The present study aimedatinvestigating the politeness strategies of Brown and Levinson (1978) and politeness maxim of Leech (1983) used by Allah, Prophets, and humans in five Surahs in the Holy Quran. In the data analysis, it is found that 1) the characters used five maxims in their communication to each other and six positive politeness strategies and five negativepoliteness.The results of the current study showed in that the identifiable Leech’s politeness maxims take 41 frequencies and 22.65 % which stated that there are 5 politeness maxims employed in the five Surahs, those are tact maxim with 7 frequencies or 3.86 %, generosity maxim with zero frequency, approbation maxim with 6 frequencies or 3.31 %, modesty maxim with 8 frequencies or 4.41 %, agreement maxim with 14 or 7.73% and the last was the sympathy maxim with 6 frequencies and 3.31 %. The politeness maxims take the lowest frequencies in the five Surahs and also the characters, Allah, Prophets and Humans, get 4(2.20%), 15(8.28%) and, 22(12.15%), respectively. The most important findings of this research revealed that the positive politeness strategies of Brown and Levinson are highly used, then negative politeness strategies and the last were politeness principles of Leech

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