Got me again.

You are right. The Qur’an is NOT organized in chronological order. However, Muslim fundamentalists still understand the chronology of the Qur’an and use that chronology to justify their support of terrorism and delegitimize the Suras (chapters) that preach peace.

By the way, my second mistake was in calling the Suras verses. They are CHAPTERS. Verses are Ayas.

Thanks for keeping me on my toes!

– John

Are you already afraid of me commenting? ;) Actually you oughtn’t ’cause there’s not much to add to this one! Thanks for the great response to my query.

There’s just a tiny one: The Q’ran was not written in chronological order but the suras are arranged by lenght. There are even a couple of them of which the context within Mohammads CV is not yet known or still disputed among scholars. [which is another point that opens the Q'ran for interpretation ...]

By the way: I really do enjoy this correspondence a lot and thank you for the challenge of my common knownledge and my ‘grey cells’ :)

love

Magda