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Quran Questions and Answers: All 114 Surahs

Welcome to the most comprehensive Quran Questions and Answers (Q&A) resource online. Whether you are a new Muslim beginning your spiritual journey, a serious student of the Qurโ€™an, or a curious reader seeking clarity, this page is your trusted destination for authentic, easy-to-understand insights on all 114 Surahs of the Holy Quran.

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Quran FAQs โ€” Deep-Dive Guide for Adults, Students & Kids

Quran FAQs: a Surah-by-Surah, question-and-answer resource designed for adults, students, and children. This is not just a list of simple definitions. This Quran FAQ features a Deep Dive structure for every single chapter of the Holy Book. From the opening prayer of Al-Fatiha to the final refuge of An-Nas, this guide answers the most critical, surprising, and profound questions using a consistent, four-part framework.

Here is the breakdown of the knowledge uncovered for each of the 114 Surahs:

Section 1: Foundational Knowledge ๐Ÿ“–

Before diving into the verses, this section establishes the core identity of the Surah. It answers the essential “Who, Where, and Why”:

  • Name & Meaning: What does the Surah’s name mean, and why was it chosen?
  • Revelation History: Where and when was the Surah revealed (Makki vs. Madani)?
  • Central Theme: What is the main message?
  • The โ€œSecretโ€ Central Theme: What is the one unifying idea that most people miss?
  • The Most Misunderstood Verse: Is there a verse or idea that is commonly taken out of context?
  • Unique โ€œPersonalityโ€: What makes the style, language, or structure of this Surah unique compared to others?
  • A Practical Life Lesson for Today: What is the one actionable piece of advice from this Surah for the 21st century?
  • The Unexpected Connection: How does this Surah connect to another, seemingly unrelated Surah?

Section 2: Context and Content ๐Ÿ“œ

To truly understand the message, one must know the environment in which it was delivered. This section explores the history and the core narratives:

  • Historical Context (Asbab al-Nuzul): What specific events triggered the revelation of these verses?
  • Key Topics & Stories: A concise summary of the narratives and subjects discussed.
  • Core Lessons & Morals: The primary spiritual takeaways for the believer.
  • Significant Verses: Highlighting the most famous or pivotal Ayahs in the chapter.

Section 3: Surprising or Debated Interpretations ๐Ÿค”

The Quran is a text of infinite depth. This resource explores the nuanced topics and scholarly perspectives that often go unnoticed:

  • Surprising Interpretations: What are some less-known meanings or paradoxes found in the text?
  • Scholarly Debates: Are there specific verses where scholars have differing views (e.g., on law, theology, or history)?
  • Paradoxical Wisdom: Uncovering deep wisdom that might seem contradictory on the surface but reveals a greater truth.
  • Mystical & Philosophical Views: How have Sufi or philosophical traditions interpreted the deeper meanings of the Surah?

Section 4: Structural and Linguistic Beauty ๐ŸŽจ

For those interested in the Miraculous Nature (I’jaz) of the Quran, this section highlights the literary elegance that challenges the greatest poets of history:

  • Notable Literary Features: Does the Surah use specific rhetorical devices like irony, metaphor, or oaths?
  • Coherence & Structure: What is the overall composition? Does it follow a Ring Structure?
  • Recurring Motifs: Does the Surah use specific keywords or imagery repeatedly?
  • Inter-Surah Connection: How does it connect perfectly with the Surah before it and the Surah after it?
  • Sound & Rhythm: What role does the rhyme scheme and phonetic texture play in the Surahโ€™s impact?
  • Unique Vocabulary: Are there rare Arabic words used here that appear nowhere else in the Quran?

This resource has been meticulously prepared to serve as a trusted companion on your journey. Begin your exploration below to find the answers you seek and deepen your relationship with the Holy Quran.

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#Surah NameVerses (Ayat)
1Al-Fatiha (The Opening) – ุงู„ู’ููŽุงุชูุญูŽุฉ7
2Al-Baqarah (The Cow) – ุงู„ู’ุจูŽู‚ูŽุฑูŽุฉ286
3Ali ‘Imran (Family of Imran) – ุขู„ู ุนูู…ู’ุฑูŽุงู†200
4An-Nisa (The Women) – ุงู„ู†ูู‘ุณูŽุงุก176
5Al-Ma’idah (The Table Spread) – ุงู„ู’ู…ูŽุงุฆูุฏูŽุฉ120
6Al-An’am (The Cattle) – ุงู„ู’ุฃูŽู†ู’ุนูŽุงู…165
7Al-A’raf (The Heights) – ุงู„ู’ุฃูŽุนู’ุฑูŽุงู206
8Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War) – ุงู„ู’ุฃูŽู†ู’ููŽุงู„75
9At-Tawbah (The Repentance) – ุงู„ุชูŽู‘ูˆู’ุจูŽุฉ129
10Yunus (Jonah) – ูŠููˆู†ูุณ109
11Hud (Hud) – ู‡ููˆุฏ123
12Yusuf (Joseph) – ูŠููˆุณูู111
13Ar-Ra’d (The Thunder) – ุงู„ุฑูŽู‘ุนู’ุฏ43
14Ibrahim (Abraham) – ุฅูุจู’ุฑูŽุงู‡ููŠู…52
15Al-Hijr (The Rocky Tract) – ุงู„ู’ุญูุฌู’ุฑ99
16An-Nahl (The Bee) – ุงู„ู†ูŽู‘ุญู’ู„128
17Al-Isra (The Night Journey) – ุงู„ู’ุฅูุณู’ุฑูŽุงุก111
18Al-Kahf (The Cave) – ุงู„ู’ูƒูŽู‡ู’ู110
19Maryam (Mary) – ู…ูŽุฑู’ูŠูŽู…98
20Taha (Ta-Ha) – ุทู‡135
21Al-Anbiya (The Prophets) – ุงู„ู’ุฃูŽู†ู’ุจููŠูŽุงุก112
22Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) – ุงู„ู’ุญูŽุฌู‘78
23Al-Mu’minun (The Believers) – ุงู„ู’ู…ูุคู’ู…ูู†ููˆู†118
24An-Nur (The Light) – ุงู„ู†ูู‘ูˆุฑ64
25Al-Furqan (The Criterion) – ุงู„ู’ููุฑู’ู‚ูŽุงู†77
26Ash-Shu’ara (The Poets) – ุงู„ุดูู‘ุนูŽุฑูŽุงุก227
27An-Naml (The Ant) – ุงู„ู†ูŽู‘ู…ู’ู„93
28Al-Qasas (The Stories) – ุงู„ู’ู‚ูŽุตูŽุต88
29Al-‘Ankabut (The Spider) – ุงู„ู’ุนูŽู†ู’ูƒูŽุจููˆุช69
30Ar-Rum (The Romans) – ุงู„ุฑูู‘ูˆู…60
31Luqman (Luqman) – ู„ูู‚ู’ู…ูŽุงู†34
32As-Sajdah (The Prostration) – ุงู„ุณูŽู‘ุฌู’ุฏูŽุฉ30
33Al-Ahzab (The Combined Forces) – ุงู„ู’ุฃูŽุญู’ุฒูŽุงุจ73
34Saba (Sheba) – ุณูŽุจูŽุฃ54
35Fatir (Originator) – ููŽุงุทูุฑ45
36Ya-Sin (Ya Sin) – ูŠุณ83
37As-Saffat (Those who set the Ranks) – ุงู„ุตูŽู‘ุงููŽู‘ุงุช182
38Sad (The Letter Sad) – ุต88
39Az-Zumar (The Troops) – ุงู„ุฒูู‘ู…ูŽุฑ75
40Ghafir (The Forgiver) – ุบูŽุงููุฑ85
41Fussilat (Explained in Detail) – ููุตูู‘ู„ูŽุช54
42Ash-Shura (The Consultation) – ุงู„ุดูู‘ูˆุฑูŽู‰53
43Az-Zukhruf (The Ornaments of Gold) – ุงู„ุฒูู‘ุฎู’ุฑูู89
44Ad-Dukhan (The Smoke) – ุงู„ุฏูู‘ุฎูŽุงู†59
45Al-Jathiyah (The Crouching) – ุงู„ู’ุฌูŽุงุซููŠูŽุฉ37
46Al-Ahqaf (The Wind-Curved Sandhills) – ุงู„ู’ุฃูŽุญู’ู‚ูŽุงู35
47Muhammad (Muhammad) – ู…ูุญูŽู…ูŽู‘ุฏ38
48Al-Fath (The Victory) – ุงู„ู’ููŽุชู’ุญ29
49Al-Hujurat (The Rooms) – ุงู„ู’ุญูุฌูุฑูŽุงุช18
50Qaf (The Letter Qaf) – ู‚45
51Adh-Dhariyat (The Winnowing Winds) – ุงู„ุฐูŽู‘ุงุฑููŠูŽุงุช60
52At-Tur (The Mount) – ุงู„ุทูู‘ูˆุฑ49
53An-Najm (The Star) – ุงู„ู†ูŽู‘ุฌู’ู…62
54Al-Qamar (The Moon) – ุงู„ู’ู‚ูŽู…ูŽุฑ55
55Ar-Rahman (The Most Merciful) – ุงู„ุฑูŽู‘ุญู’ู…ูŽูฐู†78
56Al-Waqi’ah (The Inevitable) – ุงู„ู’ูˆูŽุงู‚ูุนูŽุฉ96
57Al-Hadid (The Iron) – ุงู„ู’ุญูŽุฏููŠุฏ29
58Al-Mujadila (The Pleading Woman) – ุงู„ู’ู…ูุฌูŽุงุฏูู„ูŽุฉ22
59Al-Hashr (The Exile) – ุงู„ู’ุญูŽุดู’ุฑ24
60Al-Mumtahanah (She that is to be examined) – ุงู„ู’ู…ูู…ู’ุชูŽุญูŽู†ูŽุฉ13
61As-Saff (The Ranks) – ุงู„ุตูŽู‘ูู‘14
62Al-Jumu’ah (The Congregation, Friday) – ุงู„ู’ุฌูู…ูุนูŽุฉ11
63Al-Munafiqun (The Hypocrites) – ุงู„ู’ู…ูู†ูŽุงููู‚ููˆู†11
64At-Taghabun (The Mutual Disillusion) – ุงู„ุชูŽู‘ุบูŽุงุจูู†18
65At-Talaq (The Divorce) – ุงู„ุทูŽู‘ู„ูŽุงู‚12
66At-Tahrim (The Prohibition) – ุงู„ุชูŽู‘ุญู’ุฑููŠู…12
67Al-Mulk (The Sovereignty) – ุงู„ู’ู…ูู„ู’ูƒ30
68Al-Qalam (The Pen) – ุงู„ู’ู‚ูŽู„ูŽู…52
69Al-Haqqah (The Reality) – ุงู„ู’ุญูŽุงู‚ูŽู‘ุฉ52
70Al-Ma’arij (The Ascending Stairways) – ุงู„ู’ู…ูŽุนูŽุงุฑูุฌ44
71Nuh (Noah) – ู†ููˆุญ28
72Al-Jinn (The Jinn) – ุงู„ู’ุฌูู†ู‘28
73Al-Muzzammil (The Enshrouded One) – ุงู„ู’ู…ูุฒูŽู‘ู…ูู‘ู„20
74Al-Muddaththir (The Cloaked One) – ุงู„ู’ู…ูุฏูŽู‘ุซูู‘ุฑ56
75Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) – ุงู„ู’ู‚ููŠูŽุงู…ูŽุฉ40
76Al-Insan (Man) – ุงู„ู’ุฅูู†ู’ุณูŽุงู†31
77Al-Mursalat (The Emissaries) – ุงู„ู’ู…ูุฑู’ุณูŽู„ูŽุงุช50
78An-Naba (The Tidings) – ุงู„ู†ูŽู‘ุจูŽุฃ40
79An-Nazi’at (Those who drag forth) – ุงู„ู†ูŽู‘ุงุฒูุนูŽุงุช46
80‘Abasa (He Frowned) – ุนูŽุจูŽุณูŽ42
81At-Takwir (The Overthrowing) – ุงู„ุชูŽู‘ูƒู’ูˆููŠุฑ29
82Al-Infitar (The Cleaving) – ุงู„ูุงู†ู’ููุทูŽุงุฑ19
83Al-Mutaffifin (The Defrauding) – ุงู„ู’ู…ูุทูŽููู‘ูููŠู†36
84Al-Inshiqaq (The Sundering) – ุงู„ูุงู†ู’ุดูู‚ูŽุงู‚25
85Al-Buruj (The Mansions of the Stars) – ุงู„ู’ุจูุฑููˆุฌ22
86At-Tariq (The Nightcommer) – ุงู„ุทูŽู‘ุงุฑูู‚17
87Al-A’la (The Most High) – ุงู„ู’ุฃูŽุนู’ู„ูŽู‰ูฐ19
88Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) – ุงู„ู’ุบูŽุงุดููŠูŽุฉ26
89Al-Fajr (The Dawn) – ุงู„ู’ููŽุฌู’ุฑ30
90Al-Balad (The City) – ุงู„ู’ุจูŽู„ูŽุฏ20
91Ash-Shams (The Sun) – ุงู„ุดูŽู‘ู…ู’ุณ15
92Al-Layl (The Night) – ุงู„ู„ูŽู‘ูŠู’ู„21
93Ad-Duha (The Morning Hours) – ุงู„ุถูู‘ุญูŽู‰ูฐ11
94Ash-Sharh (The Relief) – ุงู„ุดูŽู‘ุฑู’ุญ8
95At-Tin (The Fig) – ุงู„ุชูู‘ูŠู†8
96Al-‘Alaq (The Clot) – ุงู„ู’ุนูŽู„ูŽู‚19
97Al-Qadr (The Power) – ุงู„ู’ู‚ูŽุฏู’ุฑ5
98Al-Bayyinah (The Clear Proof) – ุงู„ู’ุจูŽูŠูู‘ู†ูŽุฉ8
99Az-Zalzalah (The Earthquake) โ€“ ุงู„ุฒู„ุฒู„ุฉ8
100Al-‘Adiyat (The Courser) – ุงู„ู’ุนูŽุงุฏููŠูŽุงุช11
101Al-Qari’ah (The Calamity) – ุงู„ู’ู‚ูŽุงุฑูุนูŽุฉ11
102At-Takathur (The Rivalry in world increase) – ุงู„ุชูŽู‘ูƒูŽุงุซูุฑ8
103Al-‘Asr (The Declining Day) – ุงู„ู’ุนูŽุตู’ุฑ3
104Al-Humazah (The Traducer) – ุงู„ู’ู‡ูู…ูŽุฒูŽุฉ9
105Al-Fil (The Elephant) – ุงู„ู’ูููŠู„5
106Quraysh (Quraysh) – ู‚ูุฑูŽูŠู’ุด4
107Al-Ma’un (The Small Kindnesses) – ุงู„ู’ู…ูŽุงุนููˆู†7
108Al-Kawthar (The Abundance) – ุงู„ู’ูƒูŽูˆู’ุซูŽุฑ3
109Al-Kafirun (The Disbelievers) – ุงู„ู’ูƒูŽุงููุฑููˆู†6
110An-Nasr (The Divine Support) – ุงู„ู†ูŽู‘ุตู’ุฑ3
111Al-Masad (The Palm Fiber) – ุงู„ู’ู…ูŽุณูŽุฏ5
112Al-Ikhlas (The Sincerity) – ุงู„ู’ุฅูุฎู’ู„ูŽุงุต4
113Al-Falaq (The Daybreak) – ุงู„ู’ููŽู„ูŽู‚5
114An-Nas (Mankind) – ุงู„ู†ูŽู‘ุงุณ6

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