How the Qur'ān Works

Leyla Ozgur Alhassen is a Qur'anic studies scholar and the author of Qur'anic Stories: God, Revelation and the Audience. Her scholarship revolves around Qur'anic stories, style and interpretation in literature, performance, and art, across historical periods, languages, and disciplinary boundaries. She has a PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles, in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures.

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Acknowledgements

1. Introduction: Why Repetition?
2. Chapter Two: Repetition in Structure: Parallels, Reversals and Triangles
3. Chapter Three: Repetition in the Qur'anic Story of Musa
4. Chapter Four: Repetition and the Portrayal of Time in the Story of Musa and Harun in the Qur'an
5. Chapter Five: Echoing Phrases, Words and Actions in Qur'anic Stories: Exchange Encounters, Fasting, Feasting and Faith
6. Chapter Six: Repetition in Surat al-Shu'ara: Prophethood, Power and Inspiration
7. Chapter Seven: Repetition in Sarat al-Qamar and a Comparison with Surat al-Shu'ara
8. Conclusion: Connections, Narrative and Power
9. Appendices
Appendix A: Musa
Appendix B: Surat al-Shu'ara
Appendix C: Surat al-Qamar and Comparisons of Surat al-Shu'ara with Surat al-Qamar