STARTQURANالقرآن الكريم
The Atlas · previous design

Explore the Quran by topic

Not a list someone wrote down and then went looking for. Every verse in the book was placed by meaning, and these are the groups that fell out. Each one was named afterwards, by reading the verses it contains.

120
regions of meaning
6,236
verses, every one placed
0
chosen in advance

Read closely

Eight subjects given a full treatment: passages chosen and introduced by hand, with the whole shape of the subject measured beneath them.

Moneyالمال

92 verses · densest in Al-Hadid

Sleepالنوم

84 verses · densest in Fussilat

Patienceالصبر

168 verses · densest in Al-Ankaboot

Parentsالوالدان

84 verses · densest in Al-Israa

Griefالحزن

144 verses · densest in Al-An'aam

Justiceالعدل

204 verses · densest in Yunus

Knowledgeالعلم

328 verses · densest in Al-Jaathiya

Natureالآيات

111 verses · densest in Ar-Ra'd

The whole book, grouped by meaning

Laid out so that neighbours here are neighbours in meaning: reading across, the list drifts from one region into the next rather than jumping.

held together by subjectone story, told across the bookheld together by form, not subjectseveral things at once
  1. Woe to the deniers13 verses
  2. Rhetorical questions9 verses
  3. Short emphatic assertions45 verses
  4. Wealth and self-sufficiency62 verses
  5. Appeals to ancestral tradition30 verses
  6. Rejection of divine guidance37 verses
  7. Brief rhetorical questions36 verses
  8. Narrative actions and movements30 verses
  9. Arrogance and denial8 verses
  10. Torments of hell39 verses
  11. Death and judgment day64 verses
  12. Condemnation of wrongdoers20 verses
  13. Punishment of sinners24 verses
  14. Human body parts8 verses
  15. Brief rhetorical questions5 verses
  16. Miracles and physical signs12 verses
  17. Afterlife and Judgment events4 verses
  18. Punishments at sunrise4 verses
  19. Destruction of mountains21 verses
  20. Natural and cosmic imagery72 verses
  21. Declarations of certainty17 verses
  22. Wealth, family, and ease20 verses
  23. Exaltation and high status6 verses
  24. Brief descriptive fragments5 verses
  25. Descriptions of Paradise41 verses
  26. Fruits and vegetation24 verses
  27. Landscapes and physical structures11 verses
  28. Seating in Paradise8 verses
  29. Gardens and springs8 verses
  30. Companions of the right8 verses
  31. Oaths and judgment day66 verses
  32. Severity of divine punishment119 verses
  33. Accusations of disbelievers96 verses
  34. References to the Lord69 verses
  35. Quran as a reminder27 verses
  36. Skepticism about the promise69 verses
  37. Destruction of past nations36 verses
  38. Physical trials and punishments20 verses
  39. Dialogue in Quranic narratives73 verses
  40. Descendants and later generations18 verses
  41. Scriptures and sacred writing25 verses
  42. Gardens and Paradise29 verses
  43. Drinks in the afterlife27 verses
  44. Food and eating14 verses
  45. Creation of human beings35 verses
  46. Death and resurrection64 verses
  47. Deafness to the truth11 verses
  48. Labels of the wicked13 verses
  49. Protection from evil12 verses
  50. Oaths by creation42 verses
  51. Moses and Pharaoh29 verses
  52. Story of Prophet Joseph15 verses
  53. Peace upon the prophets7 verses
  54. Refrain of Surah Ar-Rahman32 verses
  55. Hypothetical scenarios and conditions91 verses
  56. Hypothetical divine power58 verses
  57. Destruction of past generations127 verses
  58. Denial by disbelievers116 verses
  59. Sealed hearts and senses56 verses
  60. Comparisons of contrasting paths40 verses
  61. Regrets on Judgment Day158 verses
  62. Timing of the Hour71 verses
  63. Day of Resurrection130 verses
  64. Divine guidance and success109 verses
  65. Reward for righteous deeds117 verses
  66. Gardens of Paradise116 verses
  67. Divine mercy and forgiveness76 verses
  68. Repentance and divine forgiveness52 verses
  69. Prayers to God61 verses
  70. Allah as sole protector107 verses
  71. God's absolute knowledge108 verses
  72. Dominion of the heavens121 verses
  73. Refrains glorifying God54 verses
  74. Worship of Allah alone99 verses
  75. Deities besides Allah155 verses
  76. Duty of the messengers170 verses
  77. Revelation of the Quran137 verses
  78. People of the Scripture104 verses
  79. Punishment for disbelief129 verses
  80. Torment of hellfire143 verses
  81. Deceptions of Satan54 verses
  82. Adam and Iblees52 verses
  83. Dialogues with prophets112 verses
  84. Deliverance of prophets73 verses
  85. Stories of Moses110 verses
  86. Moses and Pharaoh78 verses
  87. Prophets Abraham and Lot71 verses
  88. Jesus and Mary58 verses
  89. Children of elderly prophets14 verses
  90. Story of Joseph42 verses
  91. Prophet Solomon26 verses
  92. Birds and mountains10 verses
  93. Creation of the universe104 verses
  94. Rain and vegetation46 verses
  95. Earthly provisions and livestock41 verses
  96. Creation of humanity64 verses
  97. Rejection of divine signs61 verses
  98. Responding to hostile speech29 verses
  99. Prayer and night worship45 verses
  100. Ships and the sea18 verses
  101. People of 'Aad and Thamud37 verses
  102. Prayer during danger6 verses
  103. Prayer and zakah46 verses
  104. Charity and spending54 verses
  105. Divine commands and prohibitions114 verses
  106. Divine forgiveness54 verses
  107. Striving in God's cause110 verses
  108. Characteristics of hypocrites102 verses
  109. Rules of combat46 verses
  110. Sacred House of Makkah25 verses
  111. Pilgrimage regulations11 verses
  112. Lawful and unlawful food38 verses
  113. Modesty and physical purification23 verses
  114. Marriage and divorce rules56 verses
  115. Wives of the Prophet17 verses
  116. No payment for guidance16 verses
  117. Disjointed letters20 verses
  118. What will make you know3 verses
  119. Former and later generations3 verses
  120. She-camel of Thamud3 verses