Why does the Qur'an sometimes refer to itself in the third person and other times in the first person?
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While reading the Qur’an, I noticed that it refers to itself in different ways—sometimes saying **“We revealed the Qur'an”** (e.g., *Innā naḥnu nazzalnā al-dhikr*), and in other places referring to it in the third person, like **“This is the Book”** (*Dhālika al-kitāb*).
*My Question*
*How have classical scholars and modern commentators interpreted these shifts? And does this variation carry implications for understanding divine speech and authorship in Islam?*
I’m especially interested in how scholars of *tafsīr* and Arabic rhetoric have explained this pattern.
Asked by F. A. Mala
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Jun 15, 2025, 10:25 AM