22/05/2023
The quran was revealed 14 centuries ago, over a 23 year span, verses were revealed for a particular chapter then a few years later another verse was revealed for that same chapter simultaneously with verses for other chapters, there was no editorial process, what was spontaneously spoken by the prophet Muhammad saw as revelation was instantly documented by his companions, it was compiled into book format after the prophet Muhammad saw passed away.
Fast forward to today a American language professor by the name of Raymond farrin studied classical Arabic and then studied the quran due to its classical Arabic origins, he found that the quran consisted of a grammatical structure, most notably the ring composition in soorah baqrah.
Soorah baqrah was revealed over a 10 year period with verses being revealed simultaneously for other chapters.
There are 286 verses in soorah baqrah, the first 143 verses are talking about the past, the second 143 are talking about the future, the word "middle" is used only one time in the whole chapter right in the middle of the chapter, the first verse is mirroring the last verse, the second verse is mirroring the second to last verse, right all the way to the 143rd verse.
This is what we call a ring composition, the other remarkable thing is that there are ring compositions within this chapter aswell, so there are ring compositions within composition.
Now how could a man that could not read or write, orally transmit verses over a 23 year period, not mention anything about this unique characteristic of the quran be able to construct such a complex linguistic structural pattern?
I shall now give one of the more prominent ring compositions within soorah baqrah as an exhibit In the diagram below. -Copied