The role of polysemy and context from the interpretive view point of 'Aflame Tabatabaee

Document Type : Research Paper

Author

Researcher of the Great Book of the Holy Qur'an, affiliated to Imam Sadiq University

Abstract

The term "Kufr" is one of the most significant clue words in the Holy
Qur'an. This term has an important role in the ethical-religious system of
Qur'an (with a negative value). This is not only the core meaning which other
negative values encircle it, hut by even a simple survey in Qur'un, we become
convinced that the role of the meaning of Kufr is so great that its presence can be felt in every statement and verse concerning human ethic and
behavior.
In this article the focal words of "Kufr" in its Kur'anic usage are identified and elucidated and their sense relation in their semantic construction is
examined and analysied as to identity the semantic field of the term Kufr and the words related to it.
 

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