Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 : Associate Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature i and Humanities, Shahid Beheshti University, Iran
2 Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
Conceptual metaphor is a fundamental factor for expressing abstract concepts, as it consciously or unconsciously reveals its place in the common language mechanism of our daily lives. Since it includes various types of image data resulting from the power of recognition through objectification, and provides understanding of one field based on another field for human. The Holy Qur'an is full of beautiful conceptual metaphors, the main purpose of which is to explain something unknown and imagine something beyond the power of our minds, and this is the reason for the innovation of Quranic metaphors despite the cessation of revelation. This article, with the descriptive-analytical method, aims to investigate the three types of conceptual metaphors in the form of directional, ontological, and structural metaphors in Surah Insan from the Holy Quran. The results of the research indicate that the concept of life is shown in the structure of travel and the concept of time is shown in the form of place, but knowledge is the basis for a visual approach in structural metaphor. In the ontological metaphor, non-human structures such as the Day of Resurrection and time acquire human characteristics. As for the purpose of metaphor, a visual attribute is considered for the divine essence, and the abstract concept of mercy is a vessel containing a specific volume. In addition, the concept of indifference is expressed by the spatial direction behind; high status and honor are expressed by the upper direction; maximum importance is expressed by the central direction; and obedience and subduing are expressed by the lower spatial direction.
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