Studying the status of the complement with it in the Holy Quran based on the contextual meaning of the verses

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Associate Professor of Arabic Language and Literature in Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.

2 PhD student of Arabic language and literature in Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.

10.22091/npa.2025.12697.1033

Abstract

The object of ma’ah, as one of the five verbs, as its name suggests, indicates the association between two things, which always comes with “waw”. The Quran, as an Arabic text, is not devoid of this syntactic rule. Some reject the existence of the object of ma’ah in the Quran, while others consider it permissible. Since the inflection and the conjunction of each cause a difference in the original meaning, the inflection or conjunction of “waw” in the Quranic text causes a difference in the meaning and interpretation of the verse. Therefore, the present study, using a descriptive-analytical method and considering the context and situational context of the verses, attempts to examine this type of object in the Quran. The results of the study show that the verses in which scholars disagree on the subject of the object of ma’ah are 22 verses, which is the total number of cases mentioned in grammar books. Of this number, after citing the evidence, 16 verses were the object participle of the verb and 6 verses were the inflectional participle, the plurality of which is due to its centrality with respect to the context and situational context of the verse. It was also determined that the main criterion for inflectional and inflectional verbs is the sharing of meaning and tense; that is, the verses that were inflectional in the sense of inflectional were in common in meaning and tense, but the verses that were inflectional inflectional were in common only in meaning.

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Article Title [العربیة]

دراسة مکانة المفعول معه فی القرآن الکریم بالاستناد إلى المعنى السیاقی للآیات

Abstract [العربیة]

یُعَد المفعول معه واحدًا من المفاعیل الخمسة، وکما یتضح من اسمه، فإنه یشیر إلى المصاحبة بین مسألتین ویأتی دائمًا مع حرف "واو". والقرآن الکریم، کنص عربی، لیس مستثنى من هذه القاعدة النحویة. وقد نفى بعض العلماء وجود المفعول معه فی القرآن، فی حین أقرّ آخرون بجوازه. ولأن العطف والمعیة یؤدیان إلى اختلاف فی المعنى الأساسی لکل منهما، فإن کون "واو" دالة على العطف أو المعیة فی النص القرآنی یؤثر على المعنى والتفسیر المستخلص من الآیة.لذا، تسعى هذه الدراسة إلى تحلیل هذا النوع من المفعول فی القرآن من خلال منهج وصفی-تحلیلی، مع مراعاة السیاق والبیئة الموضعیة للآیات. تُظهر نتائج البحث أن الآیات المتنازع علیها بین العلماء فی موضوع المفعول معه تبلغ 22 آیة، وهی مجموع الحالات المذکورة فی کتب النحو. ومن بین هذه الآیات، تم تحدید 16 آیة کمثیلات للمفعول معه، و6 آیات کمثال للعطف، حیث تعود کثرة المعیة إلى مبدأ مرکزیة المعنى وفقًا للسیاق والبیئة الموضعیة للآیة.کما تبیّن أن المعیار الأساسی للعطف والمعیة هو المشارکة فی الحکم والزمان؛ بمعنى أن الآیات التی استخدمت فیها "واو" بمعنى المعیة کانت مشترکة فی الحکم والزمان، بینما الآیات التی تعبر عن العطف کانت مشترکة فقط فی الحکم.

Keywords [العربیة]

  • القرآن الکریم
  • المفعول معه
  • واو المعیة
  • واو العطف
  • سیاق الآیات
  • الدلالة

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  • Receive Date: 08 April 2025
  • Revise Date: 27 May 2025
  • Accept Date: 30 June 2025
  • First Publish Date: 30 June 2025
  • Publish Date: 11 September 2025

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