Stylistic phenomena in the Quranic referral

(Pronouns of backbiting as a model)

Abstract

Research summary

Backbiting pronouns have gained great importance in contemporary textual linguistic studies, as they play a coordinating function in the text and link its parts.

Interpreters did not overlook the role of backbiting pronouns in achieving the function of consistency and coherence in the Qur’anic text, as they referred to this, including Ibn Ashour, who had many analytical practices related to referral issues and their complexities. The Qur'anic reference to the pronouns of backbiting, so the researcher traced these phenomena and their evidence in the Holy Qur'an, aiming to clarify their role in enriching the significance and in the coherence and harmony of the text.

The researcher reached results, the most important of which are: that the Qur'anic use of backbiting pronouns is characterized by stylistic phenomena such as: referential breadth - referential declension - usage - similarity of pronouns and difference of the accusative - lack of conformity between the pronoun and its referent. Each of these phenomena had its rhetorical and stylistic significance. In order to clarify the reference of pronouns, and the stylistic impact of these phenomena, Ibn Ashour relied on the role of the recipient, and used evidence to direct the pronoun in a direction that guarantees the consistency and harmony of the Quranic discourse.