Symmetry in the story of Joseph
The story of Joseph in the Qur'an is arranged symmetrically.
The Qur'an says that the story of Joseph is the best of stories. Allah likes symmetry, so perhaps it is not so surprising that the story of Joseph in the Qur'an is arranged symmetrically.
Here is a summary I got from page 43 of Dr. Raymond Farrin's book Structure and Qur'anic Interpretation: A Study of Symmetry and Coherence in Islam's Holy Text (Ashland: White Cloud Press, 2014):
a (4-7)
b (8-19)
c (20-22)
d (23-35)
e (36-49)
d' (50-53)
c' (54-57)
b' (58-98)
a' (99-101)
Here is another summary, which I got from Neal Robinson, Discovering the Qur’an (London: SCM Press Ltd, 1996), page 149:
The Qur'an says that the story of Joseph is the best of stories. Allah likes symmetry, so perhaps it is not so surprising that the story of Joseph in the Qur'an is arranged symmetrically.
Here is a summary I got from page 43 of Dr. Raymond Farrin's book Structure and Qur'anic Interpretation: A Study of Symmetry and Coherence in Islam's Holy Text (Ashland: White Cloud Press, 2014):
a (4-7)
b (8-19)
c (20-22)
d (23-35)
e (36-49)
d' (50-53)
c' (54-57)
b' (58-98)
a' (99-101)
Here is another summary, which I got from Neal Robinson, Discovering the Qur’an (London: SCM Press Ltd, 1996), page 149:
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