WISDOM BEHIND THE STORIES OF THE QURAN

In Allah’s name, the most gracious the especially Merciful.

The Quran is a miraculously revealed statements of Allah to guide mankind and jin. The Quran has it unique way of presenting its message which makes it different from all other books. One of this unique characters is the manner on which it presents stories(QISSAH-QASAS) and gives the reader some kind of comfort and clear understanding.

According to Dr. Salehi, Stories in the Quran is classified in three ways:

1. The messages, feedbacks, and events of the prophets. Examples are the stories of Eesah, Ibrahim, noor amd etc
2. The stories of past events,educattive outcomes when there is no prophet present. Examples are the story of Dhul Qaynayn, story Adam descendant and etc.
3. Stories of the events during the time of prophet Salallahu-alayhim-wa-salam time. Examples are the battles of Ahzab, Hunain, Tabook Uhud, and etc.

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WISDOM BEHIND THE STORIES OF THE QURAN;

There are purposes, technicalities and reasons under which the stories of the Quran are narrated.

According to Ahmad al-Dosary, the following wisdoms can be derived;

1. Their divinely revealed: Again, the most perfect of speech belongs to Allah and so, no other book can be compared to the Quran in the manner it presents it's stories. Allah said in Quran 11:49, "This is of the news out of the unseen, which We reveal unto you(Oo Muhammad, neither you nor your people knew them before this."
2. It uthenticity: It is considered that when a prophet appear, accomplish his mission and live, he does no tell his own story. It takes those of his companions to tell his story to the next generation. In addition, the previous divine books are not also completely reliable because of it distortion. The most authentic narration is the ones narrated in the Quran by the creator himself. What ever of a stroy that is told in the Quran is the truth and acurate and it is exactly what happend in the past. Allah is the all hearing and all knowing and is the only one that knows the complete insidents and even what is in the hearts of the the parties. Allah says in Quran 3:62,"Verily,This is the true narrative about the story of Iesa." and also, Allah says in Quran 12:111,"Indeed in their stories, there is a lesson for men of understanding. It is not a forged statement but a confirmation of Allah's existing Books and a detailed explanation of everything and a guide and a Mercy for the people who believe."
3. Narrating the important parts of a story: This is a unique way that was used by Allah to deliver the stories. And the reader is only directed to the most important stages of the events. Sometimes a whole story is told at once like the story of Yussif Alayhi-Salaam and in other situations, parts of the event is told in different places to give an emphasis of ideas.
4. Establishement of Tawhidullah in relation of worahip: All the prophets that came to this world brought only one message, thus to establish the oneness of Allah and that Allah is the only one that deserves and is worthy to be worahiped. Undoubtedly, each of them had their unique way of delivering their message but all finalize on common goal. Allah says in Quran 21:25,“And We did not send any Messenger before you (O Muhammad) but We revealed to him (saying): Laa ilaaha illa Ana [none has the right to be worshipped but I (Allaah)], so worship Me (Alone and none else)."
5. The reality of the day of Judgement: The disbelievers disbelieve because they are ignorant about the reality of Allah's rewards, punishment and the day of Judgement. The abundance of stories of the past generations prove to them the reality of this day and that the disbelievers will suffer whiles believers will gain a satisfactory place.
6. Improving upon the faith of the believers: The stories of the past nations displayes the outcome of disobeying Allah and his messages by telling how they responded negatively to Allah's message and their distractions. Again it also displays the dignitries or the pious amongs them and how Allah value them. Allah says about Ibrahim in the Quran 37:101-105, When Ibrahim at last was given a son and when the son grew up to be a boy, Allah again asked him to be secrefice to Him, and both Ibrahim and the son obeyed Allah.

According to Qutb, the following wisdoms can be deduced;

1. To prove that a small number of believers can brighten a society. A number of these stories recorded a significant acts of some pious people who made a difference in a community which is full of oppression.
2. There is no inventions in the Quran, the stories are narreted in parts and in reference to particular or similar cases.

According to Dr. Salehi, the following wisdoms can be derived;

1. Thinking: The reliable, uthentic and perfectness of the stories provide distinctive facts and gives the individual the truthful message to ponder and distinguish between the right and wrong behavior.
2. Sound knowledge: The stories of the past nations provide a circumstance when the reader gains a firm amd certain knowledge which the ignorance do not know. Example is the story of prophet Eesa's crusifiction confuses the people of the book but in the Quran, its clear and straight forward that he was not crusified nor did he died. Allah says in Quran 4:157-158 "“and their saying: ‘We slew the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary’, the Messenger of Allah - whereas in fact they had neither slain him nor crucified him but the matter was made dubious to them - and those who differed about it too were in a state of doubt! They have no definite knowledge of it, but merely follow conjecture; and they surely slew him not, but Allah raised him to Himself. Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise."

In conclusion, the Quran presents it stories in a special and unique manner in which mankind can grab the intended meaning. The wording, style and stages all form part of it perfectness and it impossiblility for imitations.

REFERENCES

Ahmad al-Dosary, The Magnificence of the Quran Stories, www.alukah.net. pg 3-4.

Dr. Salehi, Journal of Islamic Studies and culture, the rile of the Quranic and Parablesim in Islamic Education and Training, The importance and the position of the Quranic stories,America:2016,page 129, https://doi.org/10.15640/jisc.v4n1a15

Dr. Salehi, Journal of Islamic Studies and culture, the rile of the Quranic and Parablesim in Islamic Education and Training, The importance and the position of the Quranic stories,America:2016,page 131, https://doi.org/10.15640/jisc.v4n1a15.

Qutb, In the Shade of the Quran, Volume one, pge 49, 323.