Ayah Unpacked – Quran Mind Maps

Every surah, drawn as one connected piece

A surah is not a list of topics. Verses hundreds apart answer, echo and contradict each other, and once you can see the lines between them the whole thing reads differently. These maps draw those lines.

Each map lays out every ayah of a surah in order, with colour-coded curves joining the ones that speak to each other. Hover a curve for the explanation and who noticed it; click it to travel between the two verses. All 114 surahs are listed further down, and each one becomes a link as its map is finished.

The Surah ’Abasa mind map. All 42 verses of the surah are drawn in order as horizontal bars whose length matches how long each ayah actually is, grouped into four labelled sections. Colour-coded curves join the verses that answer and echo each other, and pills down the right side link out to related ayahs in An-Nazi’at, Al-A’la, Al-Layl, Al-Muddaththir, Al-Bayyinah, An-Naba, At-Tariq, Al-Ma’arij, Al-Qiyamah, Al-Infitar and Al-Ghashiyah.
This is Surah ’Abasa. Every bar is one ayah and its width is that ayah’s real length; the curves join verses that answer or echo each other, and the pills on the right lead to related ayahs in other surahs. Open this map.
All 114 surahs of the Quran arranged as circles on a ring in mushaf order, with every connection drawn between them on these maps shown as a curve across the circle. The circles are sized by how many connections each surah carries, the ring behind them is gold for Meccan surahs and blue for Medinan ones, and the curves run gold for links between neighbouring surahs through to violet for links reaching right across the Quran.
And this is all of them at once. Every surah sits on the ring in the order it appears in the mushaf, and every link drawn on the individual maps is a curve across it. Hover any curve to read what joins the two verses. Open the connection map.
Surah 1الفاتحة

Al-Fatihah

7 verses · Meccan

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Surah 2البقرة

Al-Baqarah

286 verses · Medinan

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Surah 3آل عمران

Ali ’Imran

200 verses · Medinan

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Surah 4النساء

An-Nisa

176 verses · Medinan

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Surah 8الأنفال

Al-Anfal

75 verses · Medinan

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Surah 18الكهف

Al-Kahf

110 verses · Meccan

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Surah 36يس

Ya-Sin

83 verses · Meccan

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Surah 55الرحمن

Ar-Rahman

78 verses · Medinan

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Surah 67الملك

Al-Mulk

30 verses · Meccan

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Surah 68القلم

Al-Qalam

52 verses · Meccan

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Surah 69الحاقة

Al-Haqqah

52 verses · Meccan

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Surah 70المعارج

Al-Ma’arij

44 verses · Meccan

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Surah 71نوح

Nuh

28 verses · Meccan

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Surah 72الجن

Al-Jinn

28 verses · Meccan

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Surah 74المدثر

Al-Muddaththir

56 verses · Meccan

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Surah 75القيامة

Al-Qiyamah

40 verses · Meccan

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Surah 76الانسان

Al-Insan

31 verses · Medinan

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Surah 78النبإ

An-Naba

40 verses · Meccan

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Surah 79النازعات

An-Nazi’at

46 verses · Meccan

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Surah 80عبس

’Abasa

42 verses · Meccan

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Surah 81التكوير

At-Takwir

29 verses · Meccan

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Surah 82الإنفطار

Al-Infitar

19 verses · Meccan

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Surah 83المطففين

Al-Mutaffifin

36 verses · Meccan

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Surah 84الإنشقاق

Al-Inshiqaq

25 verses · Meccan

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Surah 85البروج

Al-Buruj

22 verses · Meccan

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Surah 86الطارق

At-Tariq

17 verses · Meccan

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Surah 87الأعلى

Al-A’la

19 verses · Meccan

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Surah 88الغاشية

Al-Ghashiyah

26 verses · Meccan

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Surah 90البلد

Al-Balad

20 verses · Meccan

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Surah 91الشمس

Ash-Shams

15 verses · Meccan

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Surah 92الليل

Al-Layl

21 verses · Meccan

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Surah 93الضحى

Ad-Duhaa

11 verses · Meccan

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Surah 94الشرح

Ash-Sharh

8 verses · Meccan

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Surah 95التين

At-Tin

8 verses · Meccan

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Surah 96العلق

Al-’Alaq

19 verses · Meccan

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Surah 97القدر

Al-Qadr

5 verses · Meccan

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Surah 98البينة

Al-Bayyinah

8 verses · Medinan

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Surah 99الزلزلة

Az-Zalzalah

8 verses · Medinan

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Surah 100العاديات

Al-’Adiyat

11 verses · Meccan

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Surah 101القارعة

Al-Qari’ah

11 verses · Meccan

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Surah 102التكاثر

At-Takathur

8 verses · Meccan

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Surah 103العصر

Al-’Asr

3 verses · Meccan

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Surah 104الهمزة

Al-Humazah

9 verses · Meccan

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Surah 105الفيل

Al-Fil

5 verses · Meccan

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Surah 106قريش

Quraysh

4 verses · Meccan

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Surah 107الماعون

Al-Ma’un

7 verses · Meccan

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Surah 108الكوثر

Al-Kawthar

3 verses · Meccan

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Surah 109الكافرون

Al-Kafirun

6 verses · Meccan

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Surah 110النصر

An-Nasr

3 verses · Medinan

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Surah 111المسد

Al-Masad

5 verses · Meccan

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Surah 112الإخلاص

Al-Ikhlas

4 verses · Meccan

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Surah 113الفلق

Al-Falaq

5 verses · Meccan

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Surah 114الناس

An-Nas

6 verses · Meccan

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Every surah in the Quran

All 114 in the order they appear in the mushaf. The ones already drawn are linked; the rest are on the list and will join them as each is finished.

53 of 114 drawn so far

  1. 1Al-Fatihahالفاتحة
  2. 2Al-Baqarahالبقرة
  3. 3Ali ’Imranآل عمران
  4. 4An-Nisaالنساء
  5. 5Al-Ma’idahالمائدة
  6. 6Al-An’amالأنعام
  7. 7Al-A’rafالأعراف
  8. 8Al-Anfalالأنفال
  9. 9At-Tawbahالتوبة
  10. 10Yunusيونس
  11. 11Hudهود
  12. 12Yusufيوسف
  13. 13Ar-Ra’dالرعد
  14. 14Ibrahimابراهيم
  15. 15Al-Hijrالحجر
  16. 16An-Nahlالنحل
  17. 17Al-Israالإسراء
  18. 18Al-Kahfالكهف
  19. 19Maryamمريم
  20. 20Tahaطه
  21. 21Al-Anbyaالأنبياء
  22. 22Al-Hajjالحج
  23. 23Al-Mu’minunالمؤمنون
  24. 24An-Nurالنور
  25. 25Al-Furqanالفرقان
  26. 26Ash-Shu’araالشعراء
  27. 27An-Namlالنمل
  28. 28Al-Qasasالقصص
  29. 29Al-’Ankabutالعنكبوت
  30. 30Ar-Rumالروم
  31. 31Luqmanلقمان
  32. 32As-Sajdahالسجدة
  33. 33Al-Ahzabالأحزاب
  34. 34Sabaسبإ
  35. 35Fatirفاطر
  36. 36Ya-Sinيس
  37. 37As-Saffatالصافات
  38. 38Sadص
  39. 39Az-Zumarالزمر
  40. 40Ghafirغافر
  41. 41Fussilatفصلت
  42. 42Ash-Shuraaالشورى
  43. 43Az-Zukhrufالزخرف
  44. 44Ad-Dukhanالدخان
  45. 45Al-Jathiyahالجاثية
  46. 46Al-Ahqafالأحقاف
  47. 47Muhammadمحمد
  48. 48Al-Fathالفتح
  49. 49Al-Hujuratالحجرات
  50. 50Qafق
  51. 51Adh-Dhariyatالذاريات
  52. 52At-Turالطور
  53. 53An-Najmالنجم
  54. 54Al-Qamarالقمر
  55. 55Ar-Rahmanالرحمن
  56. 56Al-Waqi’ahالواقعة
  57. 57Al-Hadidالحديد
  58. 58Al-Mujadilaالمجادلة
  59. 59Al-Hashrالحشر
  60. 60Al-Mumtahanahالممتحنة
  61. 61As-Safالصف
  62. 62Al-Jumu’ahالجمعة
  63. 63Al-Munafiqunالمنافقون
  64. 64At-Taghabunالتغابن
  65. 65At-Talaqالطلاق
  66. 66At-Tahrimالتحريم
  67. 67Al-Mulkالملك
  68. 68Al-Qalamالقلم
  69. 69Al-Haqqahالحاقة
  70. 70Al-Ma’arijالمعارج
  71. 71Nuhنوح
  72. 72Al-Jinnالجن
  73. 73Al-Muzzammilالمزمل
  74. 74Al-Muddaththirالمدثر
  75. 75Al-Qiyamahالقيامة
  76. 76Al-Insanالانسان
  77. 77Al-Mursalatالمرسلات
  78. 78An-Nabaالنبإ
  79. 79An-Nazi’atالنازعات
  80. 80’Abasaعبس
  81. 81At-Takwirالتكوير
  82. 82Al-Infitarالإنفطار
  83. 83Al-Mutaffifinالمطففين
  84. 84Al-Inshiqaqالإنشقاق
  85. 85Al-Burujالبروج
  86. 86At-Tariqالطارق
  87. 87Al-A’laالأعلى
  88. 88Al-Ghashiyahالغاشية
  89. 89Al-Fajrالفجر
  90. 90Al-Baladالبلد
  91. 91Ash-Shamsالشمس
  92. 92Al-Laylالليل
  93. 93Ad-Duhaaالضحى
  94. 94Ash-Sharhالشرح
  95. 95At-Tinالتين
  96. 96Al-’Alaqالعلق
  97. 97Al-Qadrالقدر
  98. 98Al-Bayyinahالبينة
  99. 99Az-Zalzalahالزلزلة
  100. 100Al-’Adiyatالعاديات
  101. 101Al-Qari’ahالقارعة
  102. 102At-Takathurالتكاثر
  103. 103Al-’Asrالعصر
  104. 104Al-Humazahالهمزة
  105. 105Al-Filالفيل
  106. 106Qurayshقريش
  107. 107Al-Ma’unالماعون
  108. 108Al-Kawtharالكوثر
  109. 109Al-Kafirunالكافرون
  110. 110An-Nasrالنصر
  111. 111Al-Masadالمسد
  112. 112Al-Ikhlasالإخلاص
  113. 113Al-Falaqالفلق
  114. 114An-Nasالناس

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