The Phenomenon of Similarity in the Examples in Contemporary Rhetoric Books Regarding Jawāhir al-Balāgha Book in the Context of Ma‘ānī Science Cover Image

Cevâhiru’l-Belâğa Kitabı Özelinde Me‘ânî İlmi Bağlamında Günümüz Belâgat Kitaplarındaki Örneklerde Benzerlik Olgusu
The Phenomenon of Similarity in the Examples in Contemporary Rhetoric Books Regarding Jawāhir al-Balāgha Book in the Context of Ma‘ānī Science

Author(s): Ahmet Gezek
Subject(s): Islam studies, Contemporary Islamic Thought, Rhetoric, Qur’anic studies
Published by: Oku Okut Yayınları
Keywords: Arabic Language and Rhetoric; Teaching Method; Aḥmad al-Hāshimī; Jawāhir al-Balāgha; Similarity Phenomenon;

Summary/Abstract: In the last century, many studies on rhetoric have been carried out in Arab countries and these studies are similar to rhetoric books written in the classical period in terms of content and examples. Jawāhir al-Balāgha, one of the important rhetoric books in the modern period, was written by the Egyptian scholar and linguist Aḥmad al-Hāshimī (d. 1943) and was used as a textbook in various educational institutions. Hāshimī, who followed the theology and philosophy school of Abū Yaʿqūb al-Sakkākī (d. 626/1229) and Khaṭīb al-Qazwīnī (d. 739/1338) in his book, divided the science of rhetoric (balāgha) into three parts as ma‘ānī, bayān, and badī‘. Many recent rhetoric authors have also classified the science of rhetoric in the same way. In this study, the samples of Aḥmad al-Hāshimī’s Jawāhir al-Balāgha book related to the fasāḥa-balāgha Concepts and ilm al-ma‘ānī were examined and comparisons were made on the similarity of the Qur’anic verses and Arabic poems used by the author with the examples of Sakkākī and Khaṭīb al-Qazwīnī. In the comparison, it has been determined that some examples in the fasāḥa-balāgha Concepts and ilm al-ma‘ānī are used not only by Hāshimī, but also by recent Arab rhetoric writers such as ʿAbdul‘azīz ʿAtīq (d. 1976), Aḥmad Maṭlūb (d. 2018) and Faḍl Ḥasan ʿAbbās (d. 2011). In addition, the authors who used the same examples, except for Aḥmad al-Hāshimī, are pointed out with footnotes.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 161-178
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Turkish