Quranic Studies
Mohammad Teimoori; Mohammad Reza Aram; Seyed Mohammad Razavi
Abstract
In the interpretive approach of "Surah unity" and "Surah as a continuous unit", the surahs of the Holy Qur’an have a coherent and regular structure, so for a better understanding of each surah, attention should be paid to its overall spirit and structure. With this approach, it is possible to discover ...
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In the interpretive approach of "Surah unity" and "Surah as a continuous unit", the surahs of the Holy Qur’an have a coherent and regular structure, so for a better understanding of each surah, attention should be paid to its overall spirit and structure. With this approach, it is possible to discover the coherent and harmonious connection between the verses of the Surah, and through the examination of the text and the verbal, literary and content connections of the Surah, its structure can be obtained, and by extracting the central theme of the Surah, it can interpret its parts. In order to understand the inner image and geometry of the Surah with this holistic and structural approach, first of all, the verses should be divided into paragraphs. In this article, "Surah Fatḥ" is first divided in a new way (regardless of the content of the verses and only based on verbal signs), then the contextual paragraphs with thematic unity are grouped as a "chapter" and finally, the central theme of the surah is extracted. All stages of segmenting, chaptering and extracting the main topic of the Surah are based on the principles of paragraphing.
