Explore relationships

Meccan sura

A Meccan surah (Arabic: سورة مكية, romanized: Surah Makkiyah) is, according to the timing and contextual background of their revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl) within Islamic tradition, a chronologically earlier chapter (suwar, singular sūrah) of the Qur'an.Thus, the Koran places surahs from longest to shortest, not from earliest to latest.

Use + to expand a branch. Click a topic name to open its summary.