The significance of grammatical tense in Quranic stories.......a verb form as a model - an applied analytical study

Abstract

This article addresses the topic of the significance of grammatical time in Quranic stories through the form “VERB” as a model for analysis, seeking to reveal semantic dimensions that go beyond mere reference to the past. The research starts from the problem of: To what extent does the form of “verb” in the Holy Qur’an express a real past tense, or does it extend to other temporal and contextual connotations imposed by the nature of narrative discourse?
The article relies on an applied descriptive analytical approach, by tracing examples of narrative verses and analyzing them in light of the linguistic and semantic context. The study showed that the form “verb” does not always refer to the interrupted past, but rather it may be used to indicate continuation, investigation, or pictorial evocation of events, which gives the narrative a special vitality and realism.
The results also showed that the grammatical time in Quranic stories is closely linked to the pragmatic context and the rhetorical purpose, as temporal values ​​overlap with semantic functions, so the formula transforms from a mere morphological structure into an artistic tool in constructing the narrative event.
The article concludes that understanding the significance of time in the Qur’anic text cannot be done in isolation from the context, and that the “fa’al” formula represents a rich model that reveals the flexibility of the temporal system in Arabic, and the depth of rhetorical use in the Qur’anic discourse.