Rhetorical Directives in Al-Zarkashi’s Explanation of Al-Burda Al-Busairiyyah (d. 794 AH)

Abstract

This research, entitled: Rhetorical directives in Al-Zarkashi's explanation of Al-Burdah Al-Busairiyah (d. 794 AH), studies the rhetorical directions revealed by Badr Al-Din Al-Zarkashi in the book "Al-Burdah" of Imam Al-Busairi. Al-Zarkashi's explanation of Al-Burdah contained various rhetorical directives of meanings, declaration, and creative style.

The objective of the research is to study the rhetorical directions in the book "Sharh Al-Burdah" of Imam Al-Zarkashi, extract the verbal and morale aesthetics in an independent research and analyze them within the rhetorical discipline.

The researcher used the inductive rhetorical approach and follows the rhetorical techniques mentioned by Al-Zarkashi in his explanation.

Among the results of the research:

• The explainer managed to offer some nice directions in Bab Al-Badi', and these directions are considered a strong participation in the rhetorical discipline.
• Furthermore, the abundance of his inferences from the Holy Qur’an and the honorable hadith of the Prophet in many of his directives on a matter of contentious issues.
• This research shows that the explainer had more interest in the sciences of eloquence than semantics. Also, that he paid great attention to the issue of anaphora in in Bab Al-Badi'.
• The explainer boldly used rhetorical guidance in his explaining of the "Burdah" of Al-Busayri in different rhetorical issues, where he disagreed with some scholars on several issues, and even criticized some of them as Ibn Rashiq and Hazim Alqirtajanni, among others.
• In addition, the explainer did not address all the chapters of rhetoric in his explanation of Al-Burdah Al-Busayriyyah. For example, in semantics, he mentioned the states of the "Musnad" and the ascribed to it, the composition and the predicate, the link and the separation, the brevity and the redundancy. In the science of eloquence, he mentioned analogy, simile, metaphor, and euphemism. Also, in the science of Al-Badi', he mentioned anaphora, counterpoints, quotation, wrapping and unfolding.