The Adaptation of Meter and Prosody in the Holy Quran (Music and Poetry)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 P. H. D. Student of Persian Language and Literature, Bushehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, Iran.

2 P. H.D., Assistant Professor of Arabic Language and Literature, Bushehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, Iran.

3 P. H. D., Assistant Professor of Arabic Language and Literature, Bushehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, Iran.

10.22034/ias.2021.309924.1764

Abstract

One of the coordinates of the Qur'an is the benefit of meter and music; Therefore, a comparative study of the meter and prosody of the Qur'an can reveal pure manifestations of the great miracle of this holy book. This research, with a comparative approach, deals with the comparison between the pleasant and widely used prosodic phrases in the texts of Persian rhymes with the verses of the Holy Quran. In this research, it is sought to avoid disagreeable theories regarding meter and prosody and to select the poetry from famous and pleasant Persian verses. The main purpose of the study in hand is to the present a greater connection between Persian poetry and the melodious and comforting prose of the Holy Quran, and the approximation and harmony between the exquisite music of the Persian rhythm and the Quranic prose. The method of discovering and extracting these similarities between two comparative texts is also a matter of taste and is not subject to fixed principles. This means that the authors, based on their own taste, at times, compare the separate elements of prosody with Persian poetry correspondingly and part by part, and at other times examine three or four elements as a verse or stanza of Persian poetry with verses from the Qur'an as conformational poetry. The findings of the research clearly indicate the existence of musical and poetic value in the Quran.

Research aims:
1. Creating more links between Persian poetry and the melodious and soothing prose of the Holy Quran.
2. Proximity and compatibility between Persian rhythmic music and Quranic prose.

Research questions:
1. What are the meters and prosody of the Holy Quran?
2. What are the similarities between Persian verse and Quranic prose?

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Islamic Art Studies
Volume 18, Issue 43 - Serial Number 43
February 2021
Pages 411-429

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