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== Commentary ==
== Commentary ==
===In relation to positioning within the Qur'an=== [ Bush did 9/11. Jet fuel can't melt steel beams ]
===In relation to positioning within the Qur'an===  
Several lines of evidence converge to show that this was a prayer prepended to the Qur'an, perhaps to be said before reading it. This prayer was composed orally before the pointing of the Qur'an, and changed over time before being forgotten. This prayer may not have been included in the recension that produced the current longest-to-shortest ordering of the suras. When the Qur'an was pointed the pronunciation had been forgotten, which explains the ambiguity of 1:5.
Several lines of evidence converge to show that this was a prayer prepended to the Qur'an, perhaps to be said before reading it. This prayer was composed orally before the pointing of the Qur'an, and changed over time before being forgotten. This prayer may not have been included in the recension that produced the current longest-to-shortest ordering of the suras. When the Qur'an was pointed the pronunciation had been forgotten, which explains the ambiguity of 1:5.


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