الفهرس 
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Abstract
The present study aims to examine discourse through the theory of
argumentation as it is applied to pragmatics from a pragma-dialectic
perspective with special reference to the Qur’anic narratives. Such
narratives include dialogic activities which are practiced between the
prophets and their people in a form of believer and disbeliever. The study
also aims to investigate the translators’ ability to transfer the meaning
adequately to the target language. The argumentative dialogic extracts are
analyzed following the Pragma-dialectical model of analysis.
The linguistic devices are employed to display the participants’ selection
and preference of linguistic devices. Finally, the lexico-semantic features
are examined to see how much they reflect the translator’s ability to
render the meaning and affect the people in the same way as the original
text. The data of the study are samples from the Meccan and Madinian
suras; three chapters from each suras’ group. This study shows that the
Meccan suras employ the linguistic devices more. Additionally, all the
four pragma-dialectic stages are found in both Meccan and Madinian
samples. Concerning the un/translatability of the Qur’anic terms, this
study shows that Ali’s translation is an attempt which closely reflect the
original text. However, the persuasive effect that is supposed to be
achieved by the use of rhetorical features may not be achieved as the
Arabic language which contains rhetorical devices that are not found in
the English language.