A Modernistic Account in the Storyof Prophet Musa (AS) in the Surah Ṭā Hā

Storytelling and methods of narration in the Holy Qur’an help readers to better understand the themes and concepts intended to be conveyed by God. Qur’anic stories have been narrated in different ways. The story of Prophet Musa (AS) has not only been narrated more often than the story of other prophets, but has been narrated for different reasons and in different narrative structures. The narrative of the story of Prophet Musa (AS) in Surah Ṭā Hā is one of the most different Qur’anic narratives. In fiction, there are different structures including classical, modern, postmodern, stream of consciousness, and so on. Modern narrative is one of the most important structures that became popular after the advent of modernity, especially in twentieth century fiction. Given that this method of narration is based on the philosophical and social principles of modern human society, it does not follow traditional and classical rules. Some of the most important elements of modern narrative are the presence of more than one narrator, multiple points of view, character-centeredness, and the ambiguity or relativity of time, place, and causality. The present study, done using a descriptive-analytical method and by studying library documents, tries to answer the question that what the narrative of the story of Prophet Musa (AS) in Surah Ṭā Hā is like. It seems that the narrative of the story of Musa (AS) in Surah Ṭā Hā is modernist. This research thus attempted to prove this hypothesis by analyzing the structure of the narrative in this story.