The Semantic of Fo ad in the Holy Quran

The term “fo’ad” is one of the most important Koranic concepts which draws each and every thinker’s attention. The word has never been semantically investigated despite the terminologists, interpreters, and the scientists’ attempts. The word has been used in the Quran 16 times in 15 signs. This research has explained the meaning of “fo’ad” as well as the extraction of its semantic components from Quran through an analytic perspective. The investigation of the signs where the word has been used showed that the word, in its Koranic use, has the meaning of “heart” in the paradigmatic axis whereas it has such meaning as “ÊËÈیʔ (= confirmation), “åæی (=vagary), “ÑÈؔ (=relation) in the syntagmatic axis. The exploration of the semantic components of “fo’ad” results in the reflection of the pure Koranic cognitions in a more effective way so that the God’s servants find their life way and are showed a specific ideology.