Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• ebrahim namdari ¹
• asgar babazadeh aghdam ²
• jamal talebi qara gheshlaghi ³
• maryam nazarbeygi ⁴
• khoshghadam masomi zadeh ⁵

¹ Associate Professor of Department of Quranic and Hadith Sciences, Ayatollah Borujerdi University, Borujerd, Iran.

² Associate Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, University of Quranic Sciences and Knowledge, Qom, Iran.

³ Associate Professor of the Department of Arabic Language, Salmas Farhangian Universit, tehran, iran.

⁴ Assistant Professor, Department of Quran and Hadith Sciences, Ayatollah Boroujerdi University, Boroujerd, Iran.

⁵ Ma in Quran and Hadith Sciences from Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The word "Qalla" and its derivatives have been used 76 times in the Holy Quran in various forms, addressing very important points in the field of human transcendence. The semantics of the word Qalil and the examination of its derivatives in the Quran in various forms of past tense, present tense, superlative, and descriptive adjective in the three grammatical states of nominative, accusative, and genitive, point to an interesting and beautiful point in the Quran and important topics such as the insignificance of material benefits, the small number of believers and those who obey God's commands and prohibitions, the small number of grateful and admonishing people, etc., which are expressed in lexical coverings such as Qalilan, Qalilon, Qalilen, Qaliloon, and Aqall, are evaluated by descriptive and analytical methods. From examining the numerous instances of the mentioned verses, the following conclusion is obtained: those who are grateful for God's blessings in various ways are a small group that the Quran has mentioned; these people, who are adorned with piety and purity from carnal desires, has been pointed out in various interpretations. This topic has been investigated using the interpretations of Majma' al-Bayan and al-Safi. The interpretation of Majma' al-Bayan often uses the word "Qalil" to mean a relatively small amount or number and emphasizes the very smallness of something, and the interpretation of al-Safi focuses more on the linguistic and semantic analysis of the word and emphasizes that "Qalil" means "little," "insignificant," and "few" and indicates a limited amount or importance.

Keywords

• Quran, signification, word "
• Qalil"
• , Majma al-Bayan, Safi