Quranic Stories and Religious Language Approaches to the Analysis of Them

The mechanism of Qur’an language and its linguistic implications is among the questions which have been a source of interest and challenge to interpreters, theologians, and other researchers of religion. Among the questions that arise here are: Can we say that all Qur’anic verses and propositions are statement of facts? Is it possible to change the metaphorsin some of the Quranic figurative, symbolic, and allegorical phrases into facts and reality or not? In response to these questions, especially in as far as Quranic stories are concerned two main approaches are presented. The first includes unrealistic views and provides some interpretations and ideas of the Quranic stories which empty out the real content of these stories which constitute the external significance of the words of these stories. The second approach includes some views that consider the content of Quranic stories as something connected with past events and occurrences.Using an analytical- descriptive method, the present paper sheds light on and criticizes five views about the first approach and two views about the second approach.