The Metaphor in Verses Relating to faith and infidelity in Surah Al-Baqarah

Abstract
Quran is the revealed literature of Islam consisting of commandments of Al-mighty Allah. The Quran is a matchless and unchallengeable book of Allah. The arrogant Arabs tried to bring up with identical literature in terms of eloquence and rhetoric but they failed to do so. That’s why the Holly book of Allah is studied by researchers from different perspectives including its rhetoric and still the pearls and diamonds of its beauty can be found in this pregnant literature. This article deals with a figure of beautification of Quran known as metaphor (Iste’aarah). Metaphor is of three kinds in Arabic literature namely, Tasrihiah, Makniah, and Tamthiliah. In this article, I have studied metaphor only in those verses of Surah al Baqarah that deals with faith and infidelity. As per my research in this Surah, I found all the three kinds of metaphor which I have explained with examples and in the light of authentic books of rhetoric written by classical and modern scholars.

ثناء عائشة خان, د. سلمى شاهدة. (2018) الاستعارة في آيات الإيمان والكفر في سورة البقرة, Majallah Al-Qism Al-Arabi, Volume 25, Issue 1.
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