Symmetry in Sura al-Muzammil

I have discovered a chiastic structure in Sura al-Muzammil.


Here is my rhetorical analysis:




Notes

I’m not sure if others would see this too, but I see some further, minute correspondences between these sections. For instance, the first half of the sura mentions the concept of east and west, and the second half mentions skies and paths. The beginning of the sura mentions recitation of the Qur’an, and the end of the sura mentions recitation of the Qur’an. The beginning of the sura mentions night and day (layl and nahaar), and the end of the sura mentions night and day (layl and nahaar). Section D mentions larger, older (mountains are tens of millions of years old), and more sedentary things turning into smaller, younger (sand dunes are thousands of years old), and more motile things due to the severity of the Day. The corresponding section, section D’, mentions smaller, younger, and more lively things turning into taller, older, and more sedentary things due to the severity of the Day.

Note that Pharaoh is found in the center of the chiastic structure, which is something we see also in the chiastic structure of Sura al-Zukhruf.

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