چکیده:
The speech of Imam Ali (AS) in the letters of Nahj-ul-Balagha is often a political speech that was formed in order to convince the audience and make him believable in front of the Imam's beliefs and political positions. Imam Ali (AS) used various strategies to make his speech believable.. Questioning is one of the most important tools used in the political discourse of Imam (a.s.) to realize the persuasion of the audience in the letters of Nahj-ul-Balagha. A question that goes out of its main circuit and takes on an argumentative role. In this regard, the speech acts used in the political discourse of Imam Ali (a.s.) have played an essential role, and the indirect meaning in them helps greatly in the believability of interrogative statements.. persuasion and credibility in him and also The actions performed through the interrogation taken out of the main circuit are mostly in the form of indirect and implicit actions, taking into account the mood of the addressee and the context of the speech, which is manifested in the form of denial interpretation and interrogation; This has given the method of interrogation a pilgrimage and persuasive dimension.
خلاصه ماشینی:
8 Transcendent Politics, Vol. 13, No. 49, 2025 Speech Acts in the Political Discourse of Imam Ali(as) in the Letters of Nahj al-Balagha 1 3 Ali Bagheri 1, Aliakbar Noresideh 2, Ali Zeighami 1 PhD student, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, University of Semnan, Semnan, Iran.
In this regard, the speech acts employed in the political discourse of Imam Ali(as) play a fundamental role, and their indirect meaning contributes significantly to the persuasiveness of the interrogative propositions.
Furthermore, the acts performed through interrogation that deviate from its original orbit are mostly in the form of indirect and implicit acts, considering the audience's feelings and the political context of the discourse, manifesting as affirmation, warning, reprimand, advice, and denial.
In this regard, examining the speech acts in the political discourse of Imam Ali(as) in the letters of Nahj al-Balagha possesses special importance; because speech act theory examines the connection between language and the action performed in discourse by relying on the role of users and the implicit meanings of speech based on contextual information.
15 and agents, warning them regarding the matter of the Bait al-Mal, regulating political and social affairs, establishing justice and equality among various segments of society, as well as the correspondence of the Imam (as) with Muawiyah regarding the issue of the demand for blood for Uthman, are among the approaches and political discourses of His Eminence in the letters of Nahj al-Balagha.
Imam Ali (as) often uses an interrogative proposition in the form of a directive act in political discourse to create action in the external world, change the audience's approach, and persuade them to perform the action intended by the speaker.