This study aims to reconstruct the rhetorical understanding of Surah Al-'Alaq verses 1–5, which is often trapped in the dichotomy of literal and esoteric interpretations, using the theoretical framework of Nazm by Abdul Qahir al-Jurjani. This research employs a qualitative approach with a library research design. Data were collected using documentation techniques sourced from the primary text of the Qur'an and the book Dala'il al-I'jaz. The analysis uses Nazm-based content analysis to examine the syntactic architecture of the verses. The findings reveal that the syntactic architecture of the verses, such as the fronting of verbs and the omission of objects is not merely a stylistic ornament but an instrument of cognitive engineering. This structure integrates intellectual validity with spiritual awareness, building an epistemological foundation that fundamentally rejects intellectual arrogance. Ideally, Islamic education curricula and digital da'wah strategies should be reoriented to go beyond textual reading towards holistic and transformative structural meaning.
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