What is order of Quranic suras by length?

Introduction The Quran is composed of 114 suras (chapters) of varying lengths. The order of these suras is not entirely based on their length, as there are other factors, such as the chronology of revelation and the thematic organization, that also play a role in their arrangement. However, it is possible to categorize the suras by their relative lengths, which can provide valuable insights into the structure and composition of the Quran. Quranic Suras in revelatory order with lengths: al-Fatiha (The Opening): 7 verses Al-Baqarah (The Cow): 286 verses Āl 'Imrān (The Family of Imran): 200 verses An-Nisā' (The Women): 176 verses Al-Mā'idah (The Table): 120 verses Al-An'ām (The Cattle): 165 verses Al-A'rāf (The Heights): 206 verses Al-Anfāl (The Spoils of War): 75 verses At-Tawbah (The Repentance): 129 verses Yūnus (Jonah): 109 verses Hūd (Hud): 123 verses Yūsuf (Joseph): 111 verses Ar-Ra'd (The Thunder): 43 verses Ibrāhīm (Abraham): 52 verses Al-Ḥijr (The Rock): 99 verses An-Naḥl (The Bee): 128 verses Al-Isrā' (The Night Journey): 111 verses Al-Kahf (The Cave): 110 verses Maryam (Mary): 98 verses Ṭā-Hā (Ta-Ha): 135 verses Al-Anbiyā' (The Prophets): 112 verses Al-Ḥajj (The Pilgrimage): 78 verses Al-Mu'minūn (The Believers): 118 verses An-Nūr (The Light): 64 verses Al-Furqān (The Criterion): 77 verses Ash-Shu'arā' (The Poets): 227 verses An-Naml (The Ant): 93 verses Al-Qaṣaṣ (The Stories): 88 verses Ar-Rūm (The Romans): 60 verses Luqmān (Luqman): 34 verses As-Sajdah (The Prostration): 30 verses Al-Aḥzāb (The Confederates): 73 verses Sabaʾ (Sheba): 54 verses Fāṭir (The Originator): 45 verses Yā-Sīn (Ya-Sin): 83 verses Aṣ-Ṣāffāt (Those Ranged in Ranks): 182 verses Ṣād (Sad): 88 verses Az-Zumar (The Groups): 75 verses Ghāfir (The Forgiver): 85 verses Fuṣṣilat (Explained in Detail): 54 verses Ash-Shūrá (The Consultation): 53 verses Az-Zukhruf (The Ornaments of Gold): 89 verses Ad-Dukhān (The Smoke): 59 verses Al-Jāthiyah (The Kneeling): 37 verses Al-Aḥqāf (The Dunes): 35 verses Muḥammad (Muhammad): 38 verses Al-Fatḥ (The Victory): 29 verses Al-Ḥujurāt (The Chambers): 18 verses Qāf (Qaf): 45 verses Adh-Dhāriyāt (The Scattering Winds): 60 verses Aṭ-Ṭūr (The Mount): 49 verses An-Najm (The Star): 62 verses Al-Qamar (The Moon): 55 verses Ar-Raḥmān (The Most Gracious): 78 verses Al-Wāqi'ah (The Inevitable): 96 verses Al-Ḥadīd (The Iron): 29 verses Al-Mujādilah (The Pleading Woman): 22 verses Al-Ḥashr (The Gathering): 24 verses Al-Mumtaḥanah (The Tested Woman): 13 verses Aṣ-Ṣaff (The Ranks): 14 verses Al-Jumuʿah (The Friday): 11 verses Al-Munāfiqūn (The Hypocrites): 11 verses At-Taghābun (The Mutual Disillusion): 18 verses At-Ṭalāq (The Divorce): 12 verses At-Taḥrīm (The Prohibition): 12 verses Al-Mulk (The Dominion): 30 verses Al-Qalam (The Pen): 52 verses Al-Ḥāqqah (The Inevitable Reality): 52 verses Al-Ma'ārij (The Ascending Stairways): 44 verses Nūḥ (Noah): 28 verses Al-Jinn (The Jinn): 28 verses Al-Muzzammil (The Enshrouded One): 20 verses Al-Muddaththir (The Cloaked One): 56 verses Al-Qiyāmah (The Resurrection): 40 verses Al-Insān (Man): 31 verses Al-Mursalāt (Those Sent Forth): 50 verses An-Naba' (The Tidings): 40 verses An-Nāzi'āt (Those Who Drag Forth): 46 verses 'Abasa (He Frowned): 42 verses At-Takwīr (The Overthrowing): 29 verses Al-Infiṭār (The Cleaving): 19 verses Al-Muṭaffifīn (The Defrauding): 36 verses Al-Inshiqāq (The Sundering): 25 verses Al-Burūj (The Mansions of the Stars): 22 verses Aṭ-Ṭāriq (The Nightcommer): 17 verses Al-A'lā (The Most High): 19 verses Al-Ghāshiyah (The Overwhelming): 26 verses Al-Fajr (The Dawn): 30 verses Al-Balad (The City): 20 verses Ash-Shams (The Sun): 15 verses Al-Layl (The Night): 21 verses Ad-Duḥā (The Morning Hours): 11 verses Ash-Sharḥ (The Relief): 8 verses At-Tīn (The Fig): 8 verses Al-'Alaq (The Clot): 19 verses Al-Qadr (The Power): 5 verses Al-Bayyinah (The Clear Proof): 8 verses Az-Zalzalah (The Earthquake): 8 verses Al-'Ādiyāt (The Courser): 11 verses Al-Qāri'ah (The Calamity): 11 verses At-Takāthur (The Rivalry in Worldly Increase): 8 verses Al-'Asr (The Declining Day): 3 verses Al-Humazah (The Slanderer): 9 verses Al-Fīl (The Elephant): 5 verses Quraysh (Quraysh): 4 verses Al-Mā'ūn (The Small Kindnesses): 7 verses Al-Kawthar (The Abundance): 3 verses Al-Kāfirūn (The Disbelievers): 6 verses An-Naṣr (The Divine Support): 3 verses Al-Masad (The Palm Fiber): 5 verses Al-Ikhlāṣ (The Sincerity): 4 verses Al-Falaq (The Daybreak): 5 verses An-Nās (Mankind): 6 verses An-Nās (Mankind): 6 verses Quranic Suras Ordered by Lengths: This table presents the Quranic Suras sorted in ascending order by the number of verses: 103 Al-'Aṣr (The Afternoon) 3 108 Al-Kawthar (The Abundance) 3 110 An-Naṣr (The Help) 3 112 Al-Ikhlāṣ (The Sincerity) 4 106 Quraysh (Quraysh) 4 105 Al-Fīl (The Elephant) 5 113 Al-Falaq (The Daybreak) 5 97 Al-Qadr (The Night of Decree) 5 111 Al-Masad (The Palm Fiber) 5 109 Al-Kāfirūn (The Disbelievers) 6 107 Al-Mā'ūn (The Small Kindnesses) 7 1 Fatiha (The Opening) 7 98 Al-Bayyinah (The Clear Evidence) 8 99 Az-Zalzalah (The Earthquake) 8 95 At-Tīn (The Fig) 8 94 Ash-Sharḥ (The Expansion) 8 102 At-Takāthur (The Competition in [Worldly] Increase) 8 104 Al-Humazah (The Traducer) 9 93 Ad-Ḍuḥā (The Morning Hours) 11 100 Al-'Ādiyāt (The Charging Horses) 11 101 Al-Qāri'ah (The Striking Hour) 11 62 Al-Jumuʿah (The Friday) 11 63 Al-Munāfiqūn (The Hypocrites) 11 65 At-Talāq (The Divorce) 12 60 Al-Mumtaḥanah (The Tested Woman) 13 61 Aṣ-Ṣaff (The Ranks) 14 91 Ash-Shams (The Sun) 15 64 At-Taghābun (The Mutual Disillusion) 18 49 Al-Ḥujurāt (The Chambers) 18 82 Al-Infiṭār (The Cleaving) 19 87 Al-A'lá (The Most High) 19 96 Al-'Alaq (The Clot) 19 90 Al-Balad (The City) 20 73 Al-Muzzammil (The Enshrouded One) 20 48 Al-Fatḥ (The Victory) 29 57 Al-Ḥadīd (The Iron) 29 81 At-Takwīr (The Folding Up) 29 89 Al-Fajr (The Dawn) 30 67 Al-Mulk (The Dominion) 30 32 As-Sajdah (The Prostration) 30 76 Al-Insān (The Human Being) 31 31 Luqmān (Luqman) 34 46 Al-Aḥqāf (The Dunes) 35 83 Al-Muṭaffifīn (The Defrauders) 36 45 Al-Jāthiyah (The Kneeling) 37 47 Muḥammad (Muhammad) 38 80 'Abasa (He Frowned) 42 78 An-Nabaʾ (The Great News) 40 75 Al-Qiyāmah (The Resurrection) 40 79 An-Nāzi'āt (Those Who Pull Out) 46 70 Al-Ma'ārij (The Ascending Stairways) 44 50 Qāf (Qaf) 45 35 Fāṭir (The Originator) 45 52 Aṭ-Ṭūr (The Mount) 49 77 Al-Mursalāt (The Sent Ones) 50 68 Al-Qalam (The Pen) 52 69 Al-Ḥāqqah (The Inevitable Reality) 52 53 An-Najm (The Star) 62 51 Adh-Dhāriyāt (The Scattering Winds) 60 30 Ar-Rūm (The Romans) 60 44 Ad-Dukhān (The Smoke) 59 74 Al-Muddaththir (The Cloaked One) 56 54 Al-Qamar (The Moon) 55 41 Fuṣṣilat (Explained in Detail) 54 34 Sabaʾ (Sheba) 54 42 Ash-Shūrá (The Consultation) 53 28 Al-Qasas (The Stories) 88 38 Ṣād (Sad) 88 39 Az-Zumar (The Groups) 75 25 Al-Furqān (The Criterion) 77 55 Ar-Raḥmān (The Most Gracious) 78 22 Al-Ḥajj (The Pilgrimage) 78 27 An-Naml (The Ant) 93 56 Al-Wāqi'ah (The Inevitable) 96 3 Āl 'Imrān (The Family of Imran) 200 26 Ash-Shu'arā' (The Poets) 227 7 Al-A'rāf (The Heights) 206 8 Al-Anfāl (The Spoils of War) 75 9 At-Tawbah (The Repentance) 129 10 Yūnus (Jonah) 109 11 Hūd (Hud) 123 12 Yūsuf (Joseph) 111 16 An-Naḥl (The Bee) 128 17 Al-Isrā' (The Night Journey) 111 18 Al-Kahf (The Cave) 110 19 Maryam (Mary) 98 20 Ṭā-Hā (Ta-Ha) 135 21 Al-Anbiyā' (The Prophets) 112 23 Al-Mu'minūn (The Believers) 118 24 An-Nūr (The Light) 64 29 Al-'Ankabūt (The Spider) 69 30 Ar-Rūm (The Romans) 60 31 Luqmān (Luqman) 34 32 As-Sajdah (The Prostration) 30 33 Al-Aḥzāb (The Confederates) 73 34 Sabaʾ (Sheba) 54 35 Fāṭir (The Originator) 45 36 Yā-Sīn (Ya-Sin) 83 37 Aṣ-Ṣāffāt (Those Ranged in Ranks) 182 40 Ghāfir (The Forgiver) 85 41 Fuṣṣilat (Explained in Detail) 54 42 Ash-Shūrá (The Consultation) 53 43 Az-Zukhruf (The Ornaments of Gold) 89 2 Al-Baqarah (The Cow) 286 Conclusion The order of the Quranic suras by length provides valuable insights into the structure and composition of the Quran. While the length of the suras is not the sole factor in their arrangement, it is an important aspect that helps us understand the Quran's literary and thematic organization. By examining the relative lengths of the suras, we can gain a deeper appreciation for the Quran's masterful construction and the wisdom behind its arrangement.