Likewise, when the Quran is called the Recitation, the Criterion, Clarification, Guidance, Insights, Healing, Light, Mercy and Spirit, each name conveys a meaning distinct from the others.

The same applies to the names of the Lord, Exalted is He: the Sovereign, the Most Holy, the Flawless, the Granter of Security, the Guardian, the Almighty, the Compeller, the Supremely Great, the Creator, the Originator and the Fashioner. Each name conveys a meaning not conveyed by another. His essence is one, while His attributes are many.

This applies to individual names, and the same holds for complete sentences. An account is expressed in sentences conveying certain aspects of its meaning, then expressed in other sentences conveying other aspects. Although the account itself is one, its attributes are many. Thus, each sentence conveys a meaning not conveyed by the others.

There is no repetition whatsoever in the Quran. Some people, however, have claimed that He repeated the accounts, although relating each one once would have sufficed, and that the wisdom behind this was that Arab delegations would come to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and the Muslims would teach them some of the Quran, which would suffice for them, and that he would send to the tribes