The pragmatic use of some Qur'anic verses in every day situations

Abstract EN

The research tackles the pragmatic use of Quranic verses (Ayats), by Arabs, in every day situations as an attempt to see language as a social communicative functions such as giving commands, greeting each other and asking questions …etc.

the meaning conveyed by Qur'anic verses are highly dependent on the utterance context in which they are embedded.

in attempting to provide an account of the view that the meaning of an utterance is equivalent to its use, some Qur'anic verses are translated into English then analyzed pragmatically.

such view of meaning has been risen as a consequence of the functional-pragmatic approach of meaning.

however, yule's view (1996: 45) of defining pragmatics as the study of the uses of language that are communicated by a speaker and interpreted by a listener is very appropriate in this study.

some related theories in pragmatics will be tackled in the theoretical side of this study, such as context, speech act theory and" meaning and use".

practically, some selected Qur'anic verses will be analyzed according to the linguistic and physical context in which the verses are employed.

in this regard classical exegete of the Qur'an al Amthal for al-Sheerazi along with the a new translation of the Quran have been consulted.

conclusions about the value of the context and the scope of pragmatics are drawn.