The Role of Rhetoric in Understanding the Holy Quran
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The Quran played a significant role in the rise of interest in rhetoric after the advent of Islam. Indeed, the Quran, the Prophet's greatest miracle, was a figure of speech that astonished its audience. The Quran's challenge to its audience by demanding that they produce a version of it was a declaration of its literary superiority as a verse, in addition to the knowledge of the unseen it embodied. The concept of "the impossibility of producing a version of the Quran" (i'jaz) has been a fundamental issue for Quranic scholars. Studies focusing on the miraculous nature of the Quran have always been at the forefront of Islamic cultural history. The consensus of research conducted in this direction is that language and rhetoric are the fundamental elements that constitute the essence of the Quran's miracle. Muslims, recognizing the Quran's literary superiority, prioritized studies of language and literature to better understand it. Thus, the main motive that led Muslims to determine the rules of rhetoric was the effort to understand the Quran.
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