Unique Arrangement
\r\n Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) - Chapter 75: Verses 17-19
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"It is for Us to collect it [in your heart] so you may recite [and compile it]. But when We have recited it, follow its recital [as promulgated]: Nay more, it is for Us to explain it [through your tongue]."
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\r\n It is commonly acknowledged that the arrangement of ayat (verses) and suras (chapters) in the Quran is unique. The layout does not follow the chronological order of revelation, nor does it follow subject matter. What secret lies behind this arrangement is best known to Allah, for it is His Book. Now if I play the unscrupulous editor and re-arrange the words of someone else's book, changing the sequence of the sentences etc., then altering the entire meaning of the work becomes tremendously easy. This end product can no longer be attributed to the original author, since only the author himself is entitled to change the wording and the material if the rightful claim of authorship is to be preserved.
So it is with the Book of Allah, for He is the sole Author and He alone has the right to arrange the material within His Book. The Quran is very clear about this.
\r\nIn lieu of descending to earth to explain His verses, Allah entrusted the Prophet (peace be upon him) as His viceroy. In granting him this privilege, Allah was sanctioning the Prophet's explanations as authoritative. Only the Prophet, through divine privilege and revelation, was qualified to arrange verses into the unique fashion of the Quran, being the only privy to the Will of Allah. Neither the Muslim community at large nor anyone else had any legitimate say in organising the Book of Allah.
\r\nCompiled From:
\r\n \"The History of the Quranic Text\" - Muhammad Mustafa Al-Azami, p. 70