Palindrome

Palindrome

[wa Rabaka Fa Kabir]

(focus on the consonants only in the arabic language)

And your Lord (Allah) magnify! [so magnify your Lord]

[Quran Surah What is a Palindrome?

A word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward.

Some points to add to this that were mentioned in the seminar:

1) It was spoken and the one who spoke it was illiterate. Its pretty hard to come
up with a palindrome when you sit down and work it out, yet it might be possible,
but to speak it out of the blue -> you only get one shot at getting it right because
what is being is said is memorized instantly and written down. You cant go back
and modify it. Plus the speaker himself, the Messenger (saw), is illiterate so its
not like he could have sat down before hand and worked through it.
2) It was recited together with the verses before and after it. I.e. its right in the
middle of a passage and the fact that the verse being a palindrome fits so well in
the context of whats being said and doesnt take anything away from the
coherency and meaning.
3) It was unknown at the time but discovered later by linguistic scholars who
spent their time looking through the Quran for such aspects of linguistic
excellence. Its not like the Prophet (saw) went around and said look, this verse
has a palindrome. Its just there.