An Aesthetics of jihad verses based on Michael Halliday's theory of Textual Coherence

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD in Arabic Language and Literature, Allameh Tabatabaei University

2 PhD in Arabic Language and Literature, Arak University

3 Associate Professor in Arabic Language and Literature, Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies

4 Graduated with a master's degree in Arabic language and literature from the University of Sistan and Baluchistan

10.22091/npa.2026.14370.1047

Abstract

Coherence is one of the elements of aesthetics that aestheticians have considered essential for the beauty of a text. The effect of coherence becomes apparent when the text loses its beauty and impact without it and the meaning becomes ambiguous. In the text, semantic, connective, grammatical and lexical elements create relationships that distinguish a coherent text from chaotic phrases. This article seeks to analyze the coherence of the verses of Jihad using the descriptive-analytical method and Halliday's theory. According to the results, coherence in the verses of Jihad has created a structural connection and intra-textual factors through which the phrases of these verses have become meaningful. Different types of coherence in the verses of Jihad have caused a better transfer of meaning to the audience and its consolidation in their minds, and the beauty of the verses, and it expresses the semantic relationships that give unity and integrity to the divine word. Lexical coherence in the verses of Jihad is achieved through the unity of beautiful words and the perfection of meanings and their proportion to meanings, and has led to the creation of a pleasing and coherent texture. Grammatical coherence has been used in the framework of deletion, reference, and substitution for the beauty of the text and clarity of meaning. Reference has created a strong connection between words and verses, and has caused clarity of meaning and prevented ambiguity of the text. Linking coherence in the verses of Jihad is often created through inflections for the connection between sentences and clarity of meaning. Repetition also creates coherence by understanding the subject and placing the repeated thing at the center of attention, preventing ambiguity of the text and making the purpose clear.

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Article Title [العربیة]

جمالیة آیات الجهاد وفق نظریة الانسجام النصی لمایکل هلیدی

Abstract [العربیة]

یُعدّ التماسک أحد عناصر الجمالیات التی یعتبرها علماء الجمال أساسیة لجمال النص. ویتجلى أثر التماسک عندما یفقد النص جماله وتأثیره الجمالیة، ویصبح المعنى غامضًا. تُنشئ العناصر الدلالیة والترابطیة والنحویة والمعجمیة علاقات تمیز النص المتماسک عن العبارات المتناثرة فی النص. تسعى هذه المقالة إلى تحلیل تماسک آیات الجهاد باستخدام المنهج الوصفی التحلیلی ونظریة هالیدای. ووفقًا للنتائج، فقد خلق التماسک فی آیات الجهاد ترابطًا بنیویًا وعوامل نصیة داخلیة، مما جعل عبارات هذه الآیات ذات معنى. وقد ساهمت أنواع التماسک المختلفة فی آیات الجهاد فی نقل المعنى بشکل أفضل إلى المتلقی وترسیخه فی أذهانهم، کما أنها تُبرز جمال الآیات، وتعبر عن العلاقات الدلالیة التی تُضفی وحدةً وتکاملًا على الکلام الإلهی. یتحقق التماسک المعجمی فی آیات الجهاد من خلال وحدة الکلمات الجمیلة وکمال المعانی وتناسبها، مما أدى إلى خلق نسیج لغوی متماسک وجذاب. أما التماسک النحوی، فقد استُخدم فی إطار الحذف والإحالة والاستبدال لإضفاء الجمال على النص ووضوح معناه. وقد ساهمت الإحالة فی خلق صلة وثیقة بین الکلمات والآیات، مما أدى إلى وضوح المعنى ومنع غموض النص. وغالبًا ما یتحقق التماسک الرابط فی آیات الجهاد من خلال التصریفات اللغویة لربط الجمل ووضوح المعنى. کما یُسهم التکرار فی خلق التماسک من خلال تأکید الموضوع ووضع الشیء المُکرر فی مرکز الاهتمام، یؤدّی إلی التجنب عن غموض النص وإیضاح المقصود.

Keywords [العربیة]

  • القرآن الکریم
  • الجمالیة
  • الانسجام
  • آیات الجهاد
  • هلیدی

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Arabic Prose Studies
Volume 2, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4
December 2025
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  • Receive Date: 29 September 2025
  • Revise Date: 15 November 2025
  • Accept Date: 01 December 2025
  • First Publish Date: 06 December 2025
  • Publish Date: 06 December 2025

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