Pragmatic Dimensions in Qur’anic Discourse: Surat An-Nisa as a Model

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Applying a pragmatic approach to Surat An-Nisa—through the analysis of speech acts, deixis, and argumentation—reveals the text's communicative intentions and contextual meanings, yielding insights that align with traditional Qur'anic exegesis. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.CONFIRMATORY. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.SUPPORTS_CONSENSUS.

Sara Omar Wali¹

doi:10.53796/hnsj79/27

September 1, 2026Humanitarian and Natural Sciences JournalOpen Access

Pragmatic Dimensions in Qur’anic Discourse: Surat An-Nisa as a Model

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Key Points

Investigate the pragmatic dimensions of Qur’anic discourse using Surat An-Nisa as a case study, focusing on speech acts, deixis, and argumentative structures.
Applied a descriptive-analytical framework combining classical Arabic linguistic traditions and modern Western pragmatic theory.
Analyzed illocutionary forces, personal, spatial, and temporal deixis, and rhetorical argumentation markers across the text of Surat An-Nisa.
Identified diverse argumentative connectors and operators that establish textual coherence and guide communicative meaning.
Demonstrated that non-declarative constructions, particularly commands, prohibitions, and interrogatives, generate illocutionary force to reinforce persuasive authority.
Showed that deictic elements successfully anchor discourse participants within specific temporal and spatial contexts, aligning with traditional Qur’anic exegesis.

Implication

Textual analysis reveals how speech acts, deixis, and rhetorical argumentation shape Qur’anic discourse, highlighting the role of pragmatic tools in clarifying communicative intent.

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