The Presence of Indexicals and Conversational Implicature in the Discourse of the Qur'an: A Pragmatic Approach in Surah "Al-Kahf"

This study seeks to explore some aspects of the pragmatic approach in the discourse of the Qur'an. We are not concerned with the history of pragmatics or its initial developments, nor are we aiming to discuss its linguistic and terminological concepts, which are widely available in various sources and references. Rather, this paper focuses on two aspects of the pragmatic approach: indexical and their types, and conversational implicature, and attempts to apply them to the discourse of the Qur'an. We chose Surah "Al-Kahf" for this pragmatic approach, leading us to the most important findings of this analysis.