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The Abrogative and Abrogated Suras of the Qur'an:
Al-Nasikh wa al-Mansukh

Al-Baqarah 2:106

Nothing of our revelation (even a single verse) do we abrogate or cause be forgotten, but we bring (in place) one better or the like thereof. Knowest thou not that Allah is Able to do all things?

مَا نَنسَخْ مِنْ آيَةٍ أَوْ نُنسِهَا نَأْتِ بِخَيْرٍ مِّنْهَا أَوْ مِثْلِهَا أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ اللّهَ عَلَىَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Ayat mana saja yang Kami nasakhkan, atau Kami jadikan (manusia) lupa kepadanya, Kami datangkan yang lebih baik daripadanya atau yang sebanding dengannya. Tiadakah kamu mengetahui bahwa sesungguhnya Allah Maha Kuasa atas segala sesuatu?

Ma nansakh min ayatin aw nunsiha na/ti bikhayrin minha aw mithliha alam taAAlam anna Allaha AAala kulli shay-in qadeerun  Transliteration al-Baqarah 2:106

The Arabic words 'nasikh' and 'mansukh' are both derived from the same root word 'nasakha' which carries meanings such as 'to abolish, to replace, to withdraw, to abrogate'.

The word nasikh (an active participle) means 'the abrogating', while mansukh (passive) means 'the abrogated'. In technical language these terms refer to certain parts of the Qur'anic revelation, which have been 'abrogated' by others. Naturally the abrogated passage is the one called 'mansukh' while the abrogating one is called 'nasikh'.1

Sura

al-Mansukh

Sura

Al-Nasikh

Sura

Al-Nasikh and al-Mansukh

6

al-An'am

48

al-Fath

2

al-Baqarah 

7

al-A'raf

59

al-Hashr 

3

al-'Imran 

10

Yunus

63

al-Munafiqun 

4

an-Nisa 

11

Hud

64

at-Taghabun 

5

al-Ma'idah 

13

ar-Ra'd

65

at-Talaq 

8

al-Anfal 

15

al-Hijr

87

al-A'la 

9

at-Taubah 

16

An-Nahl

Total 6 Suras

14

Ibrahim 

17

al-Isra'

18

al-Kahf 

18

al-Kahf

19

Maryam 

20

Ta Ha

21

al-Anbiya' 

23

al-Mu'minum

22

al-Hajj 

27

an-Naml

24

an-Nur 

28

al-Qasas

25

al-Furqan 

29

al-'Ankabut

26

ash-Shu'ara

30

ar-Rum

33

al-Ahzab 

31

Luqman

34

Saba 

32

as-Sajdah

40

al-Mu'min (Ghafir)40

35

Fatir

42

ash-Shura 

37

as-Saffat

51

az-Zariyat 

38

Sad

52

at-Tur 

39

az-Zumar

56

al-Waqi'ah 

43

az-Zukhruf

58

al-Mujadilah 

44

ad-Dukhan

73

al-Muzzammil 

45

al-Jathiya 

103

al-'Asr 

46

al-Ahqaf 

108

al-Kauthar 

47

Muhammad

Total 25 Suras

50

Qaf

53

an-Najm

54

al-Qamar

60

al-Mumtahinah

68

al-Qalam 

70

al-Ma'arij 

74

al-Muddaththir 

75

al-Qiyamah 

76

al-Insan 

80

'Abasa 

86

at-Tariq 

88

al-Ghashiyah

95

at-Tin 

109

al-Kafirun

Total 40 Suras

The Suras That have neither nasikh nor mansukh ("abrogative" nor abrogated") are 43 in number.2

May 18, 2001
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1 Denffer, A.V., 'Ulum al-Qur'an: An Introduction to the Sciences of the Qur'an, The Islamic Foundation, Leicester, United Kingdom, 1983 (2nd Edition 1994), p. 102.
2 Denffer, A.V., 'Ulum al-Qur'an: An Introduction to the Sciences of the Qur'an, The Islamic Foundation, Leicester, United Kingdom, 1983 (2nd Edition 1994), p. 108.