Parenthetical Clauses: Grammatical and Rhetorical Connotations in Ibn Ashur’s Interpretation –Surah al-Baqarah as Case Study

Abstract

The paper which entitled “The parenthetical clause، its grammatical and rhetorical connotations in Ibn Ashur’s interpretation – A Study of Surah Al Baqarah” is an attempt to discover the importance of the parenthetical clause، grammar and rhetorical connotations. In addition to this، the study sheds light on the importance of this type of clause in the Holy Quran، and Arabic poetry as well. Furthermore، the research puts on emphasis on the fact that parenthetical clause is not used without a purpose، rather، this clause is the prominent component of both structure and meaning of a sentence which makes the sentence flow better. So، if somehow it was removed، part of the originality would be lost as it is considered the primary part of the underlying message and has a deep connection with coherency. The study paper consists of three sections and beginning with an introduction defining parenthetical clause، section one discusses how parenthetical clause is observed according to grammarians، typically how grammarians interpret parenthetical clause that usually come in various syntactic positions such as between the subject and predicate، between a verb and its subject، or between a verb and its object. Following this، section two discusses how parenthetical clause is seen according to rhetoricians، along with related terminologies. Section three is about the semantics of the parenthetical clause، in which we discuss the concept of semantics and major rhetorical functions. In conclusion، according to the results، we found that parenthetical clause holds a vital role within both the grammatical structure and rhetorical connotations. We can confirm that based on the results، parenthetical clause is not only a component that is unnecessary but rather it is a critical part of the discourse having a variety of syntactic positions and deep rhetorical functions.