Cognitive Analysis of Divine Traditions in "Arrogance" with a Qur'anic Approach (based on the Imaginary schemas)

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Associate Professor, Department of Islamic Studies and Research Center for Factors Affecting Health, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran

2 PhD candidate, Department of Qur'an and Hadith Sciences, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran.

3 PhD Candidate, Department of Qur'an and Hadith Sciences, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran.

Abstract

"Divine traditions" (sunan), as laws and measures governing the creation system, is a frequently Qur'anic concept in linguistic interpretations. Using the cognitive semantic approach in the conceptual metaphors as a tool for understanding abstract concepts, this article tries to investigate the function of imaginary schemas in the metaphorical conceptualization of "arrogance" and reach the effective power-dynamic structure of the flow of "divine traditions" in the laws of divine universal geometry. Therefore, in a descriptive-analytical method, it investigates the concept of "kibr" (pride/arrogance) as the most frequent word in the Qur'an in the field of moral vices and the main indicator of the opponents of the right, in the conceptual system of the Holy Qur'an. Therefore, it methodically discovers the linguistic-metaphoric situations influenced by divine traditions in the area of arrogance and the imaginary schemas presented by concretizing abstract concepts in an objective format. Findings show the influence of "kibr" as a powerful obstacle in depriving God's mercy and a strong force in the direction of downward movement towards misguidance of oneself and others. It affects drawing the intensity of vanity of the arrogant man, using the phrases "arrogance is an obstacle" and "arrogance is power". The implicit meanings resulting from this linguistic system, point to the degree of semantic degradation and the position of arrogance in the Qur'an. The mainstream of divine traditions are seen in the verses, based on the metaphorical concepts about "the arrogance" with titles such as "zῑyᾱdat dilᾱlat", "'imlᾱ' and 'istidrᾱj", "'imhᾱl and 'istῑsᾱl", "deprivation" and "learning lesson".  

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Researches of Quran and Hadith Sciences
Volume 21, Issue 2 - Serial Number 62
September 2024
Pages 205-239

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  • Receive Date: 24 June 2023
  • Revise Date: 04 July 2024
  • Accept Date: 24 February 2024

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