The Rhetorical study of the longest Quranic verse

Abstract

This paper is a rhetorical study of a single verse of the Qur’an. Which is the verse of debts. It is the longest verse of the Qura'n. It contains many splendid rules and great values. that this verse is one of the most Comprehensive verses of the Qur’an. It makes the life of people more organised and ensures a good destiny in the hereafter. Allah exalted has emphasised good treatment which is the main aspect of Islam and its pillar. He overstated the recommendation to maintain halal money and the methods which need to be taken to keep it safe from being destroyed. Therefore, it includes forms of assertions. The paper shows that this verse contains more than twenty rhetorical methods as follows:

1. 1. In intents and purposes for which the predicate is delivered, one example is included.
2. 2. In how the speaker delivers the predicate to the addressee it included six examples.
3. 3. In construction and its divisions it has more than ten examples.
4. 4. It includes six examples of Commemoration.
5. 5. It Includes nine examples of deletion.
6. 6. It Includes one example of fronting.
7. 7. It includes one example of masquerade
8. 8. It Includes one example of restriction.
9. 9. It Includes few examples of changing the topic.
10. 10. It Includes one example of replacing the implicit with the explicit.
11. 11. It Includes five examples of brevity.
12. 12. It Includes few examples of redundancy.
13. 13. It Includes one example of simile.
14. 14. It Includes two examples of allegory.
15. 15. It Includes one example of metaphor.
16. 16. It Includes one example of Metonymy.
17. 17. It Includes two examples of antithesis.
18. 18. It Includes one example of combining two things onwards in one thing.
19. 19. It Includes one example of good conclusion.
20. 20. It Includes one example of rhymed proses.
21. 21. It Includes six examples of paronomasia.

All these rhetorical aspects indicate the inimitability of the Quran and it is from Allah which no other speeches can be equal to it due to its altitude, perfection and beauty.