Abstract:
Introduction: According to the theory of conceptual metaphors, the metaphorical nature of language is caused by the metaphorical nature of thought, and linguistic metaphors are the reflection of metaphor in thought. There are many abstract concepts in the Holy Quran and Nahj al balaghe, and how these mental concepts are understood by humans and how these concepts are conceptualized by the speakers can be considered and investigated. Due to the importance of clothing as the most basic concrete concepts known and understood by mankind and its abundance in metaphorical application, the present research is structured in the framework of cognitive linguistics, in the framework of cognitive semantics, and with the application of the theory of conceptual metaphor. The answer to the following questions is how to rely on the cognitive theory of metaphor to understand the abstract concepts that the Qur'an and Nahj al-Balagha have objectified for their audience and extract the mappings in the minds of the speakers? What points does spiritual and abstract express? Method of Study: The current research has been completed with the tool of citation-library collection and descriptive-analytical method and the level of analysis of content analysis with the tool of conceptual metaphor. Findings: The findings of the present research indicate that in the Holy Quran the concepts of: piety, hunger and fear, night and marital relationship, and in the Nahj al-Balaghah the concepts of: moderation, honor, jihad, dignity, fitness, change of correct Islamic rulings and modesty as the areas of destination. abstract, by the concrete concept of clothing and covering as the domain of tangible origin that humans know all their angles and structures; It has been facilitated for the audience to objectify and understand them.Since religious texts have the most abstract concepts, the practical application of the mentioned research is that it proves the possibility of religious art in such a way that with various image schemas, deep spiritual and abstract concepts can be presented according to the capacity of the audience. Conclusion: The concept of clothing and covering as a single source domain had essences and elements that could be mapped onto the destination domains in the Qur'an and Nahj al-Balagha and lead to objectification and better understanding of these concepts. However, among these components, some of them are bolder than the rest of the elements and have been repeated several times in abstract concepts, including the component of covering and surrounding, which was applied to 9 abstract concepts from the tangible domain of clothes; Also, the beauty component was mapped in 8 concepts, the protection and maintenance component in 7 concepts and the component of always being in one's body were mapped in 5 concepts. Finally, paying attention to the mapping of the conceptual metaphors of clothes, eloquence and eloquence in the expression of doctrine and guidance and completion of the argument proves guidance for all the world in educational teachings.
Machine summary:
In this regard, the present research, using a descriptive-analytical method and based on the cognitive theory of metaphor by Lakoff and Johnson, aims to extract the metaphorical concepts of the Holy Quran and Nahj al-Balagha that have been objectified for audiences through the tangible domain of clothing, and to analyze the relationships between the two domains.
Based on the findings of this article, the concepts of piety, hunger, fear, night, and marital relationship in the Holy Quran, and the concepts of moderation, dignity, jihad, honor, well-being, changing valid Islamic rulings, and humility in Nahj al-Balagha, have been objectified for audiences and their understanding facilitated, using the abstract target domains with the tangible concept of clothing and attire as the sensory source domain, which humans know in all its aspects and structures.
The present research, using a descriptive-analytical method, seeks to answer the following question: how can one, by relying on the cognitive theory of metaphor, understand the abstract concepts that the Quran and Nahj al-Balagha have concretized for their audience through the tangible concept of clothing, and how can the mappings existing in the minds of the speakers be extracted?
In explaining the difference between the present research and the aforementioned works, it must be added that this research aims to examine metaphorical combinations within the framework of conceptual metaphor theory that are expressed through the concrete concept of clothing in the Quran or Nahj al-Balagha, leading to the creation of mappings between source and target domains, so that it becomes clear what common components and characteristics exist between clothing and that non-material concept in the mind, which has caused their metaphorical use in this manner?
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