The Study of Sign-Semantics of the Verses Qīyāmat and Ma ādin Surah Qīyāmat; Basedon Greimas Semiotic Studies

The current paper has tried to analyze the sign-semantics of the verses Qīyāmat and Ma’ād in Surah Qīyāmat، according to Semiotic Studies of Greimas. The aim was not to interpret the Quranic verses but to introduce different levels of the text including deep structure of discourse، narrative discourse and phenomenological aesthetics. The researchers have studied the semantic system of Quran in the light of semiotics. The research was designed in a descriptive-analytic manner. The textual data، consisted of some of the verses of Surah Qīyāmat، were analyzed by the theoretical principles. The results showed that the analysis of sign-semantics of the verses Qīyāmat and Ma’ād and Semiotic Studies of Greimas، especially the concept of semiotic square، were in congruence. It has also became apparent that Greimas theory on narrative discourse is applicable on the stages of the spiritual evolution (nafs) and the aesthetics of the verses Qīyāmat and Ma’ād could be described by phenomenological aesthetics.