2017 07 The Light July 2017

July 2017 The
Light 12
Surah Baqara has rings within rings.
with Joseph’s dream, this is connected to the
last part with the fulfilment of his dream. The
trials begin in the 2 nd part of the story B, the resolution
to this part can be found in the 2 nd last
part B’
The 3 rd part of the story . . . 3 rd Last etc
6 th part King’s dream, 6 th last… The reason
for the trials that Yusuf (AS) underwent.
Perfect symmetry; and there are other balances
as well. For instance, the story begins
with a dream sequence and first half of the ring
completes in a dream sequence. The 2 nd half of
the ring begins with the realization of the king’s
dream and the 2 nd half ends with the grand reality
of Hazrat Yusuf’s dream.
What the French and English researchers
are finding is that entire surah’s within the
Quran are in ring formation.
Surah Baqara has rings within rings or sub
rings. A YouTube channel gives a good visualisation
of this, called Remarkable structure of the
Qura: The ring composition.
In Suratul Baqara a Structural Analysis, Dr R
K Farrin states:
descending piecemeal in response
to events unfolding
in the life of the prophet (s)
and the community around him. A seeming randomness
of events was dictating the revelations.
Moreover, the honoured Prophet (s) was receiving
revelations right up towards the end of
his life. He had no idea what the next word, next
ayah, next surah would be as this was dictated
by external events.
Yet, researchers are finding precision in the
placement of each surah, each ayah even down
to each word. Subhan Allah.
I want to leave you with a verse to ponder
over. In light of the current research work, it
seems to me that Allah is alluding to this remarkable
precision in positioning within the
Quranic text by using the imagery of stars.
Sura Waqia v 75-77
فَلَ‏
No, I swear by the لنُّجُو ‏ِم
ٱ بِمَوَ‏ قِعِ‏ أُقْسِ‏ ‏ُم
placement of the stars
وَ‏ ۥ إِنَّهُ‏ لَقَسَم لَّ‏ ‏ْو تَعْلَمُو ‏َن
in- and that is عَظِيم
deed a mighty oath, if you but knew.
no- That (this) is indeed a كَرِ‏ يم ۥ إِنَّهُ‏ لَقُرْ‏ ءَان
ble Qur'an(end)
Indeed, this chapter exhibits marvellous justness
of design. It is precisely and tightly arranged,
. . . even the section lengths fit perfectly
in the overall scheme. Moreover, the precise
structure serves as a guide, pointing to key
themes in the chapter. These occur, according to
the logic of the pattern, at the centre of individual
rings and particularly at the centre of the whole
chapter.
What is astonishing is that the ayahs were
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August 2017 for Holland. Members
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