The Qur'an in translation is sometimes wrongfully described by the western reader to be lacking any coherent structure, jumping from topic to topic without making clear the link between them. The rhyme and the innate musicality is lost in translation yet is one of the things that makes the book so powerful. Furthermore, these are key to … Continue reading Book review: Discovering the Qur’an – Neal Robinson
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Chiastic Structure in Surah Yusuf
A chiastic structure, also known as a ring structure, is a type of poetic structure found commonly in ancient texts such as the Bible. The Qur'an also utilizes such a structure at various points in its discourse. I came across the following observation about Surah Yusuf in Neal Robinson's Discovering the Qur'an - A contemporary approach to … Continue reading Chiastic Structure in Surah Yusuf
Understanding the Sana’a manuscript find.
بسم الله Perhaps the most intriguing discovery in the field of Qur'anic studies in the last several decades is the Sana'a manuscript finding. This is because they represent a Qur'an that is uniquely non-Uthmanic, that is, one of the manuscripts that does not descend from the text that the third Caliph Uthman (ر) had compiled. In other words, … Continue reading Understanding the Sana’a manuscript find.
Qur’anic studies today
Was forwarded an interesting video. Western Islamic scholar talks about the general division between western scholars currently on the Qur'an itself.
Pondering Islam 