Order and Arrangement

Both the order of the ayat within each sura and the arrangement of the suras were finally determined by the Prophet under guidance from the Angel Gabriel in the year of his death, when Gabriel twice came to revise the text with him. [See above. transmission of the Qur'anic revelation, p. 31.]

• al-tiwal (long ones): 2-10.
• al-mi'un: suras with approximately 100 ayat: 10-35.
• al-mathani: suras with less than 100 ayat: 36-49.
• al-mufassal: the last section of the Qur'an beginning with Sura qaf: 50-114.