An Analysis of Sermon 230 of Nahj al-Balagha (in Light of Mahmoud al-Bustani’s Views on Modern Rhetoric)

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1 Associate Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Kharazmi University

2 PhD Candidate in Arabic Language and Literature, Kharazmi University

Abstract

Bustani is one of the authors has looked at rhetoric with a new perspective and has presented a new method for analyzing islamic texts. he has expressed his views with emphasis on islamic texts and in this regard,has divided the constituent elements in the text into eight elements; intellectual, thematic, semantic, verbal, visual, phonetic, formal and structural. the 230 sermon of nahj-albalaghah as one of the islamic texts has many  and valuable topics Which are good guidelines for all ages. the present study examined of  the said sermon by descriptive-analytical method and on the basis of eight elements by Bustani which study can reveal to the reader the hidden rhetorical and literary beauties in it and achieved the results that imam has presented his intended concepts to the reader in the most beautiful format with the approach message multiplicity and subject multiplicity, by using,confrontation,detail, simile, symbol, metaphor, eloquent words and sentences, narrative and conversation style, pun, Balance, subject structure and homogeneity which are of most important components of the constituent elements of 230 sermon.

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  • Receive Date: 01 August 2024
  • Revise Date: 19 March 2025
  • Accept Date: 16 May 2025

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