Forms of Representation of " the="" other"="" in="" surah="" towba="" based="" on="" van="" leeuwen's="" socio-semantic="" model"="
نویسندگان
1 Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature, Alzahra University (S), Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature, Alzahra University (S), Tehran, Iran
3 Assistant professor of Linguistics at Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
doi
10.22108/nrgs.2025.141832.1963چکیده
Today, methodical Qur'an studies are welcomed by many commentators and Qur'an scholars. Discourse analysis is one of the sciences used to achieve this sacred goal. In analyzing the discourse of the Qur'an, evaluating the different levels of the text yields a new and deep understanding of it, and the interactions of language with social-intellectual structures are analyzed. The current research aims to explore the forms of representation of "The Other" social agents in Surah Towba using a descriptive-analytical method and applying the socio-semantic model of van Leeuwen (2008). This surah is replete with the presence of "the others" who are introduced in the form of polytheists, hypocrites, and infidels. The research resultsshow that in this surah, the social agent "the other" is represented more by the forms of inclusion than by the forms of exclusion. This discourse function is directly related to the central message of Surah Towba; in this way, in this surah, Muslims are referred to the important issue of Tawallī and Tabarra, and their thoughts and actions are trimmed from various suspicions of disbelief and hypocrisy, and they are warned against profit-seeking and expedient Islam. Therefore, to realize this message, it is necessary to use all forms of inclusion to determine the identity of "the other" social agents, rather than hiding and removing them.