I say: What he has mentioned—that the entire Quran is perfected and that its parts all resemble one another—has been stated by scholars generally. The Quran itself indicates this, as he has explained. In interpreting the words of the Most High, “resembling one another,” they have likewise explained that its parts resemble one another in meaning and wording. Many commentators, such as al-Tha‘labī and al-Baghawī, have said much the same: “Its parts resemble one another in beauty and confirm one another.”

Abū al-Faraj ibn al-Jawzī said: “There are two interpretations of this resemblance. The first is that its parts resemble one another in verses and letters: one verse resembles another, one word resembles another, and one letter resembles another. The second is that its parts confirm one another, so that it contains neither inconsistency nor contradiction.”

The interpretation of this resemblance as its parts confirming one another