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Examining the Verses of Islam's Social Interactions with the People of the Book, Based on John Searle's Theory of Verbal Action, Focusing on Surah Āl-i ʿImrān
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Zahra Hashemi   , Shadi Nafisi 1, Fatemeh Hashemi |
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| The "verbal action" theory is one of the proposed theories in the field of discourse analysis and textology. The application of this new theory in the analysis of religious texts presents a new horizon to researchers in this field. Surah Āl-i ʿImrān raises various issues regarding the social interactions of Islam with the People of the Book. Many of the verses of this surah examine the intellectual and behavioral characteristics of the People of the Book in the past and present. The approach of this research is descriptive-analytical, which uses John Searle's verbal action model to analyze the sentences related to these interactions. The main message of the verses in the form of these actions expresses a new value system. Allah the Almighty encourages all the followers of divine religions to interact with each other towards the unity of religions for the betterment of the society, be it in the form of advice, suggestion or even warning. Most of these actions are indirect, and due to the deep meaning of the sentences, several actions can be considered for some verses. The results of the research show that among Searle's five actions, persuasive action and emotional action have been used more in the verses of social interactions of Islam with People of the Book than other actions. The reason for this high frequency is that, on the one hand, the interpretation of the informative description indicates that the divine will is in accordance with the discourse of guidance and improving the understanding of the audience, and on the other hand, it shows that the speaker intends for the audience to have a peaceful interaction with other divine religions in the best way. The purpose of this research is to analyze the verses related to the social interactions of Muslims with the followers of the People of the Book in Surah Āl-i ʿImrān with an emphasis on the model of John Searle's verbal action. |
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| Keywords: Social interactions, Surah Āl-i ʿImrān, People of the Book, Verbal actions, John Searle. |
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Received: 2022/07/4 | Accepted: 2022/07/1 | Published: 2022/07/1
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