Why does the Quranic wording for the same event or situation differ when recounted by its speakers, such as the discrepancy between Iblis's statement in Surat Al-A'raf: "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay," and his statement in Surat Al-Hijr: "I would not prostrate to a human whom You created from sounding clay of altered black mud"?

The article discusses two matters: First, that the Holy Quran narrates speech by meaning, not by literal wording, because the Quran is the word of Allah, and because the languages of previous nations were not Arabic. Thus, the speech conveyed on their tongues came to include the meanings of their words in the language of the Quran. Second, that the repetition of stories and phrases in the Holy Quran with different wordings is one of the characteristics of Quranic narration, and it has numerous benefits, including: adding new details, affirming the challenge of the Quranic miracle, removing boredom, demonstrating the ability to formulate meanings in diverse styles, and maintaining consistency with the topic and context in which the story appeared.