The text of the Quran consists of 114 chapters (sūrahs)
divided into the Meccan and the Medinan, that is, those
revealed to the Prophet when he was in Mecca and those
after he migrated to Medina. The very fi rst verses revealed
are those of the chapter entitled “Bloodclot” (al-‘Alaq) ,
which open chapter 96 of the Quran .
