Sequencing in the Quran

Days and Night

• Allah says in the Quran Days and Night
• Also Allah says Night and Day
• We are used to saying things a certain way
• The Quran is really remarkable
• Allah breaks the speech pattern and mixes it up
• Allah changes His speech pattern even too rapidly

Surah Al Mulk

• Say He is Ar Rahman we have believed in Him and upon Him we rely
• In this unusual sequencing Allah says we only rely on Allah
• We believe in Allah and other things as well
• Allah says it so accurately in a split second
• When we speak we make tons of grammatical mistakes
• The Quran was given to humanity in the form of speech
• There is no room for correction in speech unlike written
• We recite once, the final version we are still reciting now

Surah Al Kahf

• How well He sees and How well He hears
• In the rest of the Quran Allah mentions hearing first and seeing second
• The sequenced is reversed
• These two times the pattern is broken
• We see and we hear
• It is talking about the people of the cave
• The real problem was that nobody could see them
• Allah wanted to highlight nobody knew where they were
• Allah sees them so well
• Allah hears the most intimate conversation between friends
• The Quran has its unique perspective on history
• It is Allah’s perspective on history
• They see the hellfire and they say we are ready to listen

Surah Isra and Surah Anaam

• Do not kill your children because of poverty, we provide you and them
• Do not kill your children out of fear of poverty we provide them and you

Surah Al Baqarah and Surah Jathiya

• Allah placed a seal upon his heart and hearing
• Allah placed a seal upon his hearing and his heart 

Surah Al Jumuah

• When they saw business or entertainment they left and left you standing there
• What Allah has is better than entertainment and better than business

Ayat ul Birr

• Being Good isn’t only that you turn your faces to the east and west alone
• The entire discussion before this is about the changing of the qibla
• The above statement creates a question
• What else is good?
• The Quran makes you asks a question
• The definition of goodness is given thereafter
• This is an example of teaching methodology
• Two distinct subjects being good and change of qibla
• It is a natural flow of conversation
• Mufoona and sabirina
• What did it change?
• Allah is emphasizing how much important you need sabr

Ayat ul Kursi

• The 9 sentences are symmetrical to each other
• His chair held the skies and the earth
• Every other verb in the ayah is in the present tense
• The chair held is in the past tense
• This means that the maximum capacity was not reached
• It is a matter of fact and not just a matter of potential
• How much bigger is the chair than the seven heavens
• It is like a ring in a desert
• Allah says My love and care held all things