Investigation into Conceptual Metaphors of Death in the Quran Based on Cognitive Semantics

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Theology, Faculty of Islamic Sciences, Quran and Hadith University, Qom, Iran.

2 Ph.D. Student, Quran And Hadith sciences, Quran And Hadith university, Qom, Iran.

3 Faculty member, Foreign Languages, Imam Sadiq university, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

This article has as its purpose the enumeration of various conceptual metaphors of death from the viewpoint of cognitive linguistics. It used library research based on linguistics and semantics methodologies. The main theory used here is Lakoff and Johnson’s conceptual metaphors and the system used is that of source and target domains. After citing the Quranic verses (Ayas) on the subject of death and pointing out theories related to conceptual metaphor in cognitive linguistics, it has been concluded that to define the abstract concept of death the Quran has adopted image schemas like path, trajector and landmark, and has employed some conceptual metaphors for death as a living, dynamic and tasteable entity, and for the world as a receptacle through which man departs when dying. Also, death, in its metaphorical sense of time within place, is presented as the point of returning to the Creator. The educational function of this view on death, in terms of cognitive linguistics, is to create an awareness of the true meaning of it as far as it could lead to better mental and behavioral capacities.

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Article Title [العربیة]

دراسة الإستعارات المفاهيمية للموت في القرآن الكريم على أساس الدلالات المعرفية

Authors [العربیة]

  • أحمد كريمي 1
  • محمد کریمي 2
  • علیرضا روشن ضمیر 3
Abstract [العربیة]

هذا البحث الذي دُوّن بهدف حصر أنواع الإستعارات المفاهيمية المتعلقة بالموت من وجهة نظر اللسانيات المعرفية، تم إجراؤه بالمنهج المكتبي وبالإعتماد على الأساليب المعرفية في علم اللغويات و علم الدلالة. النظرية الرئيسية التي تم إستخدامها في هذا البحث هي نظرية الإستعارات المفاهيمية التي وضعها (ليكوف وجونسون) والنظام المستخدم هو المجال المصدر - المجال الوجهة.
من خلال إجراء هذا البحث يتبين أن القرآن الكريم قد إستخدم مخططات بصرية مثل "المسار والطريق" و"العبور والتخطي" للتعبير عن المفهوم المجرد للموت و يقدم الموت في شكل إستعارات مفاهيمية ككيان حي متحرك و شيء يمكن تذوقه و يصف الجسد والعالم بأنهما وعاء يخرج منهما الإنسان بالموت أو كنقطة إنطلاق يتحرك منها الإنسان ليصل إلى وجهة ما و يقدم الموت بفهم مجازي للزمن على شكل مكان، علی أنه نقطة إنطلاق للعودة والرجوع إلى الله. إن التطبيق التربوي والوظيفة المفاهيمية لهذا النوع من النظرة القرآنية للموت من الناحية اللغوية المعرفية، هو توجيه الناس إلى المغزى  والمعنى الحقيقي والآثار المترتبة على الإهتمام بموضوع الموت والتعبير عن خفاياه التربوية.

Keywords [العربیة]

  • الموت
  • اللسانیات
  • المخططات الصورية

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Interdisciplinary Studies of Quran & Hadith
Volume 1, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
October 2023
Pages 193-216

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  • Receive Date: 26 June 2023
  • Revise Date: 07 January 2024
  • Accept Date: 16 January 2024

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