A Light on the Hadith of Imam Ali about the Meaning of Letter and Verb through Scholars of Jurisprudence and Syntax

This study compares and discusses a narrative attributed to Imam Ali on the meaning of letter and verb. And the aim is to compare the views of grammarians and scholars of jurisprudents and syntax and find out the extent of their harmony with the narrative. Most of the views of the founders of the new school of principles in Najaf are inconsistent with the content of the narrative because late and contemporary pricipalists have denied the tripartite division of the verb and have similarly, denied the significance of verb on time. But they are considerate with regard to the meaning of the letter to the theory of relation. However, they have distinct views about the theory of relative literal meaning. Probably, the purport of the theory is to make it compatible with the content of the narrative. This research has adopted an analytical method and a lot of effort has been made to evaluate and compare it accurately. Therefore, sometimes it has taken into account what scholars had to say and sometimes their opinions are expressed along with the analysis