The Conce pt of Text and the Textual Standards of the Holy Quraan A Theoretical Study

Abstract

This study aims at shedding light on the concept of text as one of most problematic critical terms especially in literary and Quranic studies.It gives a linguistic and terminological meaning of the concept though there is no precise definition of this term. Then, it tackles the most outstanding textuality standards of the text in which the study concentrates on four standards which are basic for the textuality of any text whether it is literary or Quranic .They are the grammatical coherence, the embodied cohesion and the intentionality .Then the situational and what is connected with it from the types of context whether it is occasional or linguistic or contextual.