Makki and Madani Surahs مكي ومدني

The Surahs of the Holy Quran are known as Makki or Madani, according to whether they were revealed before or after the Prophet's ﷺ Hijrah from Makkah to Madinah.

Meaning

The Surahs revealed to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ in Makkah, before the Hijrah to Madinah in 622, are called Makki (Meccan). Those revealed after the Hijrah — in and around Madinah, and even on journeys — are called Madani (Medinan). The names describe the time of revelation more than the place.

Makki Surahs

Makki Surahs are often short, with brief, powerful ayahs. They speak above all of faith in the One God, of the Day of Judgement, Paradise and Hell, and of the prophets who came before and their peoples. Most of the last Juz is Makki.

Madani Surahs

Madani Surahs are usually longer, with longer ayahs. Alongside faith, they guide the new Muslim community: worship, fasting and Hajj, marriage and family, trade, justice, and relations with others. Al-Baqarah, the longest Surah, is Madani.

How the scholars know

Whether a Surah is Makki or Madani is known from the reports of the Companions and the generation after them, and from its content. For a few Surahs the reports differ, so lists can vary slightly; a Surah may also contain individual ayahs revealed at another time.

List

In the list followed in Muslim Chat, 89 Surahs are Makki and 25 are Madani.

Makki (89)

1. Al-Fatihah
6. Al-An'am
7. Al-A'raf
10. Yunus
11. Hud
12. Yusuf
14. Ibrahim
15. Al-Hijr
16. An-Nahl
17. Al-Isra'
18. Al-Kahf
19. Maryam
20. Ta-Ha
21. Al-Anbiya'
22. Al-Hajj
23. Al-Mu'minun
25. Al-Furqan
26. Ash-Shu'ara'
27. An-Naml
28. Al-Qasas
29. Al-'Ankabut
30. Ar-Rum
31. Luqman
32. As-Sajdah
34. Saba'
35. Fatir
36. Ya-Sin
37. As-Saffat
38. Sad
39. Az-Zumar
40. Ghafir
41. Fussilat
42. Ash-Shura
43. Az-Zukhruf
44. Ad-Dukhan
45. Al-Jathiyah
46. Al-Ahqaf
50. Qaf
51. Adh-Dhariyat
52. At-Tur
53. An-Najm
54. Al-Qamar
55. Ar-Rahman
56. Al-Waqi'ah
67. Al-Mulk
68. Al-Qalam
69. Al-Haqqah
70. Al-Ma'arij
71. Nuh
72. Al-Jinn
73. Al-Muzzammil
74. Al-Muddaththir
75. Al-Qiyamah
76. Al-Insan
77. Al-Mursalat
78. An-Naba'
79. An-Nazi'at
80. 'Abasa
81. At-Takwir
82. Al-Infitar
83. Al-Mutaffifin
84. Al-Inshiqaq
85. Al-Buruj
86. At-Tariq
87. Al-A'la
88. Al-Ghashiyah
89. Al-Fajr
90. Al-Balad
91. Ash-Shams
92. Al-Lail
93. Ad-Duha
94. Ash-Sharh
95. At-Tin
96. Al-'Alaq
97. Al-Qadr
100. Al-'Adiyat
101. Al-Qari'ah
102. At-Takathur
103. Al-'Asr
104. Al-Humazah
105. Al-Fil
106. Quraish
107. Al-Ma'un
108. Al-Kauthar
109. Al-Kafirun
111. Al-Masad
112. Al-Ikhlas
113. Al-Falaq
114. An-Nas

Madani (25)

2. Al-Baqarah
3. Al-'Imran
4. An-Nisa'
5. Al-Ma'idah
8. Al-Anfal
9. At-Taubah
13. Ar-Ra'd
24. An-Nur
33. Al-Ahzab
47. Muhammad
48. Al-Fath
49. Al-Hujurat
57. Al-Hadid
58. Al-Mujadilah
59. Al-Hashr
60. Al-Mumtahanah
61. As-Saff
62. Al-Jumu'ah
63. Al-Munafiqun
64. At-Taghabun
65. At-Talaq
66. At-Tahrim
98. Al-Bayyinah
99. Az-Zalzalah
110. An-Nasr

See also

• Juz (Para)
• Bismillah
• Surah
• All 114 Surahs

This page was last updated on 3 October 2026.