Based on an authentic ḥadith recorded by Imam Aḥmad, the Prophet ‎ﷺ‎ said that the ‎Quran is made up of four sections: ‎
‎1.‎ Aṭ-Ṭiwal ‎الطِّوَال‎ (the long surahs), which—according to many scholars—‎include Al-Baqarah (2) to At-Tawbah (9)‎.‎
‎2.‎ Al-Mi’un ‎الْمِئُون‎ (the surahs of about 100 verses), which include Yunus (10) to ‎Al-Qaṣaṣ (28).‎
‎3.‎ Al-Mathani ‎الْمَثَانِي‎ (the surahs less than 100 verses), which include Al-’Ankabut ‎‎(29) to Al-Fatḥ (48).‎
‎4.‎ Al-Mufaṣṣal ‎‏ الْمُفَصَّل‎(the short surahs), which include Al-Ḥujurat (49) to An-‎Nas (114) as well as Al-Fatiḥah (1).
ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR/AUTHOR

Dr. Mustafa Khattab is a Canadian-Egyptian authority on interpreting the Quran. He was a member of the first team that translated the Ramadan night prayers (Tarawîḥ) live from the Sacred Mosque in Mecca and the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina (2002-2005). Dr. Khattab memorized the entire Quran at a young age, and later obtained a professional ijâzah in the Ḥafṣ style of recitation with a chain of narrators going all the way to Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ. He received his Ph.D., M.A., and B.A. in Islamic Studies in English with Honours from Al-Azhar University’s Faculty of Languages & Translation. He lectured on Islam at Clemson University (OLLI Program, 2009-2010), held the position of Lecturer at Al-Azhar University for over a decade starting in 2003, and served as the Muslim Chaplain at Brock University (2014-2016) and UTM (2019-2021). He is a member of the Canadian Council ‎of Imams and a Fulbright Interfaith Scholar. He has served as an Imam in the U.S.A. and Canada since 2007 and is the translator of The Clear Quran (2015), the author of The Clear Quran® for Kids (2020), The Clear Quran® Dictionary (2021), Shukran (an illustrated story for children, 2020), The Nation of Islam (2011), and Outfoxing Fox News (2017), and contributor to the Encyclopedia of Muslim American History (2010).