The College of Islamic Sciences at the University of Karbala discussed the doctoral dissertation titled “Narrative Texts in the Holy Quran: A Discursive Study” by the student Hassanein Emad, held in the Imam Hussein Hall within the college.

The aim of the dissertation was to elucidate the narrative texts found in the Holy Quran, which constitute one of the wise rhetorical styles in inviting to the worship of Allah. These styles encompass various categories, including believers, disbelievers, hypocrites, Jews, Christians, as well as topics related to the Day of Judgment, resurrection, paradise, hell, and demons.

The researcher found from this study that the majority of the narrative texts in the Holy Quran are reported verbatim, while those narrated with meaning are very few in comparison to the first type. The reason for this is that the narration of the wording is fundamental, and most of the narrative texts are presented within the context of Quranic stories or the Prophet Muhammad’s (peace be upon him) discourse with polytheists and People of the Book, both contexts narrate only the wording.