Which Para Is Each Surah In? All 30 Paras (Juz) of the Quran

The Quran is divided into 30 equal parts so that it can be read in a month, one part a day. In Arabic each part is a juz (plural ajzāʾ). In Urdu, Hindi and Bengali it is usually called a para or sipārah, from the Persian for "one of thirty". Juz and para mean the same thing.

The paras were added to make reading easier, and they don't follow the surahs: a long surah can run across several paras, and a single para can hold dozens of short surahs. So "what para is this surah in?" is one of the most common questions people ask about finding their way around the mushaf.

Quick answers

• Surah Al-Fatihah: para 1
• Surah Al-Baqarah: paras 1 to 3 (Ayatul Kursi, 2:255, is in para 3)
• Surah Al-Kahf: paras 15 and 16
• Surah Maryam: para 16
• Surah Ya-Sin: paras 22 and 23
• Surah Muhammad: para 26
• Surah Ar-Rahman and Surah Al-Waqi'ah: para 27
• Surah Al-Mulk: para 29, which it begins
• Surahs An-Naba to An-Nas (78 to 114): para 30

The 30 paras

Each para is traditionally known by its opening words, which is how many people in South Asia still refer to them: "Sayaqūl" for the second para, "ʿAmma" for the last. The Begins at column links to the first verse of each para in the Madinah mushaf, and each para number opens that para on its own page, to read from start to finish.

Para	Name	Begins at	Surahs
1	Alif Lām Mīm	1:1	Al-Fatihah, Al-Baqarah 1–141
2	Sayaqūl	2:142	Al-Baqarah 142–252
3	Tilka r-Rusul	2:253	Al-Baqarah 253–286, Ali 'Imran 1–92
4	Lan Tanālū	3:93	Ali 'Imran 93–200, An-Nisa 1–23
5	Wal-Muḥṣanāt	4:24	An-Nisa 24–147
6	Lā Yuḥibbullāh	4:148	An-Nisa 148–176, Al-Ma'idah 1–81
7	Wa Idhā Samiʿū	5:82	Al-Ma'idah 82–120, Al-An'am 1–110
8	Wa Law Annanā	6:111	Al-An'am 111–165, Al-A'raf 1–87
9	Qāla l-Malaʾ	7:88	Al-A'raf 88–206, Al-Anfal 1–40
10	Waʿlamū	8:41	Al-Anfal 41–75, At-Tawbah 1–92
11	Yaʿtadhirūn	9:93	At-Tawbah 93–129, Yunus, Hud 1–5
12	Wa Mā Min Dābbah	11:6	Hud 6–123, Yusuf 1–52
13	Wa Mā Ubarriʾu	12:53	Yusuf 53–111, Ar-Ra'd, Ibrahim
14	Rubamā	15:1	Al-Hijr, An-Nahl
15	Subḥānalladhī	17:1	Al-Isra, Al-Kahf 1–74
16	Qāla Alam	18:75	Al-Kahf 75–110, Maryam, Taha
17	Iqtaraba	21:1	Al-Anbya, Al-Hajj
18	Qad Aflaḥa	23:1	Al-Mu'minun, An-Nur, Al-Furqan 1–20
19	Wa Qāla lladhīna	25:21	Al-Furqan 21–77, Ash-Shu'ara, An-Naml 1–55
20	Amman Khalaqa	27:56	An-Naml 56–93, Al-Qasas, Al-'Ankabut 1–45
21	Utlu Mā Ūḥiya	29:46	Al-'Ankabut 46–69, Ar-Rum, Luqman, As-Sajdah, Al-Ahzab 1–30
22	Wa Man Yaqnut	33:31	Al-Ahzab 31–73, Saba, Fatir, Ya-Sin 1–27
23	Wa Māliya	36:28	Ya-Sin 28–83, As-Saffat, Sad, Az-Zumar 1–31
24	Fa-man Aẓlamu	39:32	Az-Zumar 32–75, Ghafir, Fussilat 1–46
25	Ilayhi Yuraddu	41:47	Fussilat 47–54, Ash-Shuraa, Az-Zukhruf, Ad-Dukhan, Al-Jathiyah
26	Ḥā Mīm	46:1	Al-Ahqaf, Muhammad, Al-Fath, Al-Hujurat, Qaf, Adh-Dhariyat 1–30
27	Qāla Fa-mā Khaṭbukum	51:31	Adh-Dhariyat 31–60, At-Tur, An-Najm, Al-Qamar, Ar-Rahman, Al-Waqi'ah, Al-Hadid
28	Qad Samiʿallāh	58:1	Al-Mujadila, Al-Hashr, Al-Mumtahanah, As-Saf, Al-Jumu'ah, Al-Munafiqun, At-Taghabun, At-Talaq, At-Tahrim
29	Tabārakalladhī	67:1	Al-Mulk, Al-Qalam, Al-Haqqah, Al-Ma'arij, Nuh, Al-Jinn, Al-Muzzammil, Al-Muddaththir, Al-Qiyamah, Al-Insan, Al-Mursalat
30	ʿAmma	78:1	An-Naba, An-Nazi'at, 'Abasa, At-Takwir, Al-Infitar, Al-Mutaffifin, Al-Inshiqaq, Al-Buruj, At-Tariq, Al-A'la, Al-Ghashiyah, Al-Fajr, Al-Balad, Ash-Shams, Al-Layl, Ad-Duhaa, Ash-Sharh, At-Tin, Al-'Alaq, Al-Qadr, Al-Bayyinah, Az-Zalzalah, Al-'Adiyat, Al-Qari'ah, At-Takathur, Al-'Asr, Al-Humazah, Al-Fil, Quraysh, Al-Ma'un, Al-Kawthar, Al-Kafirun, An-Nasr, Al-Masad, Al-Ikhlas, Al-Falaq, An-Nas

Para 30 is often called Juz ʿAmma, and para 29 Juz Tabārak. They are where most children start memorising, because their surahs are short.

A note for readers of IndoPak mushafs. South Asian mushafs place a few paras' boundaries slightly differently, a verse or a few verses away from the Madinah mushaf. That is why some of the traditional names above, such as Lan Tanālū (para 4) and Wa Māliya (para 23), are not the very first words at the linked verse. It never changes which para a surah begins in.

Which para is each surah in?

Surahs that run across more than one para show the range, so Al-Baqarah, which starts in para 1 and ends in para 3, is listed as 1–3. Each surah name links to the full surah to read and listen to.

No.	Surah	Meaning	Para
1	Al-Fatihah	The Opener	1
2	Al-Baqarah	The Cow	1–3
3	Ali 'Imran	Family of Imran	3–4
4	An-Nisa	The Women	4–6
5	Al-Ma'idah	The Table Spread	6–7
6	Al-An'am	The Cattle	7–8
7	Al-A'raf	The Heights	8–9
8	Al-Anfal	The Spoils of War	9–10
9	At-Tawbah	The Repentance	10–11
10	Yunus	Jonah	11
11	Hud	Hud	11–12
12	Yusuf	Joseph	12–13
13	Ar-Ra'd	The Thunder	13
14	Ibrahim	Abraham	13
15	Al-Hijr	The Rocky Tract	14
16	An-Nahl	The Bee	14
17	Al-Isra	The Night Journey	15
18	Al-Kahf	The Cave	15–16
19	Maryam	Mary	16
20	Taha	Ta-Ha	16
21	Al-Anbya	The Prophets	17
22	Al-Hajj	The Pilgrimage	17
23	Al-Mu'minun	The Believers	18
24	An-Nur	The Light	18
25	Al-Furqan	The Criterion	18–19
26	Ash-Shu'ara	The Poets	19
27	An-Naml	The Ant	19–20
28	Al-Qasas	The Stories	20
29	Al-'Ankabut	The Spider	20–21
30	Ar-Rum	The Romans	21
31	Luqman	Luqman	21
32	As-Sajdah	The Prostration	21
33	Al-Ahzab	The Combined Forces	21–22
34	Saba	Sheba	22
35	Fatir	Originator	22
36	Ya-Sin	Ya Sin	22–23
37	As-Saffat	Those who set the Ranks	23
38	Sad	The Letter "Saad"	23
39	Az-Zumar	The Troops	23–24
40	Ghafir	The Forgiver	24
41	Fussilat	Explained in Detail	24–25
42	Ash-Shuraa	The Consultation	25
43	Az-Zukhruf	The Ornaments of Gold	25
44	Ad-Dukhan	The Smoke	25
45	Al-Jathiyah	The Crouching	25
46	Al-Ahqaf	The Wind-Curved Sandhills	26
47	Muhammad	Muhammad	26
48	Al-Fath	The Victory	26
49	Al-Hujurat	The Rooms	26
50	Qaf	The Letter "Qaf"	26
51	Adh-Dhariyat	The Winnowing Winds	26–27
52	At-Tur	The Mount	27
53	An-Najm	The Star	27
54	Al-Qamar	The Moon	27
55	Ar-Rahman	The Beneficent	27
56	Al-Waqi'ah	The Inevitable	27
57	Al-Hadid	The Iron	27
58	Al-Mujadila	The Pleading Woman	28
59	Al-Hashr	The Exile	28
60	Al-Mumtahanah	She that is to be examined	28
61	As-Saf	The Ranks	28
62	Al-Jumu'ah	The Congregation, Friday	28
63	Al-Munafiqun	The Hypocrites	28
64	At-Taghabun	The Mutual Disillusion	28
65	At-Talaq	The Divorce	28
66	At-Tahrim	The Prohibition	28
67	Al-Mulk	The Sovereignty	29
68	Al-Qalam	The Pen	29
69	Al-Haqqah	The Reality	29
70	Al-Ma'arij	The Ascending Stairways	29
71	Nuh	Noah	29
72	Al-Jinn	The Jinn	29
73	Al-Muzzammil	The Enshrouded One	29
74	Al-Muddaththir	The Cloaked One	29
75	Al-Qiyamah	The Resurrection	29
76	Al-Insan	The Man	29
77	Al-Mursalat	The Emissaries	29
78	An-Naba	The Tidings	30
79	An-Nazi'at	Those who drag forth	30
80	'Abasa	He Frowned	30
81	At-Takwir	The Overthrowing	30
82	Al-Infitar	The Cleaving	30
83	Al-Mutaffifin	The Defrauding	30
84	Al-Inshiqaq	The Sundering	30
85	Al-Buruj	The Mansions of the Stars	30
86	At-Tariq	The Nightcommer	30
87	Al-A'la	The Most High	30
88	Al-Ghashiyah	The Overwhelming	30
89	Al-Fajr	The Dawn	30
90	Al-Balad	The City	30
91	Ash-Shams	The Sun	30
92	Al-Layl	The Night	30
93	Ad-Duhaa	The Morning Hours	30
94	Ash-Sharh	The Relief	30
95	At-Tin	The Fig	30
96	Al-'Alaq	The Clot	30
97	Al-Qadr	The Power	30
98	Al-Bayyinah	The Clear Proof	30
99	Az-Zalzalah	The Earthquake	30
100	Al-'Adiyat	The Courser	30
101	Al-Qari'ah	The Calamity	30
102	At-Takathur	The Rivalry in world increase	30
103	Al-'Asr	The Declining Day	30
104	Al-Humazah	The Traducer	30
105	Al-Fil	The Elephant	30
106	Quraysh	Quraysh	30
107	Al-Ma'un	The Small kindnesses	30
108	Al-Kawthar	The Abundance	30
109	Al-Kafirun	The Disbelievers	30
110	An-Nasr	The Divine Support	30
111	Al-Masad	The Palm Fiber	30
112	Al-Ikhlas	The Sincerity	30
113	Al-Falaq	The Daybreak	30
114	An-Nas	Mankind	30

Reading one para a day

Because there are 30 paras, reading one a day finishes the Quran in a month. Many Muslims do this in Ramadan, often alongside the nightly tarāwīḥ prayers, where many mosques recite about one para a night. A para is roughly 20 pages of a standard mushaf, which takes most people between half an hour and an hour to read.

If a whole para a day is too much, half a para (about 10 pages) finishes the Quran in two months, and even a page or two a day adds up over a year. To begin, start reading from Surah Al-Fatihah, or jump to the start of any para from the table above.