We study metaphor, allusion, and personification in the rhetoric course, and examples are given from the Qur'an. What is the truth in this matter?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. We study metaphor, allusion, and personification in the rhetoric course in high school, and examples are given from the Qur'an. What is the truth in this matter?
Answer:
The truth is that there is no metaphor in the Qur'an. It is all literal, all literal. It is not divided into literal and metaphorical as they say. However, studying this is a prescribed practice; you study it to know which statements are correct and which are not. You do not believe in this; you study it without believing it. You study it to know it, to know it only, and to know its basis and what follows from it.
Studying is not the same as believing. Study the literal and the metaphorical, the science of rhetoric, allusion, personification, and so on. Not to believe in this, but to know it.
You know their statements, you know their foundations, and you know how to respond to them. You cannot respond to them if you do not know their statements. So, brothers, studying is not believing. We study even the false statements. We study the statements of the Jahmiyyah, the Mu'tazilah, and the Asha'irah in order to know how they derived them and how we respond to them. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. We study metaphor, allusion, and personification in the rhetoric course in high school, and examples are given from the Qur'an. What is the truth in this matter?
Answer:
The truth is that there is no metaphor in the Qur'an. It is all literal, all literal. It is not divided into literal and metaphorical as they say. However, studying this is a prescribed practice; you study it to know which statements are correct and which are not. You do not believe in this; you study it without believing it. You study it to know it, to know it only, and to know its basis and what follows from it.
Studying is not the same as believing. Study the literal and the metaphorical, the science of rhetoric, allusion, personification, and so on. Not to believe in this, but to know it.
You know their statements, you know their foundations, and you know how to respond to them. You cannot respond to them if you do not know their statements. So, brothers, studying is not believing. We study even the false statements. We study the statements of the Jahmiyyah, the Mu'tazilah, and the Asha'irah in order to know how they derived them and how we respond to them. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [96 -1024]ندرس في مادة البلاغة المجاز والكناية والاستعارة ويمثل بأمثلة من القرآن فما هو الحق في هذا؟ — youtube.com
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