Count of Characters in Each Surah (Shortest to Longest)
As-salamu alaykum - I put together a simple list showing each Surah ordered by character count, from the shortest to the longest. Thought some of you might find it handy for planning recitation sessions or memorization. I kept the Surah numbers and counts the same. Surah 108: 131 characters Surah 112: 141 characters Surah 103: 184 characters Surah 113: 193 characters Surah 114: 198 characters Surah 106: 199 characters Surah 110: 206 characters Surah 111: 214 characters Surah 105: 242 characters Surah 109: 243 characters Surah 94: 252 characters Surah 107: 269 characters Surah 1: 285 characters Surah 97: 286 characters Surah 102: 297 characters Surah 104: 330 characters Surah 101: 357 characters Surah 95: 361 characters Surah 99: 365 characters Surah 100: 389 characters Surah 93: 392 characters Surah 91: 543 characters Surah 86: 561 characters Surah 96: 646 characters Surah 87: 665 characters Surah 92: 706 characters Surah 82: 726 characters Surah 90: 752 characters Surah 88: 826 characters Surah 98: 896 characters Surah 81: 926 characters Surah 84: 969 characters Surah 85: 991 characters Surah 80: 1227 characters Surah 89: 1257 characters Surah 75: 1487 characters Surah 83: 1587 characters Surah 78: 1626 characters Surah 62: 1633 characters Surah 79: 1659 characters Surah 63: 1728 characters Surah 77: 1763 characters Surah 73: 1815 characters Surah 71: 2042 characters Surah 70: 2045 characters Surah 61: 2046 characters Surah 74: 2216 characters Surah 76: 2264 characters Surah 64: 2306 characters Surah 66: 2355 characters Surah 69: 2375 characters Surah 72: 2411 characters Surah 65: 2634 characters Surah 68: 2726 characters Surah 52: 2804 characters Surah 67: 2875 characters Surah 53: 3093 characters Surah 44: 3097 characters Surah 54: 3164 characters Surah 50: 3219 characters Surah 51: 3236 characters Surah 49: 3255 characters Surah 32: 3322 characters Surah 60: 3326 characters Surah 55: 3511 characters Surah 56: 3610 characters Surah 59: 4132 characters Surah 58: 4341 characters Surah 45: 4432 characters Surah 31: 4642 characters Surah 47: 5166 characters Surah 48: 5251 characters Surah 57: 5339 characters Surah 46: 5689 characters Surah 15: 6035 characters Surah 36: 6441 characters Surah 38: 6506 characters Surah 35: 6839 characters Surah 41: 7159 characters Surah 30: 7387 characters Surah 42: 7463 characters Surah 14: 7509 characters Surah 13: 7593 characters Surah 34: 7645 characters Surah 43: 7648 characters Surah 37: 8028 characters Surah 25: 8078 characters Surah 19: 8397 characters Surah 29: 9053 characters Surah 23: 9417 characters Surah 27: 10191 characters Surah 39: 10354 characters Surah 21: 10646 characters Surah 40: 10781 characters Surah 22: 11250 characters Surah 8: 11383 characters Surah 20: 11578 characters Surah 26: 11707 characters Surah 33: 12015 characters Surah 24: 12174 characters Surah 28: 12618 characters Surah 18: 13908 characters Surah 17: 14040 characters Surah 12: 15577 characters Surah 10: 16144 characters Surah 16: 16568 characters Surah 11: 16690 characters Surah 9: 23183 characters Surah 5: 25625 characters Surah 6: 27165 characters Surah 7: 30409 characters Surah 3: 31472 characters Surah 4: 34079 characters Surah 2: 55317 characters Hope this helps - feel free to save it or print it for your Quran study schedule. Salam.