Rhetorical interpreting from singular to plural & from plural to singular in Quran kareem

  • Saltanat Khan Ph. D. Scholar, Department of Arabic, Islamia College University, Peshawar
  • Dr. Dost Muhammad Lecturer, Department of Arabic, Islamia College University, Peshawar
Keywords: Iltifat, singular, plural, Eloquent, Rhetoric, perspective

Abstract

The most eloquent book of Allah is the Holy Quran is. The Quranic Scholars have served its eloquent points, since its very beginning, because of their insist interpretation of and love with the Quranic language Arabic. So Quran is in the focus and epicenter of many rhetorical discourses discussed by the rhetoricians, and "iltifat" is one of these. The word "iltifat" means interpreting from one perspective or style or focus of meaning to another perspective or style or focus of meaning i.e. from first person to second or third person, or vice versa, similarly, from plural to singular, or vice versa, and from past to future, or vice versa, and from feminine to masculine or vice versa etc.

By an adequate understanding of Topic:"iltifat inter singular and plural, and its eloquent points in the Holy Quran ", we can easily infer that the Holy Quran is very eloquent and the most rhetorical book in all over the Arabic books. In this research paper the researcher has given eleven examples for  this kind of “iltifat” from the Holy Quran, and proved that Quran is the very eloquent statements, through this rhetorical discourse "iltifat from singular to plural or vice versa ".

Published
2020-07-17