S. Yusuf: Literary Anchors
1. The word used for different groups of Ayahs in the Qur'an is called "SOORAH". This word comes from the word "SOOR" which means "the large gates outside a city that are meant for protection." 2. The word "SOORAH" is not the equivalent of "chapter", it is unique to the Qur'an. Similarly, the word "AYAH" is not the equivalent of "verse", since a verse is always some kind of sentence and Ayah isn't always a sentence. 3. Interestingly, a "SOOR"(protective city wall) is built from down to top whereas Allah says that the "SOORAH" were revealed from top to down. The origin is in the skies, so they can never be scaled and invaded. 4. There are different kinds of studies in the Qu'ran, one of them is "Linear Coherence". 5. Linear Coherence means how things connect one after the other. Surah Yusuf didn't need much discussion in this area since it is a coherent story and...