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A particular type of address in the Holy Qur’an is the address with the imperative "say" which occurs 332 times in it. Such an address consists of six parts and possesses a variety from the viewpoint of the message of "say" beyond message and its audience. The application of "say" is more in Meccan verses than that of Medinan verses. The present research deals with the coherence between the message and its audience, an analysis of its wider message and also an inquiry into the Quranic usage of "say" The address of "say" according to the message of its audience, comprises various issues relating jurisprudence and ethics of the believers so that it can respond to the problems and rationalism of the Jews, unbelievers, polytheists and hypocrites.
The discourse on "say" expresses an atmosphere of intimate dialogue between God and man. Promoting an atmosphere of intimate dialogue rests on the principles of ethics and the foundations of theology. The most important theological foundation of it is the Islamic doctrine of the attributes of God in particular three attributes of hearing, seeing and speaking. We can collate these three attributes in the interpretation of all God-dialogues. This perspective embraces other hypotheses like the "noble address" and the emphasis of the denial of human-making of the Quran foundations of theology. The most important theological foundation of it is the Islamic doctrine of the attributes of God in particular three attributes of hearing, seeing and speaking. We can collate these three attributes in the interpretation of all God-dialogues. This perspective embraces other hypotheses like the "noble address" and the emphasis of the denial of human-making of the Quran.
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