Document Type : Research paper

Authors

• masoomeh Rahimi ¹
• Narges Ansari ²

¹ Arabic Language and Literature, Facuity of Humanities, Imam Khomeini International University, Ghazvin, Iran.

² Associate Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran

Abstract

The emergence of prophets throughout history and in different societies has led to the formation of discourses that, in some cases, aligned with the monotheistic teachings of the prophets, while in many instances, they stood in contrast to them. This is especially significant because the monotheistic discourse of the prophets was introduced in societies where idol worship and arrogance were deeply ingrained as fundamental elements. Therefore, their monotheistic discourse can be seen as a fundamental reaction against the prevailing beliefs of those societies.

In this study, with a focus on analyzing the dialogues between Moses and Pharaoh, which are mentioned in more than thirty-four sections of the Qur'an, the formation of Pharaoh's discourse as a representative of the discourse of disbelief is examined

To achieve this purpose, the “PDAM” discourse analysis method has been introduced, and the verses related to the dialogues between Moses and Pharaoh are examined and analyzed within the five structural, semantic, communicative, discursive, and meta-discursive spaces.

In this regard, two fundamental questions arise: First, how is Pharaoh's discourse and worldview represented based on the five spaces of Padam? And second, how has the confrontation between Pharaoh's discourse and Moses played a role in advancing the meaning?

The findings of the research indicate that Pharaoh utilized various strategies such as mockery, arrogance, rallying people to his side, suppression, and threats in order to solidify his discourse of self-divinity, exclusivism, and superiority in contrast to Moses' monotheistic and propagandistic discourse. This discursive confrontation provides a model for understanding fundamental contradictions in various intellectual, political, social, and religious domains across different societies

Keywords

• : Discourse analysis, PDAM, counter discourse, Moses'
• monotheistic discourse, Pharaoh'
• s hegemonic discourse

Main Subjects

• Linguistic research in Arabic