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Volume 32, Number 4, pages 543-550 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.26830/symmetry_2021_4_543
INTERFACING PURE SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES – NON-TRADITIONAL APPLICATION OF GROUP THEORY AND SYMMETRY TO A TEXT
Aiman Eid Al-Rawajfeh*
* Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tafila Technical University, Tafila 66110, Jordan.
E-mail: aimanr@yahoo.com
ORCID: 0000-0002-0086-826X
Abstract: Group Theory is a mathematical method by which aspects of an object symmetry can be determined. It has very important applications in chemistry and physics. The term symmetry implies a structure in which the parts are balanced with each other around an element to which one or more symmetric operations are carried out, yet it leaves the object unchanged. In this work, the group theory is applied to a non-traditional target; a thoroughly revealed and elucidated text, the Holy Qur’an. The text was chosen because it is a stable, widely-spread and long-lasting, and unchanged book. It has been found that Qur’an can be divided into symmetric parts around a plane of symmetry. Qur’an contains 114 chapters (surahs) and each chapter is divided into verses. The First Chapter (Al-Fatiha) and the last one (Al-Nas) are considered as an abstract and conclusion of the whole book, respectively. The rest 112 chapters are divided into two symmetric parts. Chapters 2–57 are symmetric with the Chapters 58–113 (level 1), and each chapter is divided into two groups of symmetric verses. The same is also applied to each verse. It is expected that this approach can be applicable to the speeches of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) or, as in Arabic Hadith, (including Hadith Qudsi), and the other “holy books” (the Christian, and the Hebrew Bible) as well.
Keywords: group theory; symmetry; interfacing; Qur’an structure, holy books.
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