The Semantic Fields of Nahjulbalaqa Words

Abstract

Nahjulbalaga, same as Qur'an, is a vast ocean from which everyone can benefit according to his / her talent. Grammatical, rhetorical, linguistic, the same as dogmatic issues like theology, philosophy and mystics are abundant in this unique human book. Among all the knowledge, linguistics is one by which we can calch pearls of meaning which display the amazing aspects of sense in Imam Ali's words. One of the linguistic issues in this book is the study of ethical and dogmatic expressions based on their synonyms, antonyms, homonyms and polysemy’s, on which we have concentrated in our study in order to gain a better understanding of the semantic system of the words. In this article, we have tried to study these different stages of meaning and show that each ethical and dogmatic expression has a special meaning according to its context, which differ from its same usage in other contexts.

Keywords

• keywords: nahjulbalaga
• linguistics
• semantics
• word sense