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‘The verses in the Qur’ān are called āyah (plural āyāt, literally “signs”) and vary considerably in length. The shortest verses generally occur in the earliest sūrahs, in which the style of Muhammad’s revelation comes very close to the rhymed prose (saj) used by the kāhins, or soothsayers, of his time. As the verses get progressively longer and more circumstantial, the rhymes come further and further apart. There is also a change of linguistic style: the earlier sūrahs are characterised by short sentences, vivid expressions, and poetic force; and the later ones become more and more detailed, complicated, and, at times, rather prosaic in outlook and language.’

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*– E[ncyclopaedia] B[ritannica] 22:6

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