What follows from recurring prophetic stories across al-Aʿrāf, Hūd, al-Shuʿarāʾ, al-Ṣāffāt, and al-Dhāriyāt?

Wisdom of Recurrence and Arrangement, and Dimensions of Qur’anic Inimitability

• Every surah necessarily reports an unrelated event
• It exists solely for rhyme
• Later accounts have no benefit after the first
• The same history can yield differing emphases and lessons in each setting