Quran uses metaphors to form linguistics motif:


What is Metaphor?


- A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

- A thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else.


For example:


Life is a race. The one who keeps running wins the race and the one who stops to catch a breath loses

Classical Arabic, with roots in ancient Semitic languages, is a literary form of Arabic (as opposed to dialectical Arabic) dating back at least 1500 years. The first evidence of Arabic script, the inscription of Zabad from the year 512, was found in Syria.


Arabic has 2 forms:


Classical Arabic (Fus-ha)

Language in which the Qur’an is wirtten.

Modern Standard Arabic (MSA)

Arabic dialect generally understood


To understand the Quranic motif we need to work on broadly two foundational principles:


1. Focusing on the language in which the Qur’an was revealed (it's flow of discourse , metaphors, grammar, idioms and expressions used within the Quran)

2. Making use of the concept called Tasreef 

, that is, how the Qur’an repeats its messages

from very diverse vantage points through nested looping with some jargon marking to explain key patterns through Quranic motif.



According to the Quranic terminology this is very apt definition of Rasool and Nabi. A person can be Rasool and Nabi at a time but a Nabi cannot be called Rasool as Nabi follows Rasool.




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