Grammatical parallelism in the verses of supplication

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Associate Professor of Arabic Language and Literature, University of Qur’anic Sciences and Knowledge

2 Associate Professor of Arabic Language and Literature, Academy of Human Sciences and Islamic Culture

Abstract

Parallelism is one of the prominent rhetorical and Qur’anic phenomena. It represents a unifying concept that brings together various linguistic and performative sciences, where grammatical structures appear as linguistic sequences arranged into coherent contextual patterns highlighted by style and rhythm. These patterns are governed by a specific syntactic framework that connects grammar with performance on one side, and composition with rhythmic practice on the other. Grammatical parallelism provides a relatively new approach to re-examining this enduring relationship within the Qur’anic structure. Parallelism, as a widely recognized scientific research method in Qur’anic discourse, contributes to building textual unity within a rhythmic context that manifests balance, descent, or even escalation through particular linguistic markers that interact with rhythm to foreground parallelism as a semantic-linguistic phenomenon. It can thus function as a cohesive device across different levels of language: phonetic, morphological, grammatical, and semantic. This study focuses on the role of grammatical parallelism in the verses of supplication, analyzing parallel structures to uncover their function in strengthening textual cohesion. It also addresses the question of how repeated use of similar structures helps connect ideas and sentences, thereby producing coherent texts. Employing a descriptive-analytical method, the study assumes that balance, as a form of cohesion, performs the same role in achieving textual unity on both grammatical and semantic grounds. The main conclusion is that parallelism can be employed as a tool of grammatical cohesion in these verses, where parallel structures enhance the persuasive power of supplication and serve as an aid to memorization.

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Journal of Islamic Literary Studies
Volume 4, Issue 2 - Serial Number 9
November 2025
Pages 33-59

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  • Receive Date: 13 July 2024
  • Revise Date: 22 October 2024
  • Accept Date: 23 November 2024

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