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The book develops a set of analytical categories for how repeated structures, phrases, motifs, and actions shape reader expectations, character portrayal, and the mechanics of time and space in Qur’ānic stories. It applies these methods to key narratives, especially the story of Mūsā, and compares repetition patterns across multiple sūrahs. ","How the Qur’ān Works  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nHow the Qur ’ān Works Reading Sacred Narrative  \nLeyla Ozgur Alhassen  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nOxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other countries.  \nPublished in the United States of America by Oxford University Press  \n198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, United States of America.  \n© Oxford University Press 2023  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above. You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any  \nacquirer.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Ozgur Alhassen, Leyla, author.  \nTitle: How the Qur ’ān works : reading sacred narrative / Leyla Ozgur Alhassen.  \nDescription: 1. | New York : Oxford University Press, 2023. | Includes bibliographical references and index.  \nIdentifiers: LCCN 2022060593 (print) | LCCN 2022060594 (ebook) | ISBN 9780197654606 (hardback) | ISBN 9780197654620 (epub) | ISBN 9780197654637  \nSubjects: LCSH: Qur’an as literature. | Qur’an—Language, style. | Repetition in literature. | Repetition (Rhetoric) Classification: LCC BP131.8 .O94 2023 (print) | LCC BP131.8 (ebook) | DDC 297.1/224045—dc23/eng/20230119 LC record available at [https://lccn.loc.gov/2022060593](https://lccn.loc.gov/2022060593)[ ](https://lccn.loc.gov/2022060593)LC ebook record available at [https://lccn.loc.gov/2022060594](https://lccn.loc.gov/2022060594)[ ](https://lccn.loc.gov/2022060594)DOI: 10. 1093/oso/9780197654606 .001.0001  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nContents  \nList of Illustrations  \nAcknowledgments  \n1. Introduction: Why Repetition?  \n2. Repetition in Structure: Parallels, Reversals, and Triangles  \nI. Introduction  \nII. Parallels, Reversals, and Swerves: Parents and Children  \nIII. Parallels and Reversals: Family Members Doing Counterintuitive  \nThings  \nIV. Parallels and Reversals: Mūsā Trusting Strangers  \nV. Parallels and Swerves: The Faith of Prophets  \nVI. Outliers  \nVII. Inverted Triangles  \nVIII. Conclusion  \n3. Repetition in the Qur’ānic Story of Mūsā  \nI. Introduction  \nII. Types of Repetition  \nA. Root Word  \nB. Motif  \nC. Theme  \nD. Sequence of Actions  \nE. Type-Scene  \nIII. What Is Done with Repetition  \nA. Deployed  \nB. Aborted  \nC. Suppressed  \nD. Suppressed: Focalization  \nE. Suppressed: Characterization  \nF. Suppressed: Reversal  \nG. Selective Giving and Withholding Information  \nIV. Repeated Elements  \nA. Length of Iterations  \nB. Introductions and Conclusions  \nV. Conclusion  \n4. Repetition and the Portrayal of Time in the Story of Mūsā and Hārūn in the Qur’ān  \nI. Introduction  \nII. Mūsā and Hārūn with Minimal and No Leaps in Time and Space  \nIII. Sūrat Ṭaha  \nIV. Sūrat al-Shu‘arā’  \nV. Conclusion  \n5. Echoing Phrases, Words, and Actions in Qur’ānic Stories: Exchange Encounters, Fasting, Feasting, and Faith  \nI. Introduction  \nII. Zakariyyā’s Fast (3:41 and 19:10)  \nIII. Maryam’s Fast (19:26–30)  \nIV. Fasting and Asking for Things from God (2:186)  \nV. Maryam’s Provisions (3:35 and 3:37)  \nVI. Providing a Feast: Ibrāhīm and His Guests (11:69–76)  \nVII. Fasting from Water (2:249–251)  \nVIII. Consuming a Feast: The Table (5:112–115)  \nIX. How to Ask for Things from God  \nX. Conclusion  \n6. Repetition in Sūrat al-Shu‘arā’: Prophethood, Power, and Inspiration  \nI. Introduction  \nII. 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