Thematic Unity of Single Surah between Acceptance and Rejection

Abstract

In this study, the researcher deals with (the thematic unity of the Qur’anic surah between acceptance and rejection). It aims to explain the most important opinions that have been said on this subject, among those who believe that there is an objective unity in the Qur’anic surah, around which the issues of that surah revolve, and if those issues are multiple, then there is a thematic unity. These issues are linked together, and each surah has an independent character, dealing with a basic Topic with several individual partial topics This is done by the interpreter understanding the main objective or objectives of the Surah, then searching for the reason for the revelation of the Surah or the verses that presented the basic topic of the Surah, then looking at the order in which the Surah was revealed from among the Meccan or Medinan surahs, then studying the Qur’anic methods in presenting the topic and the occasions between the passages of the verses. In the surah Then the researcher reviews the ancient commentators who pointed out in their interpretations some of the objectives of the surah, especially the short ones, and the appropriateness between the passages of some of the surahs. Then he mentions some of the later ones who wrote in this type of interpretation After that, the researcher mentions the opinions that say there is no thematic unity in a single surah, and cites interpretive evidence about some verses, and narrative evidence about that As for the importance of this study, it paints a clear and cultured picture about the surahs of the Holy Qur’an and its verses and how to research them on the one hand, and the opinions of commentators and  researchers on this subject on the other hand.