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Originally Posted by Konovalov
The Surahs (chapters) within the Quran are not sorted by length as you claim. I don’t know where this claim popped up from that the verses are sorted on length from longest to shortest chapters. For a start the very first surah within the Quran Surah Al-Fatiha (The Opening) contains only seven ayaat (verses). At the other end the last Surah of the Quran Al-Nas contains 6 verses. And finally for the record the shortest chapter within the Quran is Surah Al-Kawthar being at 3 verses long. So I'm afraid that this very simple statement of yours is quite simply false. Why do I know this. I've read it more times than I can count. Speaking of which must go now to read before catching a few hours of zzzzz's. 
Perhaps when I have time I may get a chance to look at that site (links) mentioned by Skybird and provide some form of rebuttal. Not easy however as time is limited with 16 hours of fasting during the day while also trying to run a business from 8am to 6pm. But let's see. Goodnight.
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Again going to your claim that the Quran is sorted by length of chapters (starting with longest to ending with shortest) as I earlier stated this is not true. Indeed I used a link from the rather questionable website that you mentioned ReligionofPeace to a online Quran at the University of Southern California (USC). Chapter 1 has 7 verses, chapter 2 has 286, chapter 3 has 200, chapter 8 has 75, chapter 13 have 43 verses, chapter 16 has 128, chapter 24 has 64, chapter 26 has 227 verses, chapter 60 has 13, chapter 68 has 52, chapter 103 has 3, and the final chapter 114 has 6 verses. It's pretty obvious that the Quran is not strictly structured from longest to shortest as you claim. Would you now accept that your statement is incorrect?