نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
The Noble Qurʾān, the profound and lofty content of divine revelation, has been transmitted through the human language of the Prophet of Islam. The divine messages were revealed to the Prophet over twenty-three years, interspersed with various historical events. His Companions, renowned for their exceptional memory, preserved these words verbatim. However, the present form of this divine text represents a compilation whose method of assembly has been the subject of scholarly debate within Qurʾānic sciences. Many scholars maintain that the arrangement of sūrahs and the sequencing of verses were established during the Prophet’s lifetime, under his direct command and with divine instruction—a concept known as “tawqīfī” (divinely ordained). Others argue that the arrangement of verses in certain sūrahs was based on the independent reasoning (ijtihād) of the Companions. This research employs library-based data collection and analytical methods to examine the tawqīfī nature of the Qurʾān’s sūrah and verse arrangement, along with the perspectives of Qurʾānic scholars on this matter. After analyzing and evaluating the arguments and rationale underlying each viewpoint, the study concludes that the tawqīfī interpretation is correct in both regards, demonstrating this position with novel arguments. Furthermore, the study enumerates the consequences of a non-tawqīfī arrangement of verses and sūrahs, which include: weakening the Qurʾānic challenge (tahaddī), disrupting the contextual coherence of verses and the Qurʾān’s structural integrity, severing the connection between the Qurʾān and the circumstances of its revelation, denying any interconnection between sūrahs (indicating disregard for God’s will in sending a cohesive book), overlooking the continuity of legal verses (āyāt al-aḥkām), creating disorder in the Qurʾān’s melodic arrangement, and invalidating the Companions’ independent reasoning. Moreover, the acceptance of the current arrangement of sūrahs by the Infallible Imāms, the Muslim consensus on the present structure of the Muṣḥaf, and ultimately, the Prophet’s attention to the final order of the Qurʾān and its achievements, serve as indicators of the Holy Qurʾān’s structured nature.
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