The Semantic Functions and illocutionary force of Holy Quran depending on Austin's speech act theory

Holy Quran is the fundamental source of human sciences.Interrogative form is the most commonly used structure to elaborate the facts as well as to provide the addressees with divine knowledge.Interrogation has long received the attention of researchers.Regarding this point, the present research seeks to explore the semantic functions and illocutionary force of interrogative structures in the text of holy Quran. The original Arabic text in the second half (the second 15 ingredient from the verse number 15 in the Sura of Kahf to Nas) is the main focus of our analysis in this research. To this end, Austin's Speech Act theory used as the theoretical framework.The required data taken and collected out of the reference in the library.The received data were descriptively analyzed. The findings of this study revealed that almighty God has constantly affected the addressees by using such linguistic devices as interrogation.Interrogative structures is used by our lord with various semantic and pragmatic applications such as denial,negation,forbidding,humiliation,threatening and astonishment.