Traditional vs. Chronological Order: Stylistic Distance Analysis in Juz' Amma

This paper analyzes the smoothness sequence in different texts in order to investigate whether texts that are close in time (which implies they are in chronological order) are stylistically similar or otherwise. We propose a spatial metaphor of distance with graphical representation to show similarity and dissimilarity between the texts. For this purpose, we choose surahs containing oaths from Juz' Amma because oath is the common topic between the surahs in this Juz' and work the surahs in a group of three. The analysis is performed in three parts; first is the closeness in terms of distance between the surahs, second is the ordering sequence among the surahs, and third is the closeness against the ordering sequence among the three surahs. The analysis showed that in general, while it is true for smoothness sequence to be based on the traditional closeness, it is not necessarily true for chronological closeness.