The Holy Quran — Read Online

Surah Al-Fatihah

7 ayahs · Meccan

Mother of the Book — recited in every rakah of every prayer

Surah Al-Kahf

110 ayahs · Meccan

Recommended to read on Fridays

Surah As-Sajdah

30 ayahs · Meccan

Recited every night before sleep and in the Fajr prayer on Fridays

Surah Yasin

83 ayahs · Meccan

The Heart of the Quran — gathering the foundations of faith

Surah Ar-Rahman

78 ayahs · Meccan

The Bride of the Quran — “So which of your Lord’s favors will you deny?”

Surah Al-Waqi'ah

96 ayahs · Meccan

The terrors of the Day of Judgment and the three groups of people

Surah Al-Mulk

30 ayahs · Meccan

Recommended to read every night before sleep

Surah Al-Insan

31 ayahs · Medinan

Recited with As-Sajdah in the Fajr prayer on Fridays

Surah An-Naba

40 ayahs · Meccan

The first surah of Juz ‘Amma — a powerful proof of the Resurrection

Surah An-Nazi‘at

46 ayahs · Meccan

The angels who pull out souls, the story of Musa and Pharaoh, and the Great Calamity

Surah ‘Abasa

42 ayahs · Meccan

The blind man who came seeking, and the Day a man flees from his own brother

Surah At-Takwir

29 ayahs · Meccan

“When the sun is wrapped up” — as if witnessing the Day of Resurrection

Surah Al-Infitar

19 ayahs · Meccan

“O man, what has deceived you concerning your Generous Lord?”

Surah Al-Mutaffifin

36 ayahs · Meccan

Woe to those who give short measure — honesty as a matter of faith

Surah Al-Inshiqaq

25 ayahs · Meccan

Contains a verse of prostration — “you will surely ride stage upon stage”

Surah Al-Buruj

22 ayahs · Meccan

The People of the Ditch — steadfastness of the believers tested by fire

Surah At-Tariq

17 ayahs · Meccan

The piercing star — every soul has a keeper over it

Surah Al-A‘la

19 ayahs · Meccan

Recited in the Eid and Friday prayers — “glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High”

Surah Al-Ghashiyah

26 ayahs · Meccan

Recited with Al-A‘la in the Eid and Friday prayers — the two kinds of faces on the Last Day

Surah Al-Fajr

30 ayahs · Meccan

“O reassured soul, return to your Lord well-pleased”

Surah Al-Balad

20 ayahs · Meccan

The steep path — freeing the enslaved and feeding the hungry

Surah Ash-Shams

15 ayahs · Meccan

“He has succeeded who purifies the soul”

Surah Al-Layl

21 ayahs · Meccan

Your striving is diverse — the path of ease and the path of hardship

Surah Ad-Duha

11 ayahs · Meccan

Consolation after the pause in revelation — “your Lord has not forsaken you”

Surah Ash-Sharh

8 ayahs · Meccan

“Indeed, with hardship comes ease” — the companion of Ad-Duha

Surah At-Tin

8 ayahs · Meccan

Man created in the best of stature — “is not Allah the most just of judges?”

Surah Al-‘Alaq

19 ayahs · Meccan

The first revelation — “Read in the name of your Lord” — contains a verse of prostration

Surah Al-Qadr

5 ayahs · Meccan

Laylat al-Qadr — the Night of Decree, better than a thousand months

Surah Al-Bayyinah

8 ayahs · Medinan

The clear evidence — the best of creation and their reward

Surah Az-Zalzalah

8 ayahs · Medinan

“Whoever does an atom’s weight of good will see it”

Surah Al-‘Adiyat

11 ayahs · Meccan

The charging steeds — man’s ingratitude and the overturning of the graves

Surah Al-Qari‘ah

11 ayahs · Meccan

The Striking Calamity — the day the scales are set

Surah At-Takathur

8 ayahs · Meccan

Rivalry in worldly increase — “until you visit the graves”

Surah Al-‘Asr

3 ayahs · Meccan

By time, man is in loss — the surah ash-Shafi‘i said would suffice the people

Ayat Al-Kursi

Surah Al-Baqarah · verse 255

The greatest verse in the Quran — recited after every prayer and before sleep

Khawatim Al-Baqarah

Surah Al-Baqarah · verses 285–286

“Whoever recites them at night, they will suffice him” — recommended before sleep

Allah does not burden a soul

Surah Al-Baqarah · verse 286

“Allah does not burden a soul beyond what it can bear” — the closing verse of Al-Baqarah