Suyuti’s treatise on the Surahs Order in the Qur’an

Abstract

The article presents a Russian translation of two chapters of the treatise by Jalal ad-Din al-Suyuti “Tanāsuq al-durar fi tanāsub as-suwar” (“A string of pearls regarding the correspondence of the Surahs”). In the last few decades European Arabic studies have paid a lot of attention to the composition of the Qur’an, whereas Muslim scholars have been dealing with this problem almost from the very beginning of the Qur’an studies. Suyuti’s treatise summarizes Muslim scholars’ centuries-old researches on the Qur’an composition. The fi rst chapter represents the author’s introduction to the treatise, where he states the reasons that induced him to write this book, and the second chapter is related to the analysis of the surah “The opening”. The introductory remarks contain information about the life of Jalal ad-Din, as well as a brief analysis of the treatise and an assessment of its signifi cance for study of the Qur’an composition.