Semantics of "Verse" in the Qur'an in the light of the Syntagmatic and Paradigmatic Relations

Abstract

One of the most frequent words of the Holy Qur'an is "Verse", whose association with various vocabularies has provided a very broad semantic field for the term. Therefore understanding the conceptual scope and thus the precise explanation of its semantic domain is indispensable in order to properly understand the Divine Viewpoint. This paper with an analytical-descriptive method and in the light of the Syntagmatic and Paradigmatic relations studies the semantic domain of "verse" in the semantic system of the Qur'an, and explains the semantic differences in the conjunctive fields and also the assessment of different semantic relations; and has concluded that in the discourse of the Qur'an, the "verse" is used to express the relation between sign and meaning, the sign that is sometimes used in genetic affairs, sometimes in religious affairs, and in tangibles  and Intangibles affairs, and its purpose is to pay attention to some matters including materiality and spirituality for the sake of peace and security. The semantics of the verse with regard to Syntagmatic and Paradigmatic relations as well as lexical proofs, which support the semantic findings, indicate that the divine verses are a sign of attaining guidance, thanks, piety, science, certainty, thought , remembrance and .... In fact, God has revealed His genetic and religious verses to man with the purpose of providing a foundation for faith, which ultimately leads to peace and security.