Rhetorical Differences Between the Textual Structures of the Holy Quran and Poetry

Abstract

Our research subject is highly relevant to the books of criticism and rhetoric written during the Hijri Middle Ages, as two trends emerged ; One stemmed from the phenomena of Quranic rhetoric, while the other from the poetics of literary texts, particularly poetry. Where there have been proposals related to the competitiveness between the eloquence of both Qur’an and poetry, or between the superiority of the Qur’an and the inferiority of poetry and its failure to reach the degree of rhetorical perfection.  Besides , these sayings prevailed on the writers platforms , especially those who were influenced by the Mu’tazila movement, considering that what was made available to the Qur’an is for Al Sarfah , in which , Allah has turned the Arabs away from bringing the like of this Quran, therefore they were unable to oppose it.

     However, the critics of that period endeavoured to prove the miracle of Qur’an and its superiority over the poetic text. Thus, most of the comparisons came in one way or another in this context as well as its superiority over Arabic poetry. Through this study, we will attempt to stand on some of these approaches in order to identify the evidences and proofs contained on the miracle of Qur’an and its transcendence over all the arts of speech among the Arabs, chief among these is poetry