ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the text linguistic feature of coherence in Qur'anic discourse. It provides an in-depth investigation of the ways in which Qur'anic themes and meaning relations are linked and used to achieve effective communication between the text producer and the text receiver. The chapter demonstrates how the continuity of the text producer's thought is achieved through different mechanisms. It presents the coherence network, continuity of thought, leitmotif configuration, and how the text segments hang well together. The chapter deals with how coherence is achieved through different grammatical mechanisms that give a text's segment potency. The chapter discusses the interrelationship between coherence and relevance, coherence and saliency, coherence and context, and the two major types of coherence: micro level coherence and macro level coherence. In any textual communication, coherence plays a pivotal role in the fulfilment of the text producer's communicative goals at the interpersonal communication level and at a persuasion process level.
