What is the order of the surahs of the Holy Quran according to their revelation, from Al-Alaq to An-Nasr?
The order of revelation for the mentioned Surahs, as found in books of Tafsir and Qur'anic sciences, is as follows: Al-Alaq (the first to be revealed), Al-Qadr (the twenty-fifth), Al-Bayyinah (the one hundred and first), Al-Zalzalah (the ninety-fourth), Al-Adiyat (the fourteenth), Al-Qari'ah (the thirtieth), At-Takathur (the sixteenth), Al-Asr (the thirteenth), Al-Humazah (the thirty-second), Al-Fil (the nineteenth), Quraysh (the twenty-ninth), Al-Ma'un (the seventeenth), Al-Kawthar (the fifteenth), Al-Kafirun (the eighteenth), An-Nasr (the one hundred and third, and some say it was the last Surah revealed). The first Surah in the question is Al-Alaq, and the last is An-Nasr. The order of revelation differs from the order of recitation (as arranged in the Mushaf). The Qur'an was revealed to the lowest heaven as a whole, then revealed gradually. The order in the Mushaf is what was in Al-Lawh Al-Mahfuz (the Preserved Tablet). Verses must be recited in their proper order, and Surahs, according to the preferred view, should also be recited in their order as arranged in the Mushaf.
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