The subject of this research paper is textual cohesion as one of the characteristics of the textuality of the Qur'an. Bearing in mind that al-tamāsuk (cohesion) as a term appears very early in Arabic linguistic thought the aim of the paper is to offer a theoretical overview of text cohesion in Arabic linguistics. Additionally, following the guidelines of text linguistics, the paper aims to analyse the linguistic devices used to achieve cohesiveness in the text of Surah Nūḥ. The work uses an analytical-descriptive method based on the analysis of lexical, phonetic, morphological and syntactic elements that participate in the realization of cohesionin the text of Surah Nūḥ. The research results show that the cohesiveness of the Qur'anic text is realized by grammatical, lexical and phonetic cohesive devices among which are: reference, ellipsis, conjunction, repetition, collocations, rhyming prose, paronomasia. The frequent presence of cohesive devices in the text of Surah Nūḥas a form of sacred text and its dialogic character of narration is closely related to different literary types of Arabic literature.
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