Stylistic Analysis of Imam Riḍā's Al-Risālt al-Dhahabīyahin the Literary and Linguistic Layer

Today, stylistics (style recognition), as one of the methods of evaluating texts, has a special place in literary criticism, through which we are guided by the ability of the author to use artistic techniques in expressing his inner thoughts. The letters of Imam Riḍā (as) are among the prose texts that deserve a stylistic study; because despite having sublime meanings, it is adorned with verbal ornaments and is full of artistic and rhetorical innovations. Therefore, the study examines 10 letters of Imam Riḍā (as) and reviews their literary and linguistic styles with a descriptive-analytical method. The results of this research are as follows: A) At the literary level, "simile" has the highest percentage, and at the linguistic level, "repetition" has the highest percentage. B) In terms of analysis of letters (intellectual and ideological), we came to the conclusion that the method of address at the beginning of the letters of Imam Riḍā (as) is related to the contents of the letters; also, the obvious feature of starting most of Imam's letters is to use an appropriate introduction to the addressee of the letter.