Story telling: model of narrative history applied in the Noble Quran
Subject Areas :
1 - Tarbiat Modares University
Keywords: History Historical narrative Holy Quran Sura Al-Yusuf Quranic approach,
Abstract :
Objective(s): Holy Quran is the last book of divine series which came to guide people and show correct from incorrect issues. Holy Quran, the Muslim scripture, has been sent for conducting human and includes affair’s principles and clarify everything. Some contents of the Holy Quran mention on historical narratives, shows the great importance of history and its usefulness for human conduct, from the perspective of God. In this article, by using the relation between the Quranic stories and historical narratives, the true model of historical narrative and its extractable principles can be obtained. Method: The inference mechanism of the paper is base on logical argumentation research method which enjoys interpretive techniques in analysis of the documents. By clarify the relationship between historical narratives and stories of the Quran (Qasas: plural of Qas’sa), the research wants to understand the principles of the historical narratives by review Sura Al Yusuf - and analysis and interpretation of its content. Finally, the headlines of the derived principles categories and together, constitute a model for historical narrative. Conclusion: The enlightenment, having message to conducting human, According to God as the basis of historical narrative, attention to the unseen and the divine power, considering the role of Satan in history, dealing with historical figures and patterns, Addressing the base of historical narrative, referring to the divine traditions continually, and narrative step by step right to side with a focus on turning points based on the monotheistic historical process are some of the features include historical accounts of the Holy Quran that are considered in this article. Due to these features –as some useful advices - could make the human narrative of history closer to divine Quranic narrative; which is the best narrative and best story (Ahsan-al-qasas)
