Reporting the Direct Speeches of the Qur’anic Prophets: Rabb and Allāh as expressed by Hūd, Ṣāliḥ and Shuʿayb

In the Qur’ān prophetology is certainly a very relevant topic. Therefore, after having expounded in general terms this topic, the main purpose of this article is to examine the direct speeches of the prophets, with a focus on two words they mention, namely Rabb and Allāh, as expressed by the so-called pre-Islamic Arab prophets, namely Hūd, Ṣāliḥ and Shu‘ayb. Hence, the emphasis is on the type of discourse and the subjects involved in the dialogic context.