Investigating the intertextual relations of the Qur'an and Sermon 152 of Nahj al-Balaghah in the field of divine names and attributes

Abstract

One of the important approaches in literary research is the patterning of one text from another. Today, this type of research is called intertextuality or interdependence. This relationship shows that some self-conscious or unconscious texts have used other texts and intends to state that every text and speaker is influenced by other texts and speakers, past or simultaneous, and consciously or unconsciously Their words and thoughts have benefited. The present article deals with the intertextual relationship between the two texts of the Qur'an and Nahj al-Balaghah. The Qur'an is a hidden or absent text and Nahj al-Balaghah is the present text. The author intends to clarify the depth and depth of the connection between these two texts and to reveal the manifestation of the luminosity of the word of revelation in the words of Imam Ali (AS). This research will examine the relationship between the intertextuality of the Qur'an and Sermon 152 of Nahj al-Balaghah in the field of divine names and attributes in a descriptive, analytical, and comparative manner, and then determines the different types of intertextuality, including abrogation, retribution, and apostleship. The results of this study show that the most influential words of that Imam from the Qur'an belong to the relationship between intertextuality of the general negation type with 50%, also incomplete expropriation with 33% and parallel negation with 17% have the next ranks of intertextuality in this sermon. Have been allocated and full reward has not been used in this sermon

Keywords

• quran
• nahj al-balaghah
• divine names and attributes
• intertextuality