flame)
112. Al-Ikhlas (The Unity)
113. Al-Falaq (The Dawn)
114. An-Nas (The Men)

Here is a site that summarizes each of the suras: https://www.soundvision.com/article/a-thematic-introduction-to-the-surahs-of-the-qur-an

Here are two other sites of summaries and key passages:  
https://www.islamreligion.com/category/77/summary-of-quranic-chapters/

https://mafiadoc.com/some-improtant-contents-of-surahs-understand-quran-_5a19ed1f1723dd221d4565b2.html

On page 27 of my Study Quran (above), the footnote has these lovely verses:

We are nearer to him than his jugular vein (50:16)

God comes between a man and his heart (8:24)

And you do not will but that God, the Lord of the worlds, wills (81:29)

When My servants ask thee about Me, truly I am near. I answer the call of the caller when he calls
Me. So let them respond to Me and believe in Me, that they may be led aright (2:186).

Unto God belongs intercession altogether (39:44)


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