A Study of figurative and rhetoric language and its connotations in the Supplication of Al-Jawshan Al-Sagheer by Imam Musa b. Ja'far al-Kazim (a)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Assosiate Professor of Arabic Language and Literature in University of Qom, Qom, Iran

2 PhD student of Arabic language and literature in University of Semnan, Semnan, Iran

10.22091/npa.2023.9980.1009

Abstract

The Al-Jawshan Al-Sagheer supplication is an Islamic supplication which has been quoted from Imam Musa b. Ja'far al-Kazim. This supplication is considered one of the precious treasures of the Islamic heritage that contains very high mystical and literary themes. This supplication also is one of the best examples of figurative and rhetoric features of Arabic language, but despite the abundance of figures of speech and imagery in it, it has not been researched as it should be, which prompted this article to address it from the perspective of rhetoric. Therefore, this study seeks to shed light on the figurative and rhetoric language of this supplication. This research relied on the descriptive analytical method reached several results, the most important of which are: many figures of speech and imagery such as metonymy, metaphor, simile appear in this supplication, and among these images, metonymy was used more than others, at a rate of 26.32 percent. It is worth noting that Al-'iiyma' with a frequency of 70%, the linguistic metaphor with a frequency of 40%, the sensory metaphor and al-Makniyah metaphor each with 27.78%, and the singular simile for the singular and the mental simile for the sensory with a frequency of 25% each, are the most frequent imageries in the Al-Jawshan Al-Sagheer supplication.

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Article Title [العربیة]

دراسة الصور البیانیة ودلالاتها فی دعاء "الجوشن الصغیر" للإمام موسى الکاظم (علیه السلام)

Abstract [العربیة]

 یعتبر دعاء "الجوشن الصّغیر" دعاء منقولا عن الإمام الکاظم علیه السلام وإنه من کنوز التراث الإسلامی الثمینة التی تحتوی على موضوعات صوفیة وأدبیة عالیة جداً. إن هذا الدعاء من أفضل الأمثلة علی البلاغة العربیة إلا أنه علی الرغم من کثرة الصور البیانیة والمحسنات البدیعیة اللفظیة والمعنویة الواردة فیه، لم یتم دراسته دراسة أدبیة بلاغیة یجدر به، مما دفع هذا المقال أن یتناوله من منظور علم البلاغة. فمن منطلق ذلک تسعی هذه الدراسة تسلیط الضوء علی الصور البیانیة المتواجدة فی هذا الدعاء. ولقد اعتمدت هذه الدراسة علی المنهج الوصفی التحلیلی فی تحلیل الصور البیانیة ودلالاتها البلاغیة فی دعاء الجوشن الصغیر وتشیر نتائج الدراسة إلی أنه تتجلى جمیع الصور البیانیة کالکنایة، والمجاز، والتشبیه والاستعارة فی هذا الدعاء، ومن بین هذه الصور تم استخدام الکنایة أکثر من غیرها بنسبة 26.32 بالمائة وذلک لأن الکنایة هی أفضل أداة بلاغیة تقوم بالعقل والبرهان لإثبات المعانی والمفاهیم المختلفة کما تستخدم للتعبیر عن مفاهیم العداء والعداوة وحسد الأعداء الذین تزیل رحمة الله شرهم. ومن الجدیر بالذکر أن فن الإیماء بتکرار 70%، والمجاز اللغوی بتکرار 40%، والاستعارة الحسیة والاستعارة المکنیة لکل منهما 27.78%، والتشبیه المفرد للمفرد والتشبیه العقلی للحسی بنسبة 25% لکل منهما، هی الأکثر تکرارا فی دعاء الجوشن الصغیر.

Keywords [العربیة]

  • دعاء الجوشن الصّغیر
  • البلاغة
  • التشبیه
  • الاستعارة
  • الکنایة

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  • Receive Date: 12 August 2024
  • Revise Date: 16 October 2024
  • Accept Date: 06 December 2024
  • First Publish Date: 06 December 2024
  • Publish Date: 09 January 2025

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