God and the Present Voice: An Investigation into the Dialogical Nature of the Qur’an

The following is an attempt to argue for an omnitemporal voice in the Qurʾan by investigating the structure of the text which, as it will be shown, is in dialogue throughout. This dialogical structure which runs through almost all parts of the text is associated with a going-beyond of temporal context that brings the historical characters out of their setting to join the main speaker who is heard everywhere in the text, and who becomes atemporal by being present in all contexts.