Last 10 Surahs of Quran with Meaning (105–114)

The last 10 surahs of the Quran, from Surah Al-Fil (105) to Surah An-Nas (114), are the ones most of us learned first and still recite most in namaz. Together they are only 48 verses. Below is each surah with its first verse in Arabic, English and Roman Urdu, a one-line meaning of the whole surah, and a link to its full word-by-word guide. At the end, you will see which words keep repeating across all ten, which is the quickest way to start understanding them.

The last 10 surahs at a glance

105. Surah Al-Fil

An army with an elephant came to destroy the Ka'bah. Allah sent swarms of birds that pelted them with stones of baked clay and left them "like green crops devoured". This happened in the well-known Year of the Elephant, the year the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was born. → Surah Fil meaning

106. Surah Quraish

The Quraysh travelled safely in winter and summer for trade. The surah reminds them who made that possible: "So let them worship the Lord of this House, Who hath fed them against hunger and hath made them safe from fear" (106:3–4). → Surah Quraish meaning

107. Surah Al-Ma'un

The one who denies the Judgment pushes away the orphan and does not urge feeding the needy. Then a warning that hits close: woe to those who pray but are heedless of their prayer, pray to be seen, and refuse small kindnesses. → Surah Maun meaning

108. Surah Al-Kawthar

The shortest surah of the Quran. Allah has given the Prophet ﷺ abundance, so "pray unto thy Lord, and sacrifice", and it is his insulter, not he, who is cut off. → Surah Kausar meaning

109. Surah Al-Kafirun

A clear, calm statement that worship is not shared or traded: "I worship not that which ye worship", ending with "Unto you your religion, and unto me my religion" (109:6). → Surah Kafirun meaning

110. Surah An-Nasr

When help and victory come and people enter Allah's religion in crowds, the response is not pride but tasbeeh, hamd and istighfar: glorify your Lord with praise and seek His forgiveness. → Surah Nasr meaning

111. Surah Al-Masad (Lahab)

Abu Lahab was the Prophet's own uncle and a fierce opponent. "His wealth and gains will not exempt him" (111:2). Family ties and money do not save anyone who fights the truth. → Surah Lahab meaning

112. Surah Al-Ikhlas

Four verses that describe Allah: One, "the eternally Besought of all", who "begetteth not nor was begotten", and to whom none is comparable. → Surah Ikhlas meaning

113. Surah Al-Falaq

Refuge from four evils: the evil of what He created, of darkness when it spreads, of witchcraft (Pickthall: "malignant witchcraft"; Junagarhi: those who blow on knots, girah mein phoonkne waliyon), and of the envier when he envies. → Surah Falaq meaning

114. Surah An-Nas

Refuge in the Lord of mankind, the King of mankind, the God of mankind: three titles, rabb, malik, ilāh, against one enemy, "the sneaking whisperer, who whispereth in the hearts of mankind", whether from jinn or people. → Surah Nas meaning

Words that repeat across the last 10 surahs

Here is the useful part. These ten surahs are short, but they share a small set of words. Learn these and you will recognise something in every one of them. "In the book" is the word's number in 600 Words of the Quran; "Quran-wide" is how often it appears in the whole Quran.

A few patterns worth noticing:

• "Alam tara… araʾayta… raʾayta": three surahs use the verb "see". Surah Al-Fil asks "Have you not seen?", Al-Ma'un "Have you observed?", and An-Nasr "you see people entering". Same word #104, three different moments.
• Dīn changes meaning with context. In 107:1 Junagarhi renders it jaza (the Judgment, the recompense); in 109:6 and 110:2 it is religion. It is the same word as in māliki yawmi d-dīn in the Fatiha.
• The four "Qul" surahs (109, 112, 113, 114) all begin with Allah telling the Prophet ﷺ what to say, and we still say those words today.

For a wider list of the words that return again and again, see the most common words in the Quran.

Which ones to learn first for namaz?

If you are building up your short surahs for namaz, a gentle order is: Ikhlas → Kawthar → Nas → Falaq → Asr (Surah 103, also three verses; see Surah Asr meaning) → Nasr → Kafirun → Quraish → Fil → Ma'un → Lahab. Start with the shortest, then add one a week. For what to recite at each step of the prayer, see what to recite in namaz.

Each surah's own page has the full word-by-word table. And if you would like to learn the words behind all of them in one place, 600 Words of the Quran teaches the 600 most common Quranic words in 30 short lessons, each with a real verse and its meaning in English and Roman Urdu.