Contraries method in Surah Ar-Ra’d. An analytical study

Abstract

The contraries method is one of the most splendid semantic methods; where by it, many meanings manifest and remain for a long in the minds; figures out the facts steady in the heaven. In Quran there are a lot of contraries between one meaning and other, one phrase and other, one adverb and other or between one destiny and other, in these Quranic contraries rhetoric arises in its finest forms. This research is to study the contraries method as a thorough study, the linguistic and terminological meaning of contraries, its forms, the benefits of studying it and the difference

between contraries, antithesis and semantic partition (classification), with the application on the contraries in Ar-Ra’d surah by highlights the benefits and smoothness of it. This surah characterized by its abundant contraries which possess nearly a third of its verses (14 verses out of 43 verses) because of the harmony of that charming method with the native aim the surah which is, admit the three original principles: Monotheism, (Islam) Massage and Resurrection, from these three principles we have three topicsin this study.