Document Type : Research Paper
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Professor of the Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran.
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Ph.D. student of Persian language and literature, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran.
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Assistant Professor, Research Institute of Quranic Sciences, Research Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran
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Associate Professor of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
This article aims to analyze the verbal aspect of the miraculous nature of the Quran by examining the harmony between semantic purposes and formal components in a portion of the Quranic text. For this purpose, Surah Al-Zalzalah, with its linguistic and rhetorical capacities, is examined as an example of this miraculous nature. The theory of "Nazm" (coherence), due to its comprehensiveness in analyzing the formal elements of speech, forms the theoretical framework of the article. In this theory, Jurjani, by analyzing the function of formal components (syntactic, rhetorical, and lexical arrangement elements, etc.) in achieving the semantic purposes of a text, demonstrates the harmony of Quranic words with their meanings and provides evidence for the miraculous nature of the Quran. The research process is as follows: first, the various layers of meaning in each verse are explained using various Quranic interpretations to reveal the semantic purposes; then, the various formal techniques used in the verse—or in the overall structure of the surah—to achieve those semantic purposes are examined. The results of this analysis show that the various formal components of this surah are in complete harmony and have a coherent connection with its core meanings and content purposes. The innovation of this research lies in the fact that, to analyze the mentioned harmony and connection, it does not rely solely on the translation and apparent meaning of the verses. Instead, by referring to multiple interpretations, the various layers of meaning in each verse are explained as much as possible, and the role of formal components in creating each of these various semantic implications (in Jurjani's terms, "meaning of meaning") is analyzed.
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