The Aesthetics of Surat al-Tawhid (al-Ikhlas)- An Analytical Study –

Abstract

This study focuses on tracing the aesthetic dimensions of the Blessed Surah Al-Tawhid (Al-Ikhlas), analyzing it through a comprehensive aesthetic lens that reveals its unique features and characteristics—distinguishing it from all other Qur'anic chapters. While the Surah has received considerable attention in exegetical, literary, and critical studies, it has rarely been examined in terms of its integrated aesthetic structure or given its due in terms of the divine beauty embedded within it—beauty that is exclusively tied to God and His Oneness.

Therefore, this study comes to observe, analyze, explain, and uncover what previous studies have not addressed. It concentrates on a range of aesthetic aspects of this great Surah, beginning with a foundational section that outlines its aesthetic traits—both metaphysical and textual. The analytical process then proceeds to explore the beauty of numerical structure, followed by the aesthetic of verse construction in terms of vocabulary and syntax. It concludes with the aesthetics of verse-end structures and their meanings, and finally presents a concise summary of the key findings and insights derived from the study.