التوسّع في المعنى في اللغة العربية: دراسة تطبيقية لنماذج من آي القرآن الكريم

Comprehensiveness of Meaning in Arabic Language: An Empirical Study of the Models from the Verses of Holy Qur’an

Abstract

The comprehensiveness of the meaning is the most important phenomenon of the Arabic language and the most important characteristics that distinguishes the Arabic language from other languages. It is widely used in Arabic language in general, and in the verses of the Qur’an in particular. This article deals with this phenomenon, namely: the use of words to denote more than the original meaning, it means that these words bear or contain more than one meaning, instead, the speaker can expand the meanings of the words by using less words and he can achieve his purpose easily and conveniently without any lacking and defect. This method constantly used in the Holy Qur’an and in the Arabic poetry and prose. This phenomenon is related to the different linguistic and grammatical aspects, such as: similarity of words, the combination of different forms of words which are different in significance, and refrain from expressions, deletions, inclusion and providing before and after behind, and common forms and so on. The interpreters, linguists, grammatists and rhetorician followed this, and gave more care in it which is not hidden in the rhetorical expression, especially in the Qur’anic expressions. So, the function of this unique characteristic of the language becomes clear in this study.