[2] This literary topos follows a usual pattern composed of a meeting between a messenger of God and a community.
[2] These stories are thus constructed to evoke the history of Noah, Lot, the Arab prophets, and some others anonymous groups.
[2] Jonah is the only case in the entire Quran where the community repents and escapes punishment.
[3] This type of story is intended to highlight divine power and prove the origin of what the messengers transmit.
This could explain the paradigm shift after the Hijrah and the loss of importance of these stories following Muhammad's rise to power.