Study of Relation of Verses in Sūrat al-Anʿām Through Extracting Relational Lines

There is disagreement among scholars about the relation between the verses of a surah. On the one hand, commentators such as Saʿīd Ḥawwā have used it as the basis of their interpretive work, and on the other, some have rejected this connection and so have joined to those orientalists who consider the verses in a surah disconnected. The latter confirmed the maximum connection between some verses. The present study examines the relation between the verses of Sūrat al-Anʿām to show the relation and coherence between all the verses of this Surah. In this regard, first the topics in each verse are extracted and categorized, by classifying them. Secondly, the main lines of the topic in the surah are shown and thirdly by stating the relation between the lines, the relation of all the verses of the surah is clarified. Thus, in contrary to the opinion of some scholars and orientalists who do not believe in the relation between all the verses of a surah, the relation between verses of Sūrah al-Anʿām can be proved by extracting relation lines (7 main lines) and the coherence of these verses is shown in this study.