The Impact of Semantic Guidance on Verb Masculinity and Feminization in Quranic Recitations
Mahdi Hamad Mustafa
Department of Arabic Language, Open Educational College
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25130/Lang.8.6.3
Keywords: Directing the meaning, Interpretations of the meaning, Masculinizing and feminizing verbs, Quran recitations
Abstract
Praise be to Allah, the Lord of all worlds, and blessings and peace be upon our Master Muhammad and his pure and noble family and companions. And now... The study of Quranic recitations has a significant impact on Arabic sciences as a whole (phonetics, morphology, syntax, semantics, stylistics, etc.). These studies have yielded a rich linguistic heritage, especially in books that focus on the study of Quranic recitation guidance, which has clearly shown the influence of these recitations on Arabic sciences. Each recitation aims to elucidate all linguistic aspects of every Quranic text. This research focuses on studying the impact of directing the meaning of reminder and feminization in Quranic recitations, highlighting the importance of knowing the masculine and feminine in the study of Arabic grammar and morphology, and distinguishing between the feminine and masculine. The interest of Arabic scholars in studying recitations is no less than that in other linguistic and grammatical issues of the texts of the Holy Quran. To achieve the study of directing the meaning of reminder and feminization of the verb in Quranic recitations, this research is divided into four sections preceded by an introduction and followed by a conclusion, supported by sources and references. The introduction presented the importance of the topic, the research plan, and the Quranic texts that will be studied and analyzed. It also covered a preamble defining Quranic recitations, the difference between the Quran and recitations, the concept of guidance in language and terminology, followed by a brief definition of the Imams of recitations. The first section is entitled: The obligation and permissibility of masculinizing and feminizing the verb in Arabic, and it is divided into three parts: The first: The obligation of masculinizing the verb, the second: The obligation of feminizing the verb, and the third: The permissibility of masculinizing and feminizing the verb. As for the second section, it is entitled: The permissibility of masculinizing and feminizing the verb in Qur’anic recitations. The conclusion then highlighted the main findings of the research, followed by a list of sources and references upon which the research was based.
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