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Is this the first rhythmic structure that you’ve seen in the Quran?

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There was one other by the same author, for the beginning of Surat an-Naba, but he had to make up a weird exception to make it work. He said that the "عمّ" at the beginning of the Surah is really just short for "عما" so he gave the ا a two count. He isn't wrong that it's short for that, but he can't claim it's audially symetrric if that's not how any pronounces it.

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