Why Does the Quran So Often Use “Indeed”?

In view of the role of *inna*, the following functions are particularly emphasised:

- drawing attention to serious matters and concerns;
- stating a result or outcome;
- conveying certainty;
- giving hope;
- warning;
- dispelling doubt and uncertainty;
- establishing laws and rulings;
- recounting important events and influential moments in history;
- depicting as certain the details of what will come to pass in the Hereafter;
- revealing the inner dimensions of truths;
- offering interpretation and exegesis;
- stirring and reviving the faculty of reason;
- leading to belief and certainty;
- expressing exclusivity;
- emphasising, illuminating, rousing, encouraging and completing;
- inviting reflection and attention;
- conveying important news;

and so on.