A “Period-Based” Approach to Interpreting the Term “Order in Affairs” in the Quote “I Advise You to Fear Allah and Keep Order in Affairs”
In Letter 47 of Nahjolbalaghe, Imam Ali (PBUH) introduces three important issues including the fear of God, order in affairs and peace among people. The term “order in affairs” has become synonymous in recent centuries with individual order – that is, the placement of every object in its position. B...
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| description | In Letter 47 of Nahjolbalaghe, Imam Ali (PBUH) introduces three important issues including the fear of God, order in affairs and peace among people. The term “order in affairs” has become synonymous in recent centuries with individual order – that is, the placement of every object in its position. But based on the evidence available in the context of the letter including sensitive situations in the period, addressees of the letter, literal and applied meanings of order at the time and other expressions used by Imam (PBUH), it seems that another meaning was originally meant by “order in affairs”. In a lexical study, it can be figured out that the word order had some social sense of “consistency” in earlier periods while some recent dictionaries consider an individual meaning for it in addition to the social meaning. The synthesis of different views by interpreters and some translators of Nahj al-Balagha concerning the term “order in affairs” points to the social sense of “unity and consistency”. Applications of the words “order” and “affairs” in Nahj al-Balagha and other texts highlight the sense of “consistency” for the word order as its original meaning and the senses of “work”, “diversity” and “management” for the word affairs. The views of some contemporaries about the term “order in affairs” suggest that the meaning of unity for order is the common ground. However, some have pointed to the sense of keeping up the government/ regime as the accurate meaning of affairs. Finally, it can be concluded that the term “order in affairs” in this quote from Imam Ali (PBUH) suggests his emphasis on the concept of unity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0cc7113b7d484545a22e45f1a7c59b5d2023-12-19T05:28:09ZfasAllameh Tabataba'i University Pressپژوهشهای ترجمه در زبان و ادبیات عربی2980-77352538-26082016-03-0161418414510.22054/rctall.2016.50325032A “Period-Based” Approach to Interpreting the Term “Order in Affairs” in the Quote “I Advise You to Fear Allah and Keep Order in Affairs”Alireza Fakhari0Zahra Besharati1Assistant Professor, Department of Quranic Sciences and Hadith at Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran;PhD Candidate of Quranic Sciences and Hadith in Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran,In Letter 47 of Nahjolbalaghe, Imam Ali (PBUH) introduces three important issues including the fear of God, order in affairs and peace among people. The term “order in affairs” has become synonymous in recent centuries with individual order – that is, the placement of every object in its position. But based on the evidence available in the context of the letter including sensitive situations in the period, addressees of the letter, literal and applied meanings of order at the time and other expressions used by Imam (PBUH), it seems that another meaning was originally meant by “order in affairs”. In a lexical study, it can be figured out that the word order had some social sense of “consistency” in earlier periods while some recent dictionaries consider an individual meaning for it in addition to the social meaning. The synthesis of different views by interpreters and some translators of Nahj al-Balagha concerning the term “order in affairs” points to the social sense of “unity and consistency”. Applications of the words “order” and “affairs” in Nahj al-Balagha and other texts highlight the sense of “consistency” for the word order as its original meaning and the senses of “work”, “diversity” and “management” for the word affairs. The views of some contemporaries about the term “order in affairs” suggest that the meaning of unity for order is the common ground. However, some have pointed to the sense of keeping up the government/ regime as the accurate meaning of affairs. Finally, it can be concluded that the term “order in affairs” in this quote from Imam Ali (PBUH) suggests his emphasis on the concept of unity.https://rctall.atu.ac.ir/article_5032_0d0d4adf60a2dc43b56547a31c06197e.pdforderaffairsunityindividual orderimam ali (pbuh)nahj al-balagha |
| spellingShingle | Alireza Fakhari Zahra Besharati A “Period-Based” Approach to Interpreting the Term “Order in Affairs” in the Quote “I Advise You to Fear Allah and Keep Order in Affairs” پژوهشهای ترجمه در زبان و ادبیات عربی order affairs unity individual order imam ali (pbuh) nahj al-balagha |
| title | A “Period-Based” Approach to Interpreting the Term “Order in Affairs” in the Quote “I Advise You to Fear Allah and Keep Order in Affairs” |
| title_full | A “Period-Based” Approach to Interpreting the Term “Order in Affairs” in the Quote “I Advise You to Fear Allah and Keep Order in Affairs” |
| title_fullStr | A “Period-Based” Approach to Interpreting the Term “Order in Affairs” in the Quote “I Advise You to Fear Allah and Keep Order in Affairs” |
| title_full_unstemmed | A “Period-Based” Approach to Interpreting the Term “Order in Affairs” in the Quote “I Advise You to Fear Allah and Keep Order in Affairs” |
| title_short | A “Period-Based” Approach to Interpreting the Term “Order in Affairs” in the Quote “I Advise You to Fear Allah and Keep Order in Affairs” |
| title_sort | period based approach to interpreting the term order in affairs in the quote i advise you to fear allah and keep order in affairs |
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