This essay proposes a preliminary catalogue of fifteen suggested saj? structures, with representative Qur'anic examples. The basic rules that govern Qur'anic saj? have already been carefully elucidated by Devin Stewart in a series of articles on this subject. Stewart has also provided some exploratory illustrations of where individual saj?ahs might combine to form consecutive strings of saj? un…
This volume showcases a wide range of contemporary approaches to the identification of literary structures within Qur’anic surahs. Recent academic studies of the Qur’an have taken an increasing interest in the concept of the surah as a unity and, with it, the division of complete surahs into consecutive sections or parts. Part One presents a series of case studies focussing on individual Qu…