Date of Award
6-1-2023
Thesis Type
masters
Document Type
Thesis (Restricted Access)
Divisions
language
Department
Department of Arabic Language and Middle Eastern Languages
Institution
Universiti Malaya
Abstract
al-Tauriyah is a single word uttered by a speaker that has two meanings; closer meaning that is not intended and distant meaning that is intended. However, there is a difficulty in understanding the concept of al-Tauriyah as some Arabic rhetoricians have treated the concept of al-Musytarak al-Lafẓī and al-Majāz as part of al-Tauriyah, leading to a difficulty in discerning between those concepts. The second issue relates to the use of al- Tauriyah in Quranic verses is there is a scholarly opinion which claimed that al-Tauriyah has been effectively used even in juz 30 which revolves around the main principles of Islamic creed. This is contrary to the opinion asserting that the Quranic verses revolve around the Islamic creed should be clear, unambiguous, and no use of al-Tauriyah is expected. Thus, the purpose of this study is to distinguish al-Tauriyah from al-Musytarak al-Lafẓī and al-Majāz, to identify creedal verses in juz 30 where al-Tauriyah is hidden and its closer and distant meaning, and to analyze al-Tauriyah’s rhetorical mysteries and effects on the understanding of the verses in juz 30. The researcher utilized al-Ḥamawī’s (1894) and ‘Abbās’s (2007) theory of al-Tauriyah as a guidance to achieve the first and second objective while Yaḥyā’s (2018) hypothesis on rhetorical mysteries and effects of al-Tauriyah on the understanding of Quranic verses to achieve the third objective. The researcher employed a descriptive analytical method generally by referring to three category of sources which are classical and modern Arabic dictionaries, linguistic exegeses of the Quran as well as classical and modern scholarly opinions of Arabic rhetoricians which further support the theories to achieve the objectives. The researcher concluded that al-Tauriyah deals with two real meanings; closer and distant meaning while al-Majāz deals with two meanings; real and metaphoric meaning, al-Tauriyah hides the relationship between its two meanings while al-Majāz does not, frequency of word use plays a role in al-Tauriyah and not in al-Majāz, al-Musytarak al-Lafẓī is al Tauriyah’s primary basis, and al-Tauriyah occurs in 12 places in juz 30 which are all revolve around the Islamic creed. The researcher hopes that more research on al-Tauriyah and its beauty will be carried out.
Note
Dissertation (M.A.) – Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya, 2023.
Recommended Citation
Syazwan Naim, Ibrahim, "Al-Tauriyah and its issues in juz 30 of the holy Quran / Syazwan Naim Ibrahim" (2023). Student Works (2020-2029). 1475.
https://knova.um.edu.my/student_works_2020s/1475