The depiction of the face in the Holy Qur’an, a semantic rhetorical study

Author:
Somaya Hamoudi Nasser AL-Hassoun
Level:
Master
Field of study:
Quranic Sciences
Language:
Arabic
Faculty:
Faculty of Quranic Studies
Year:
2022
Publisher:
URD Press
Supervisor(s):
Ahmed Al-Bahadli

This  study   has  aimed  to  investigate the word of  face   in the Holy Quran, which is a rhetorical and semantic studyThe study includes an introduction in which the research problem, its choosing the research, as well as the research method, the problems faced by the researcher and the method adopted in the research were described. This  study  includes  the concepts and generalities related to the key words  mentioned in the thesis title. Also the  terms  of  face , encounter  and  image  have  been  mentioned   in Arabic word  and the morphological limits of each of the words and their diacritic in Arabic dictionaries, along with the table and percentage ratios of their use  by Arabs. Also, the description of the word “face”  in the Holy Quran on the Day of Resurrection and the condition of the believers and unbelievers has been mentioned, and the Qur’anic method has been used in drawing the meaning of the change of face and the desired signs. This  study   has  aimed  to identify the Qur’anic meanings and its implications in the expression of face change in the Qur’an. This issue is important due to the importance of rhetorical and critical studies that have paid attention to the Holy Qur’an and also the importance of the Qur’anic style itself in delineating words and expressing meanings. One of the most important assumptions of this study is the eloquence of the Qur’anic style and the adoption of  style of imaging  in the position of praise, fear and guidance, and the imaging  was a distinctive tool in the Qur’anic style, and the critics and researchers investigated the effect and importance of this  style in expression and then it  became a distinctive tool in judging the correctness and eloquence of the works. The main question is: “what is the importance of the concept of face in the Holy Quran and how is this word drawn rhetorically?” Finally, we achieved some results, among which we can mention the identification of the rhetorical tools of the Qur’an and showing the miracles of the Qur’anic words, as well as the importance of the word “face” in the Holy Qur’an and its changes in the way of expressing the meaning.