Nominal Ellipsis in English & Arabic and its Influence on the Translation of the Meanings of Some Selected Qurànic Verses ( A Contrastive study )

Abstract

Nominal ellipsis is a linguistic phenomenon found in English and Arabic .It is based on leaving out a part of a nominal construction or more for the sake of good style , compactness and connectedness .This phenomenon is found in the language of the Glorious Qur’an .The study in hand is concerned with how translators handle translating Qur’anic verses which contain ellipted nouns , i ,e. , to what extent the translated Qur’anic verses are close to the original ones , and to what extent their translations serve understanding the meanings of the glorious verses while at the same time maintaining their beauty in style. The study aims at shedding light on nominal ellipsis in English and Arabic .The study undertaken here is hoped to be significant in the field of contrastive studies and language universals. It is also hoped to be of value in the field of translating the meanings of the glorious Qur’an in particular and translation in general . The study is concerned with nominal ellipsis in Standard English and Standard Arabic. The translations studied are Ali (1934) and Al- Hilâli and Khân (1413 A.H.) .