The Analysis of Semantic Components of Imam in Sign 12 of Surah Yasin based on Syntagmatic and Paradigmatic Relationships

Syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships, as the linguists such as Roman Jacobson pointed out from the beginning, make the foundation of language. Hence through identifying the semantic components of a particular word and examining the syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships, the word uses can be extensively determined. In this way, the syntagmatic and paradigmatic items of the word are determined. On the basis of the semantic components of the word “Imam”, one of the most important words in the Holy Quran, the occurrence frequency of which is 12, is used in sign 12 of Surah “Yasin”. Regarding the investigations, it can be said that what is established in the meaning of “Imam” is the rank of God’s science which is related to the divine action and want. It is kept in the hidden world. The presence of Imam makes God’s words join together. It is a comprehensive version of the divine names. Imam is the perfect sign of God. The denotative meaning of such a great sign is nothing but obtaining monotheism. For the same reason, knowing Imam is considered the complement of God’s monotheism.