Linguistics-Based Analysis: Aesthetic Elements in The Images of Nature in The Holy Quran

Abstract

This study aimed to examine the rhetorical inimitability through a Linguistics-based Analysis of the images of nature in the Holy Qur’an. It tried to explain the multiple usage of those images, in different contexts, particularly those occurred in the context of proving the existence of the Allah the Creator as well as His power of resurrection The rhetorical significance of this framework lies in the fact that the blessed verses mentioned in this study not only talk about various stages of the development of human creation, but they connect various life stages. The study used descriptive and analytical approach method. A few natural images were sampled from the Holy Qur’an from different verses through a purposive sampling method. All images of nature like clouds, rain, plans etc. were the focus and each image was analyzed to show their meaning.  The research also made use of the rhetorical methods to analyze the data without disrupting the reader's enjoyment of the aesthetic pleasure derived from reading the Surahs. The data was analyzed using the comparison method, and the content analysis approach. The main finding of the study comprised that the images of nature in the Holy Qur’an are not devoid of the elements of beauty and suspense with help of the linguistics analysis. Accuracy of description, matching reality, optimum selection of photography angles, organizing display movement, exploiting the effectiveness of contrast, revolutionizing the indications of internal and external movement in pictures, and other aesthetic elements that gave the nature images in the Holy Qur’an many glimpses of excitement and suspense, those that were supported with the indications of sense Logic and proof to achieve the function that represents the purpose of the use, and for which that image was employed in the context.