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International Journal of English Literature and Culture Vol. 5(4), pp. 82-92, June, 2017 ISSN: 2360-7831 DOI: 10.14662/IJELC2017.018
Review paper
Smite on the Snout Nunnation and its Stylistic Effects in the Qur’anic Chapter Al Qalam with reference to the prefixed letter N┴n
Ahsan ur Rehman and Ayaz Afsar
Professors, Mohiuddin Islamic University,International Islamic University Islamabad.
Accepted 5 June 2017
This article undertakes stylistic study of the Qur’anic chapter 68;
Al Qalam (The Pen), which begins with a single letter N┴n. The main
thesis of the article is that the letter N┴n is a microcosm of this
chapter, around which the phonology, the main theme and the structuring
of the lines of the chapter move. Seemingly unrelated episodes begin to
show connections when the said letter is decoded regarding its phonetic
and historical connotations. The methodology followed is that the
initial letter as used in the first verse, is broken down into its
phonemic constituents helps to find the related consonance and assonance
of the lexical items and relates the main rhyme scheme to the letter.
The meanings and connotations related to the alphabet (N┴n) help in
relating the different topics of the three episodes and the place of
articulation of the phoneme /n/ relates the traditional arrogance of the
Arabs whose sole argument against the message was their pride, that is
nose: the traditional metaphor of arrogance used in Arabic culture. The
study, following Leech's tripartite model of stylistic analysis suggests
phonological, semantic and syntactic connections between the chapter Al
Qalam (The Pen) and the first letter N┴n. Cite This Article As: Rehman AU, Afsar A (2017). Smite on the Snout Nunnation and its Stylistic Effects in the Qur’anic Chapter Al Qalam with reference to the prefixed letter N┴n. Inter. J. Eng. Lit. Cult. 5(4): 82-92 |
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