Tikrit University

Verbs Related to Day and Night, the Sun and the Moon in the Scenes of Doomsday in the Glorious Qur'an

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

College of Education for Women, University of Tikrit

Abstract
The sun and the moon are two great signs of Almighty God's greatness Who created the great universe. This paper is a linguistic study of the verbs related tonight and day, the sun and the moon in the Glorious Qur'an and in the scenes of doomsday as they recurred in the Qur'an to warn human beings of what will happen in that frightful day. In these expressions the semantic devices, sound and sense unite together toexpress the frightfulness of doomsday. The paper studies some of the concerned verbs trying to explore their meanings in the outstanding dictionaries, such as 'come', 'gather', 'eclipse' and 'split'.

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Volume 2, Issue 2
Winter 2019
Pages 1-29

  • Receive Date 22 January 2019
  • Accept Date 28 January 2019
  • Publish Date 01 March 2019