A Descriptive study of the Meaning of the Holy Quran

The word ‘holy’ in terms of concept and meaning is of one of the most important and yet complex Quranic Words that has not been considered through a semantic approach. This study has tried to analyze this word in the Quran based on an analytical and descriptive method. In this study, by drawing on the context and relationship rule and the conceptual relation of the word ‘holy’ with its collocations and its replacement words, we have tried to pinpoint the use of the term throughout the verses. The word ‘holy’ in the Quran has a wide variety of meanings, and it has been used in 11 senses such as a gratuitous gift, a gift without loss and degradation, a gift without asking, closed with a seal, and useful. This word, based on the replacement axis, is also on the same semantic group with the words ‘great’ and ‘generous’. The discovery of the semantic components of the word ‘holy’ has revealed a minute part of the sciences hidden in the verses and indicates that the Quran is based on a systematic thought.