Ushbu surraning eng muhim jihati shundaki, unda o'tmishda sodir bo'lgan voqealar ko'p hikoya qilinadi. Avval g'orda uxlagan yigitlar haqidagi hikoya keladi, so'ng ikki bog'li kishi haqidagi hikoya, keyin esa Odam va Shayton haqida eslatma beriladi. Surraning o'rtasida Muso bilan solih kishi o'rtasida sodir bo'lgan voqea bayon etiladi, oxirida esa Zulqarnayn haqida hikoya qilinadi. Bu hikoyalar surraning asosiy qismini tashkil etadi va uning 110 ta oyatidan 71 tasini egallaydi. Qolgan oyatlarning ko'pchiligi bu hikoyalarga sharh beradi va ulardan chiqariladigan saboqlarni bayon qiladi. Bundan tashqari, surrada Qiyomat kunining ba'zi manzaralari hamda biror g'oyani tushuntirish yoki ta'kidlash uchun inson hayotidan olingan misollar ham bor. Bularning barchasida Qur'onning g'oyalarni yorqin tasvirlar orqali ta'kidlash usulini ko'ramiz.

The most important thing to be noted about this sūrah is its preponderant narration of events that took place in the past. First we have the story of the sleepers in the cave, followed by that of the man with two gardens, then a reference to Adam and Satan. In the middle of the sūrah we see what happened between Moses and the pious man, and at the end there is an account of Dhu’l-Qarnayn. These stories form the major part of the sūrah, taking 71 out of its 110 verses. Most of the remaining verses comment on the stories and outline the lessons to be learnt from them. In addition, the sūrah also contains some scenes of the Day of Judgement, and others drawn from human life to explain an idea or emphasize a concept. In all these, we see examples of the Qur’ānic method of emphasizing its ideas through vivid imagery.