Chronology of chapters in the Qu’ran


  1. The Nöldeke Chronology is a “canonical ordering” of the 114 suras of the Qur’an according to the sequence of revelation. Intended to aid theological, literary, and historical scholarship of Qur’anic exegesis by enhancing structural coherence. Nöldeke considered the suras from the perspective of content and stylistic development and linguistic origination to rearrange them in historical sequence of revelation. According to his system Sura 21: “The Prophets,” – 21st of 114 suras in the Qur’an – is renumbered ’65’. His chronology further divided the suras into two periods: The Meccan (in three phases), and the Medina.
  2. Group 1. First Meccan Period (48 Suras): Surahs 96; 74; 111; 106; 108; 104; 107; 102; 105; 92; 90; 94; 93; 97; 86; 91; 80; 68; 87; 95; 103; 85; 73; 101; 99; 82; 81; 53; 84; 100; 79; 77; 78; 88; 89; 75; 83; 69; 51; 52; 56; 70; 55; 112; 109; 113; 114; 1
  3. Group 2. Second Meccan Period (21 Suras): 54; 37; 71; 76; 44; 50; 20; 26; 15; 19; 38; 36; 43; 72; 67; 23; 21; 25; 17; 27; 18
  4. Group 3. Third Meccan Period (21 Suras): 32; 41; 45; 16; 30; 11; 14; 12; 40; 28; 39; 29; 31; 42; 10; 34; 35; 7; 46; 6; 13
  5. Group 4. Medinan Period (24 Suras): 2; 98; 64; 62; 8; 47; 3; 61; 57; 4; 65; 59; 33; 63; 24; 58; 22; 48; 66; 60; 110; 49; 9; 5
  6. https://tanzil.net/docs/revelation_order the difference between noldeke’s order to that of the traditional model Sura 110 (An-Nasr) is the last in the traditional order, but Noldeke has placed it between 59 and 24. Sura 62 (Al-Jumu’a) is after 64 and 61 in the traditional order, but Noldeke has placed it before 64 and 61.”
  7. Carl Ernst https://carlwernst.web.unc.edu/resources/the-quran/european/ https://carlwernst.web.unc.edu/resources/the-quran/the-quran-egyptian/

Tulayhah

https://www.academia.edu/42629171/A_Revised_Inner-Qurʾanic_Chronology_Based_on_Mean_Verse_Lengths_and_the_Medina_I_Counting_System


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