This volume studies how the literary elements in the Qur'an function in conveying its religious message effectively. It is divided into three parts. Part One includes the studies of the whole Qur'an or large segments of it belonging to one period of its historical period of its revelation: these studies concentrate on the analysis of its language, style, structural composition, aesthetic characteristics, theoretical devices, imagery, and the impact of these elements and their significance. Part Two includes studies on individual suras of the Qur'an, each of which focuses on the sura's...