Koran: Textual Criticism 1 - The Clear and Easy Koran<br /><br /><br />The first in my mini-series: Textual Criticism of the Koran. From March 2011.<br /><br />In the first episode I investigate the claim of a perfect, clear and easy to understand book, sent “down” by a perfect god.<br /><br /><br />so that whosoever would receive admonition could receive it 35:37<br />(god) He is enough as a witness between me and you 46:8<br />Complete 17 sentences of chapter 86 is gibberish:<br />I swear by the sky and by the Night-Comer, and what may let you know what the Night-Comer is? The star of piercing brightness! there is no human being, but there is a watcher over him. <br />So, let man consider of which stuff he is created. He is created of spouting water that comes out from between the loins and the chest-bones. Surely He is Powerful to bring him back on a day when all the secrets will be searched out, and he will have neither strength (to defend), nor a supporter. I swear by the sky that rains, and the earth that cracks open (for plants), this is a decisive word, and it is not a joke. They are devising plans, and I Am devising plans. So leave the disbelievers alone at the moment; give them respite for a while. <br /><br />11:1 a Book whose verses are perfected and then presented in detail from [one who is] Wise and Acquainted<br />41:3 A Book of which the verses are made plain, an Arabic Quran for a people who know<br />41:44 And if We had made it a Quran in a foreign tongue, they would certainly have said: Why have not its communications been made clear?<br />54:17 We have indeed made the Quran easy to understand and remember<br />54:22 We have indeed made the Quran easy to understand and remember<br />54:32 We have made the Quran easy to understand and remember<br />54:40 indeed, We have made the Quran easy to understand and remember<br /><br /><br /> <br /> <br /><br /><br />Single Letter Verses<br /><br /><br /> <br />A L R - 10, 11, 12, 14, 15<br />A L M - 2, 3, 29, 30, 31, 32<br />A L M R - 13<br />A L M S - 7<br />H M - 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46<br />H M A S Q - 42<br />S - 38<br />T S - 27<br />T S M - 26, 28<br />T H - 20<br />Q - 50<br />K H Y A S - 19<br />N - 68<br />Y S - 36<br /> <br /><br /><br />ALR, ALM, ALMR, ALMS, HM, HMASQ, S, TS, TSM, TH, Q, KHYAS, N, YS<br /><br />
