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Book SynopsisLeyla Ozgur Alhassen approaches the Qur'an as a literary, religious and oral text to show how Qur'anic stories function as narrative: how characters and dialogues are portrayed; what themes are repeated; what verbal echoes and conceptual links are present; what structure is established; and what beliefs these narrative choices strengthen.
Table of Contents1. Introduction: A Narratological, Rhetorical Approach to Qur’anic Stories; 2. Knowledge, Control and Consonance in Surat Āl ‘Imrān 3:33-62; 3. God, Families and Secrets in the Story of Surat Maryam 19:1-58 ; 4. Evidence, Judgment and Remorse in Surat Yūsuf; 5. Merging Words and Making Connections in Surat Ṭaha; 6. Surat al-Qaṣaṣ and Its Audience; 7. Conclusions: Reading the Qur’an as God’s Narrative.
