Al-Bahith Journal

Metaphor is a highly significant topic in literary criticism, particularly in traditional ancient studies, as it provides clear insight into the mechanisms that the ancients used to judge and critique texts. Many of these mechanisms are similar, if not identical, to those used in modern literary criticism. Therefore, studying these texts as a heritage witness to the awareness and integration of our ancient critics is important.
Al-Alawi studied metaphor as a mechanism for Balance in studying the texts of Amir Al-Mu’minin Ali bin Abi Talib and other Arab texts. He concluded that the words of Amir Al-Mu’minin were superior to all other words except for the words of Allah and His Prophet Muhammad, relying on metaphor criticism mechanisms.
The current study focuses on the examples cited by Al-Alawi in the field of metaphor from the words of Imam Ali and those of the Arabs. The study also incorporates what Al-Alawi criticized as being not carefully pronounced by its speakers; thus, Amir Al-Mu’minin Ali bin Abi Talib’s words were purified from it.

This paper highlights some Quranic evidence that supports the availability of the Language Acquisition Device (LAD) in the first language acquisition process. The study was inspired by the psycholinguistics perspective and a qualitative research design was adopted. The data which were collected through reading the Qur’an were analyzed through content analysis techniques. The content of the data was analyzed through the views of many Islamic scholars. The study found the following verses to support the availability of LAD in the first language acquisition: Q2:31, Q55:1-4, Q23:78, Q76:2, Q17:36, Q16:78, Q32:9, Q67:23: These verses showed that it is God Almighty that provides children with an inbuilt and biological language learning ability, thus, he lead them to acquire their mother tongue in a matter of a few years. They also highlight the role of linguistic data (environment) that a child comprehends throughout the stages of language development.