وجوه الالتفات وخصائصها الإعجازية في سورة الكوثر

Kinds of Iltifāt & its Rhetorical Features in Sūrah Al Kawthar

Abstract

Quran in general and Surah Al Kawsar in particular is the very eloquent statements of Allah in the unambiguous and expressive Arabic language. The Islamic Scholars have served the Arabic language, Because of their love with and insist interpretation of the Qura'nic language Arabic. So Surah Al Kawsar is in the focus and epicenter of many rhetorical discourses and of these, one is "iltifat". In the words of rhetoricians the word "iltifat" means interpreting from one perspective or focus of meaning to another perspective or focus of meaning i.e. from first person to second or third person, or vice versa, similarly, from plural to singular or dual, or vice versa, and from past to future, or vice versa and from informative to predicative etc. "Iltifat" has many advantages, i.e.: 1- it brings novelty in expression. 2- it creates emphasis in rhetorical speech as it should be. 3- to communicate the purpose of speaker. 4- to intend the hyperbolic way of speech. 1- Why is Surah Al Kawsar eloquent? 2- Why were the Arab rhetoricians incomparable to Surah Al Kawsar? The researcher method in this research paper is descriptive, adaptive and informative. In this Research paper the researcher brough out sixteen kinds of “Iltifat” in Surah Al Kawsar, which proves that this is the Allah’s Kalam, not of human body.