Symmetry in Sura al-Faatir
I have discovered a chiastic structure in Sura al-Faatir.
Here is my rhetorical analysis:
Notes
In A and A’, a link involves angels and animals. I believe that the author of the Qur’an deliberately linked angels and animals. These are the verses I found that justify this link: 16:49, 35:1, 24:45, and 6:38. In the first sermon of Nahj al-Balagha, Imam Ali describes the angels as one of Allah’s most abundant, awe-inspiring, and variegated creations. He emphasizes that they are of different types and species, each having its own niche. What other beings can be described this way? Animals.
Here is my rhetorical analysis:
Notes
In A and A’, a link involves angels and animals. I believe that the author of the Qur’an deliberately linked angels and animals. These are the verses I found that justify this link: 16:49, 35:1, 24:45, and 6:38. In the first sermon of Nahj al-Balagha, Imam Ali describes the angels as one of Allah’s most abundant, awe-inspiring, and variegated creations. He emphasizes that they are of different types and species, each having its own niche. What other beings can be described this way? Animals.
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