Metaphor and Its Occurrence in the Noble Qur'an
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Question:
Our brother asks: Is there metaphor in the Noble Qur'an?
Answer:
This requires a detailed explanation: As for the metaphor that rhetoricians are accustomed to, there is no such metaphor in it. However, the Qur'an was revealed in the language of the Arabs, with the breadth of the language and its permissibility—meaning *majaz*, derived from *jaza* (to be permissible) and *yajuz* (it is permissible), not from the technical term *majaz*; there is no harm in this. Just as He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said: [Yusuf:82] [Yusuf:82] [Al-Isra:24]. This is from the language of the Arabs, from its expansion and breadth; there is no harm in it, and it exists in the Qur'an.
As for the metaphor that rhetoricians have defined technically, and which it is correct to deny; this is not in the Qur'an. This technical metaphor is not in the Qur'an. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Our brother asks: Is there metaphor in the Noble Qur'an?
Answer:
This requires a detailed explanation: As for the metaphor that rhetoricians are accustomed to, there is no such metaphor in it. However, the Qur'an was revealed in the language of the Arabs, with the breadth of the language and its permissibility—meaning *majaz*, derived from *jaza* (to be permissible) and *yajuz* (it is permissible), not from the technical term *majaz*; there is no harm in this. Just as He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:
And ask the town
وَاسْأَلِ الْقَرْيَةَAnd ask the caravan
وَاسْأَلِ الْعِيرَthe wing of humiliation
جَنَاحَ الذُّلِّAs for the metaphor that rhetoricians have defined technically, and which it is correct to deny; this is not in the Qur'an. This technical metaphor is not in the Qur'an. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
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