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«إِنَّ الدِّينَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ الْإِسْلَامُ»
“Indeed, the religion with Allah is Islam.” (Āl ʿImrān 3:19)

Within the discussion involving the People of the Book, this broad declaration provides a central proposition around which questions, differences, and arguments can be understood. Stating the governing claim at a transition gives direction to the exchange that follows.

Synthesis: sometimes a whole surah opens by declaring its purpose, and sometimes an internal subsection does so. Attending to variation in form, changes of addressee, and the relation of openings and endings makes the arrangement of Qur’anic discourse more intelligible.

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“Inna al-dīna ʿinda Allāhi al-Islām”: framing debate

Arrangement of the Qur’an and the Rhetorical Style of Surahs

«إِنَّ الدِّينَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ الْإِسْلَامُ»
“Indeed, the religion with Allah is Islam.” (Āl ʿImrān 3:19)

Within the discussion involving the People of the Book, this broad declaration provides a central proposition around which questions, differences, and arguments can be understood. Stating the governing claim at a transition gives direction to the exchange that follows.

Synthesis: sometimes a whole surah opens by declaring its purpose, and sometimes an internal subsection does so. Attending to variation in form, changes of addressee, and the relation of openings and endings makes the arrangement of Qur’anic discourse more intelligible.