The Rhyming Characteristics of the Qur’an and Their Phonological and Semantic Relevance

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10.2991/icollite-18.2019.46How to use a DOI?

Keywords

saja'; the Qur’an; surah Attakwir; phonology

Abstract

This research was motivated by the existence of the phenomenon of rhyming sounds called saja’ in the Qur'an. This interesting phenomenon was examined to explore the beauty of the Qur'anic language style. This study aims to reveal the types of rhyming (saja’) phonological characteristics, meanings, and the relationship of phonological characteristics and their meanings. The research method used in this research is descriptive. Meanwhile, the data collection techniques used is documentation and the source of research data is the Qur'anic verses in Attakwir surah consisting of 24 verses. The results of this study indicate that: 1) Saja’ in At-takwir surah’s comprise as-saja’ al-murashsha' 2 tokens, as-saja 'al-mutawazi' 2 tokens, and as-saja 'al-mutharraf 6 tokens. 2) The phonological characteristics in the At-takwir surah’s comprise the first to the 14th verses ending in the "ت” sound, the 15th to 18th verses ending in the sound "س", and the 20th to the 24th verses ending in the "ن". 4) There is relations between the saja’ phonological characteristics and semantics in the verses. This study recommends that future researchers can make this research as a reference to examine the beauty of the Qur'anic language style from other linguistic aspects.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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