The self-referential discourse of the Quran is the set of rhetorical forms in which the Qur'an cites itself to varying degrees. These argumentative strategies...

opponents of the Quran as the latter constructs and represents them". Self-referential discourse of the Quran Punishment narratives in the Quran Mahdi Azaiez...

Sells also addresses the much-discussed repetitiveness of the Quran, seeing this, too, as a literary device. A text is self-referential when it speaks about...

of Muhammad Historiography of early Islam History of the Quran Islamic studies Quranic cosmology Quranic counter-discourse Self-referential discourse...

Sells also addresses the much-discussed repetitiveness of the Quran, seeing this, too, as a literary device. A text is self-referential when it speaks about...

lit. 'The Moon') is the 54th chapter (surah) of the Quran, with 55 verses (ayat).The Surah was revealed in Mecca. The opening verses refer to the splitting...

symbol of mercy in contrast to Nar, which refers to the diurnal solar "hot light" i.e. fire. In the Quran, God is stated to be "the light (Nūr) of the heavens...

than it is used as a self-referential (emic) designation," with a reason for comparison just as Aleister Crowley did with regard to the similarities he saw...

as the religion of the state, obliging legislature to adhere to Sharia. Saudi Arabia recognises the Quran as its constitution, and is governed on the basis...

Saxl", The Journal of Hellenic Studies 49 (1), p. 111-116. Wherry, Rev. E. M. "A Comprehensive Commentary on the Quran and Preliminary Discourse", 1896...