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Accursed be the conjecturers. ... They ask: When is the Day of Judgment? (It is) the day when they will be tormented at the Fire. 51:10

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The Quran's 114 chapters (or surahs) are not arranged topically or chronologically, but rather in descending order (more or less) by length, with the exception of the first, short, introductory surah. The chronological order of the surahs is important in Islam, however, since later surahs are given more weight than earlier ones, due to the doctrine of abrogation. The list below is the traditional chronological ordering of the surahs in the Quran, though very little is known about the correct chronological order. Here is a short video that discusses this.

The Quran in Chronological Order

 The Early Meccan Surahs

1 . The Clot (96)
2 . The Pen (68)
3 . The Enshrouded One (73)
4 . The Cloaked One (74)
5 . The Opening (1)
6 . Palm Fibre (111)
7 . The Overthrowing (81)
8 . The Most High (87)
9 . The Night (92)
10 . The Dawn (89)
11 . The Morning Hours (93)
12 . Solace (94)
13 . The Declining Day (103)
14 . The Coursers (100)
15 . Abundance (108)
16 . Rivalry In Worldly Increase (102)
17 . Small Kindnesses (106)
18 . The Disbelievers (109)
19 : The Elephant (107)
20 . The Daybreak (113)
21 . Mankind (114)
22 . The Unity (112)
23 . The Star (53)
24 . He Frowned (80)
25 . Power (97)
26 . The Sun (91)
27 . The Mansions Of The Stars (85)
28 . The Fig (95)
29 . Qureysh (105)
30 . The Calamity (101)

 Middle Meccan Surahs (618-620)

31 . The Rising Of The Dead (76)
32 . The Traducer (104)
33 . The Emissaries (77)
34 . Qaf (50)
35 . The City (90)
36 . The Morning Star (86)
37 . The Moon (54)
38 . Sad (38)
39 . The Heights (7)
40 . The Jinn (72)
41 . Ya Sin (36)
42 . The Criterion (25)
43 . The Angels (35)
44 . Mary (19)
45 . Ta Ha (20)
46 . The Event (56)
47 . The Poets (26)
48 . The Ant (27)
49 . The Story (28)
50 . The Children Of Israel (17)
51 . Jonah (10)
52 . Hud (11)
53 . Joseph (12)
54 . Al-hijr (15)
55 . Cattle (6)
56 . Those Who Set The Ranks (37)
57 . Luqman (31)
58 . Saba (34)
59 . The Troops (39)
60 . The Believer (40)

 Late Meccan Surahs (620-622)

61 . Fusilat (41)
62 . Counsel (42)
63 . Ornaments Of Gold (43)
64 . Smoke (44)
65 . Crouching (45)
66 . The Wind-curved Sandals (46)
67 . The Winnowing Winds (51)
68 . The Overwhelming (88)
69 . The Cave (18)
70 . The Bee (16)
71 . Noah (71)
72 . Abraham (14)
73 . The Prophets (21)
74 . The Believers (23)
75 . The Prostration (32)
76 . The Mount (52)
77 . The Sovereignity (67)
78 . The Reality (69)
79 . The Ascending Stairways (70)
80 . The Tidings (78)
81 . Those Who Drag Forth (79)
82 . The Cleaving (82)
83 . The Sundering (84)
84 . The Romans (30)
85 . The Spider (29)
86 . Defrauding (83)

 The 28 Medina Surahs

87 . The Cow (2)
88 . Spoils Of War (8)
89 . The Family Of 'imran (3)
90 . The Clans (33)
91 . She That Is To Be Examined (60)
92 . Women (4)
93 . The Earthquake (99)
94 . Iron (57)
95 . Muhammad (47)
96 . The Thunder (13)
97 . The Beneficent (55)
98 . Man (75)
99 . Divorce (65)
100 . The Clear Proof (98)
101 . Exile (59)
102 . Light (24)
103 . The Pilgrimage (22)
104 . The Hypocrites (63)
105 . She Who Disputeth (58)
106 . The Private Apartments (49)
107 . Banning (66)
108 . Mutual Disillusion (64)
109 . The Ranks (61)
110 . The Congregation (62)
111 . Victory (48)
112 . The Table Spread (5)
113 . Repentance (9)
114 : Succour (110)

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