محمد خسروی شکیب - Associate professor in Lorestan university

Quran is a religious and educational book that has a special linguistic and structural geometry. "Tales" are one of the most important main mechanisms of the structure of the Qur'an. The Almighty God has used "Tales" to call mankind for the good and benefit of the community. The question is, what is the function of the Tales in the structure of the Quran? The presupposition is that Quranic Tales with their narrative properties can reinforce the receptivity of religious, moral, and social teachings, and by turning "individual story" into "plural story", they can facilitate the acceptance of the "cooperation" discourse. These tales exaggerate the persuasiveness of the words and finally make the message necessary and urgent. They facilitate the creation and description of the Qur'anic meaning and message. Qur'anic tales create collectivity and a common and universal worldview, and by creating different narrators and multiple viewpoints, they adjust the grammatical and impressive nature of language. They emphasize good and public benefit. Most importantly, Quranic tales can shape the process of cognitive development and identity-building of the audience. In this paper, with the method of content description and analysis, an attempt is made to qualitatively and functionally evaluate the role of tales in the structure of the Holy Quran.

Holy Quran, STRUCTURE, Tale, Functionalism