SYNTACTIC ANALYSIS OF SIMILAR DIALOGUE VERSES: Criticism of Muhammad Ahmad Khalafallah's Literary Approach
Abstract
This paper examines several verses about stories in the Qur'an that have similar dialogue to uncover a small part of historical facts or values that have been overlooked and considered unimportant by some exegetes in interpreting the stories in the Qur'an. Thus, this study will slightly accommodate the interpretations of classical exegetes who have struggled to present historical evidence in order to defend their belief in the factuality of the stories in the Qur'an. This study is a library research with similar dialogues in the Qur'an as its main object of study. The author uses a syntactic approach in examining similar dialogue verses. Through syntactic analysis, the author identifies the elements that form language units and the role of each element in similar dialogue verses. The Qur'an as a sacred text can be understood in various ways, methods, approaches, and perspectives. Each method has its own advantages and possible weaknesses. One method may have advantages when applied to understanding certain parts of the Qur'an that other methods do not have. However, this does not mean that a method that cannot be used to understand certain parts of the text should be abandoned or not used at all in understanding other parts of the text. The method of understanding the stories of the Qur'an using a historical approach does indeed encounter obstacles in some verses, especially those with similar wording. Therefore, a literary approach is needed to understand some of the stories in these verses. However, this does not mean that the historical approach should be completely ignored when understanding other verses. Understanding with a historical approach, aided by syntactic analysis, has proven to be applicable in understanding verses about stories in verses with similar wording. Thus, a historical approach aided by other analyses is still needed in understanding the problems of interpretation of several verses of the Qur'an, especially about stories, particularly verses with similar dialogue wording
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