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Modern literary interpretation in understanding the meaning of the verse ‘There is nothing like Him’
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Ruhollah Dehghan Baghi *   |
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Abstract: (1924 Views) |
| Numerous views have been expressed by commentators and writers about the literary aspect and the meaning of the Qur'anic phrase "There is nothing like Him". The sequence of the words "ka" and "like" in the holy verse, has led to two literary and semantic illusions. The literary illusion is that "ka" seems to be redundant and the semantic illusion is the word ‘like’ indirectly proves the like to God. Thus, the scholars have sought to answer to these illusions. The present study, by describing the propositions along with analyzing, interrogating and comparing the views, has induced the opinions of the commentators regarding the above verse in a historical order, under nine headings. Moreover, after mentioning the reasons and documents of each opinion, he has introduced the drawbacks of each view. And he has finally proposed his view of the above-mentioned verse. According to him the word "ka" in the verse negates the simile of some divine attributes and the word "like" negates the simile of divine essence and these two words have no overlap and common meaning. So, firstly there is no conceptual confusion in the meaning and it does not prove the ‘like’ for God, and secondly the word ‘ka’ is not redundant. Thus, we do not need to justify its’ literal redundancy. |
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| Keywords: the verse ‘there is nothing like Him’, negation of simile, negation of incarnation. |
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Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
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Received: 2019/05/19 | Accepted: 2019/12/26 | Published: 2020/12/29
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