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Module 1
A.
The Classical View
Section I: Divisions of the Quran
i. Initial Format
a. Verses
b. Surahs
ii. Later Format
a. Divisions regarding the Meaning
b. Divisions regarding Memorization
Section II: Nazm (Order and
Arrangement)
i. The Advocates
a. Nazm as ‘Word Meaning
Relationship’
b. Nazm as ‘Linear
Connection’
ii. The Adverseries
Section III: Makkan and Madinan
Division
Module 2
B. The Contemporary View
Section I: General Introduction to the Quranic Nazm
Section II: Group Nazm
i. Description
ii. Features
a. Central Theme
b. Description of the Prophetic Mission
c. Makkan and Madinan Surahs
d. Surah Pairs
1. Brevity and
Detail
2. Principle
and Illustration
3. Different
Types of Evidence
4. Unity of
Opposites
5. Premise and
Conclusion
iii. Sequence
Section
III: Surah Nazm
i. Central Theme
ii. Addressees
iii. Subdivisions
iv. Progression
a.
Parallelism
b.
Affinity
c.
Parables
d.
Parenthetical Sentences
e.
Reminder and Admonition
f.
Return to the Origin
Appendices
Appendix A. Nazm of Group II
Appendix B. Nazm of Surah Nisa
Appendix C. View of the Orientalists
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