Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Associate Professor, Department of Quran and Hadith Sciences, Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies, University of Tehran, Iran
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Graduate, Department of Quran and Hadith Sciences, Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies, University of Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The connection between the Holy Quran and the words of the Commander of the Faithful Ali (AS) is clear and has long been the focus of scholars and researchers. Nahjul-Balaghah, especially the will of Imam Ali (AS), is a mirror of the concepts and teachings of the Alawis, which, as a reliable source, is indebted to the Holy Quran and is related to it. Commentators of Nahjul-Balaghah have paid attention to this aspect in some cases, and researchers have addressed common topics and discussions in the Quran and Nahjul-Balaghah, but an aspect that has received less attention is that the connection between the Holy Quran in most of the phrases and sentences of a letter should be examined and shown with the approach of the new science of intertextuality. If this is possible in a part of the text, it may be so in other parts and, consequently, in all of the text. In this study, the relationship between the Holy Quran and Letter 47 of Nahjul-Balagha is examined and identified using the conventional intertextual method, and by showing the structural and content patternability of the various passages of this letter, the Quranic manifestation of Imam Ali's (AS) eloquence is revealed. In addition to this, this study makes it clear that not only is Imam Ali's (AS) will influenced by the Quran, but also that Imam Ali, paying attention to the Quranic description of eloquence, reproduced the revealed phrases and concepts of the Quran in a new format that was appropriate for his era and presented theological, moral, and social teachings, etc. In addition to showing the high status of the Imamate, this matter confirms the high credibility, majesty, and eternal companionship of Nahjul-Balagha (the brother of the Quran) with the revealed word of the Quran.
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