Studying the effectiveness of George Yule's (2000) presupposition theory in determining the predictions of the first revealed chapters of the Holy Quran

There are new theories in pragmatics, which deal with the study of the meaning in the context. One of these theories is George Yule's theory of presuppositions (2000), which proposes several types of presuppositions-based linguistic patterns. This article aims to investigate this theory's efficiency in identifying the presuppositions in the verses of the Holy Qur'an with a descriptive-analytical method. For this purpose, the first revealed surahs have been used as the basis of investigation. This research has studied the types of preconceptions raised in Yule's theory in the first five surahs revealed to examine the application of this theory in diagnosing the prejudices of the audience of the Age of Revelation based on the verses of the Qur'an. This study shows that definite nouns in Arabic indicate presupposition of existence and verbs with the meaning of knowing indicate factive presupposition; Rhetorical Questions and unreal conditionals show the non-factive presupposition; Superlative structure, and the use of sentences in the position of conjunction, adjective, and adverb, as well as modifying verbs are the signs of Structural presupposition. This research also shows that words such as Rabb, Qalam, and Cosmic and Otherworldly phenomena, etc., are presuppositions of the existence of the Age of Revelation, the lack of previous knowledge of man, and the existence of the misguided and guided people are factive presuppositions, and finally, the prophet's appeasement and the equality of Muslims and criminals are non-factive presuppositions.