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id	eprints-32657
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institution	SOAS, University of London
collection	SOAS Research Online
language	English
language_search	English
description	The language and style of the Qur’an have attracted a large amount of work by Western scholars. Yet there are two neglected areas: balāgha in Arabic (rhetoric), and certain aspects of Qur’anic style. This chapter sheds some light on both. Balāgha was developed to understand the finest aspects of Qur’anic Arabic. It is important in Arabic education, even in secondary schools, but not in the Western tradition of teaching Arabic. ʿIlm al-maʿanī (the study of meanings) is the most neglected part of balāgha. A summary is given here of its main topics, which may help to remedy some serious misunderstandings of the language and effect of the Qur’an. Whereas Western works on style have largely concentrated on figurative language, jinās, sajʿ, etc., other aspects of style are discussed that are more informative of the way the Qur’an presents its message and makes it effective.
author_additional	Shah, Mustafa
author_additionalStr	Shah, Mustafa
format	Book Chapters
author	Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad
author_facet	Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad
authorStr	Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad
author_letter	Abdel-Haleem, Muhammad
title	Rhetorical Devices and Stylistic Features of Qur'anic Grammar
publisher	Oxford University Press
publishDate	2020
url	https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/32657/