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What is the chronological order of the chapters of the quran?

I know it is not put together choronologically and am wondering if instead of reading from the beginning to end if I read it chronologically then what appears to me to be contradictions may make more sense. Can someone tell me the chronological order of the chapters or is that unknown? Thanks for any help, it is sincerely appreciated. Thanks NimmyF, that is exactly what I was looking for.

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1. The Qur’an consists of 114 chapters of varying lengths, each known as a sura. The title of each sura is derived from a name or quality discussed in the text or from the first letters or words of the sura. Muslims believe that Muhammad himself, on God's command, gave the suras their names.In general, the longer chapters appear earlier in the Qur’an, while the shorter ones appear later. As such, the arrangement is not connected to the sequence of revelation. Each chapter, with the exception of one, commences with the Basmala bismi-llahi ar-raḥmani ar-raḥimi Edit:Wikiislam is a misleading ani islam propagande site..Though the information is agve u os correct,the site can't be used as a source for learning..its an another "faithfreedom" site.. Thank to Monica for pointing it out.... I request everybody to take care on these matters about websites..though they seem convincing,its very wrong and misleading... Edit: Upon receiving each revelation, the Prophet asked any one of his companions who could read and write to record it. This was done by the Prophet reciting the revelation he had received from God and a scribe taking it down. After the scribe had taken down what had been dictated to him (on the writing material of those days), the Prophet asked the scribe to read allowed what he had recorded - to make sure that he had recorded correctly what had been dictated to him. In this way, the entire Quran, 114 chapters in all, was completed in manuscript form before the Prophet's death. The various chapters in the Quran were arranged by the Prophet himself through divine guidance. (The chapters of the Quran are nto arranged in chronological order but in the order of divine preferance. For instance, the first verses the prophet received, which begun with "Read! In the name of Thy Lord...", are in chapter 96, not in chapter 1). A standard copy of the Quran was made within a few years of the death of the prophet when most of his immediate companions, who had heard him recite the Quran and had themselves committed it to memory, were still living. The prophet's successor, Caliph Abu Bakar, requested Zayd Bin Thabit to compile all the 114 chapters into one volume. Zayd ws chosen because it was he who had taken down most of the prophet's dictation of the revelation. The volume was then scrutinised by the prophet's companions and kept with Hafsah, the prophet's widow. There is not even one word of difference between two Arabic Qur'ans, anywhere in the world. There has been no disagreements in history among Muslims as to what should and should not be in the Qur'an. However, in the case of the Bible, even the most ancient manuscripts conflict with one another so that no two are identical. Footnotes in all modern versions of the Bible prove this fact. The preservation of the scripture of Islam -- the Holy Qur'an -- is unique among world religions. No other religion has a scripture which is both as old and as well-preserved as the one possessed by Muslims today. Even scholars who are hostile to Islam admit that the Qur'an that exists today is exactly the same as the one that existed in the time of the Prophet Muhammad It has always amazed people to find out that the entire Qur'an was not only memorized word-for-word by hundreds of the companions of Prophet Muhammad, but that it has been memorized verbatim by thousands upon thousands of people until this very day in its original language of Arabic. It was only natural for Almighty God to preserve the scripture revealed to Prophet Muhammad, because he was the last Prophet and Final Messenger of God.
2. There is no chronological sequence in the koran. Muslims will however tell you it is this arrangement that gives the koran it's "uniqueness". Muslims will also tell you that it is only muslims with a good understanding of arabic that can comprehend what is written in the koran. They claim the koran is so divinely written that it esoteric. The truth is the koran was plagiarised from the bible and the torah. It appears the authors simply threw together all the surahs so that the koran could exist.This is clearly evident when you see the many contradictions and errors in the koran. The koran is so simple to read and understand, anyone can do it. But all non-muslims should read it with the translations of shakir, ali, and pickthall. This way they can backup anything they read in the koran and it would be indisputable in the eyes of non-muslims.
3. Dear sister for islamic questions i dont think this place is really right to ask such questions as the answers are not given by scholars of Islam. i suggest authentic websites like islam-qa.com the answer to ur question can be found on this link http://islam-qa.com/index.php?ref=3214&ln=eng&txt=Quran%20order also the order in which the Quran is arranged is important, because for example Surah nisa gives a smaller punishment for zina, but in the later surah it says that the punishment for zina is 100 lashes for the unmarried and stone to death for married persons comitting infidelity. and Allah knows best, my knowledge is very less so i wont say much about it, may Allah forgive my errors. i also suggest you read books by dar-us-salam publications for their books are very authentic.