The Word (Sawā) in the Noble Qur’an Between the Connotation of Context and Syntactic Function: A Linguistic Statistical Study

Abstract

This research aimed to scientifically study the word (Sawā) in the Noble Qur’an at the syntactical, semantic and statistical level; by conducting a foundational study of its linguistic and syntactic meaning and usage, enumerating and classifying its occurrences in the Noble Qur’an. It unveiled its connotations in every place and context it occurred; stated its syntactical functions; to highlight an aspect of the miraculous nature of the Qur’an and the Arabic language in the extensive conduct of a single word in various contexts.

The study also aimed to contribute to scientific research in the field of linguistic studies related to the Noble Qur’an. It comprises an introduction, two topics, and a conclusion, adopting the descriptive, analytical, and statistical approach. The most prominent of its findings is that the word (Sawā) appeared (27) times in the Noble Qur’an with (10) different connotations, the origin of which is equivalence and similarity. It performed the fundamental function of subject and predicate in (10) verses in its nominative case; the functions of being the predicate, accusative of state (condition), adverb, corroborator of the verb and clarifier of the object that bore the action of the subject in (9) verses in the accusative case, the function of complementing and specifying the modified noun and complementing the words to which prepositions are related in (8) verses in the genitive case. The study made two recommendations, the most important of which is to pay attention to the books of Qur’anic interpretation; because they contain precise linguistic connotations deduced from the context of the Qur’an, which some can hardly be found in the specialized language books.