Lost Verses 1. Al-Fatihah 2. Al-Baqarah 3. Ali 'Imran 4. An-Nisa 5. Al-Ma'idah 6. Al-An'am 7. Al-A'raf 8. Al-Anfal 9. At-Tawbah 10. Yunus 11. Hud 12. Yusuf 13. Ar-Ra'd 14. Ibrahim 15. Al-Hijr 16. An-Nahl 17. Al-Isra 18. Al-Kahf 19. Maryam 20. Taha 21. Al-Anbya 22. Al-Hajj 23. Al-Mu'minun 24. An-Nur 25. Al-Furqan 26. Ash-Shu'ara 27. An-Naml 28. Al-Qasas 29. Al-'Ankabut 30. Ar-Rum 31. Luqman 32. As-Sajdah 33. Al-Ahzab 34. Saba 35. Fatir 36. Ya-Sin 37. As-Saffat 38. Sad 39. Az-Zumar 40. Ghafir 41. Fussilat 42. Ash-Shuraa 43. Az-Zukhruf 44. Ad-Dukhan 45. Al-Jathiyah 46. Al-Ahqaf 47. Muhammad 48. Al-Fath 49. Al-Hujurat 50. Qaf 51. Adh-Dhariyat 52. At-Tur 53. An-Najm 54. Al-Qamar 55. Ar-Rahman 56. Al-Waqi'ah 57. Al-Hadid 58. Al-Mujadila 59. Al-Hashr 60. Al-Mumtahanah 61. As-Saf 62. Al-Jumu'ah 63. Al-Munafiqun 64. At-Taghabun 65. At-Talaq 66. At-Tahrim 67. Al-Mulk 68. Al-Qalam 69. Al-Haqqah 70. Al-Ma'arij 71. Nuh 72. Al-Jinn 73. Al-Muzzammil 74. Al-Muddaththir 75. Al-Qiyamah 76. Al-Insan 77. Al-Mursalat 78. An-Naba 79. An-Nazi'at 80. 'Abasa 81. At-Takwir 82. Al-Infitar 83. Al-Mutaffifin 84. Al-Inshiqaq 85. Al-Buruj 86. At-Tariq 87. Al-A'la 88. Al-Ghashiyah 89. Al-Fajr 90. Al-Balad 91. Ash-Shams 92. Al-Layl 93. Ad-Duhaa 94. Ash-Sharh 95. At-Tin 96. Al-'Alaq 97. Al-Qadr 98. Al-Bayyinah 99. Az-Zalzalah 100. Al-'Adiyat 101. Al-Qari'ah 102. At-Takathur 103. Al-'Asr 104. Al-Humazah 105. Al-Fil 106. Quraysh 107. Al-Ma'un 108. Al-Kawthar 109. Al-Kafirun 110. An-Nasr 111. Al-Masad 112. Al-Ikhlas 113. Al-Falaq 114. An-Nas Abrogated Verses
أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡفِيلِ
Have you not seen how your Lord did with the companions of the elephant?
Theological Defect
Islamic Tafsir (e.g., Ibn Kathir) acknowledges that Abraha's army consisted of Christians who were 'closer to the True Religion' than the pagan Quraysh. Portraying God as arbitrarily destroying a monotheistic Christian army to miraculously protect a Kaaba filled with 360 pagan idols presents a profound theological defect regarding God's justice and priorities.
وَأَرۡسَلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ طَيۡرًا أَبَابِيلَ
He sent against them birds in flocks
Borrowed Mythology & Plagiarism
This verse incorporates pre-Islamic Arabian folklore regarding the defense of the Kaaba against Abraha's army. Critical historians recognize the story of magical birds as a mythologized local legend, which the Quran adopts as literal truth.
Historical Error
The Quran presents the destruction of Abraha's army by flocks of miraculous birds as a literal event. However, verifiable historical evidence indicates the army's failure was due to a natural epidemic such as smallpox, revealing a historical blunder where folklore is treated as fact.
تَرۡمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٖ مِّن سِجِّيلٖ
– (which) were pelting them with stones of baked clay –
Borrowed Mythology & Plagiarism
The depiction of birds pelting soldiers with 'stones of baked clay' (Sijjil) reflects pre-existing local Arabian legends surrounding the Kaaba's preservation, elevating regional folklore to the status of divine revelation.
Historical Error
Attributing the defeat of an army to miraculous stones of baked clay rather than the historical reality of a devastating plague demonstrates a historical error, adopting a mythical explanation for a natural event.