THE SILENT AXIS OF AYAT AL-KURSI: A Structural Analysis of the Verse's Central Meaning and Hidden Architecture
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| contents | <p>This study presents the first full structural analysis of Ayat al-Kursi (Qur’an 2:255) using classical ring composition, chiastic symmetry and thematic pairing. Across more than a thousand years of tafsīr literature, scholars sensed that the verse contains a “hidden Divine Name,” yet no consensus was ever reached. Classical mufassirūn suspected Al-Hayy, Al-Qayyūm, Al-‘Aẓīm and others, but the Name could not be identified through vocabulary alone.</p> <p>This paper demonstrates that the Name becomes identifiable only when the architecture of the verse is mapped. Ayat al-Kursi consists of nine structural units arranged in a mirrored pattern around a single, unmatched axis: Verse 5. This central unit expresses boundaryless Divine Knowledge, encompassing past, future, and the unseen. All surrounding units return to this axis, forming a coherent theological geometry.</p> <p>This structural reading resolves the classical debate by showing that the Name expressed by the axial unit — and therefore by the verse’s design — is Al-‘Alīm, the All-Knowing. The study contributes to Qur’anic structural analysis and offers a methodological framework for interpreting verses through internal architecture rather than lexical emphasis.</p> |
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| spellingShingle | THE SILENT AXIS OF AYAT AL-KURSI: A Structural Analysis of the Verse's Central Meaning and Hidden Architecture HealerRiz Ayat al-Kursi Ring composition Chiastic structure Islamic theology Divine Names (Asma' Allah) Sacred symmetry Textual architecture Qur'an studies Internal structure analysis Hermeneutics Structural Analysis Semiotics Arabic Literature Arabic Language Linguistics Theology Islamic Studies Qur'anic Studies <p>This study presents the first full structural analysis of Ayat al-Kursi (Qur’an 2:255) using classical ring composition, chiastic symmetry and thematic pairing. Across more than a thousand years of tafsīr literature, scholars sensed that the verse contains a “hidden Divine Name,” yet no consensus was ever reached. Classical mufassirūn suspected Al-Hayy, Al-Qayyūm, Al-‘Aẓīm and others, but the Name could not be identified through vocabulary alone.</p> <p>This paper demonstrates that the Name becomes identifiable only when the architecture of the verse is mapped. Ayat al-Kursi consists of nine structural units arranged in a mirrored pattern around a single, unmatched axis: Verse 5. This central unit expresses boundaryless Divine Knowledge, encompassing past, future, and the unseen. All surrounding units return to this axis, forming a coherent theological geometry.</p> <p>This structural reading resolves the classical debate by showing that the Name expressed by the axial unit — and therefore by the verse’s design — is Al-‘Alīm, the All-Knowing. The study contributes to Qur’anic structural analysis and offers a methodological framework for interpreting verses through internal architecture rather than lexical emphasis.</p> |
| title | THE SILENT AXIS OF AYAT AL-KURSI: A Structural Analysis of the Verse's Central Meaning and Hidden Architecture |
| topic | Ayat al-Kursi Ring composition Chiastic structure Islamic theology Divine Names (Asma' Allah) Sacred symmetry Textual architecture Qur'an studies Internal structure analysis Hermeneutics Structural Analysis Semiotics Arabic Literature Arabic Language Linguistics Theology Islamic Studies Qur'anic Studies |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17644235 |