Conceptualization of the naming of "Quran" in Nahj al-Balagha based on the theory of conceptual metaphors of Likaf and Johnson

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Authors

1 Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Arabic, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 )Master Student of Arabic Language and Literature, University of Tehran

10.30465/alavi.2025.49983.2674
Abstract
Religious concepts are mostly abstract matters, but according to the understanding of material man and his limited mind, they are expressed in the language of metaphor. Qur'an is the miracle of Islam and one of the two greatest virtues that guarantee human happiness by adhering to it. The truth of the Qur'an is a high spiritual concept and has unique characteristics that cannot be understood correctly and comprehensively outside of the context of the words of the innocents (PBUH). This research seeks to analyze the application of conceptual metaphor theory in introducing the truth of the Qur'an and its characteristics in the words of Hazrat Ali (pbuh) in Nahjal Balagha. The current research was compiled with the descriptive-analytical method and based on the theory of conceptual metaphors of Likoff and Johnson. From the findings of the research, it can be deduced that because the Holy Quran is a great truth, Imam Ali (AS) used various linguistic tools to make the audience understand the many abstract concepts of the Quran. It was known from the author of this research that in Nahj al-Balagheh 14 conceptual metaphors are used to introduce the Quran and its noble features, that Amir al-Mu'minin (a.s.) in each metaphor considered the components in the field of origin that were better known to the audience and made them attributed to the Holy Quran.

Keywords


- قرآن کریم
- نهج البلاغه
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