An Analysis of the Idea of the Inimitability of the Quran Based on Discourse Analysis Systems

The holy Quran, as a miracle of the seal of the prophets (p.b.u.h.), is miraculous in several respects. The theory of the inimitability of the Quran, as a discourse-based structure, is based on tahaddi (challenge) in the Quran. The importance of this issue, as the essential source of the theory of the inimitability of the Quran, as well as its connection with language sciences, led us to examine miraculousness in tahaddi verses based on discourse analysis systems. The results of the present study, which was conducted using the descriptive-analytical method, indicate that tahaddi is a two-way discourse that begins with an eventual discourse of the type of divine providence and informs the addressees that they will not be able to produce a book like the Quran. The addressees are then faced with an intelligent system which has been planned and is of action type. In this way, pointing to the impossibility of proving the truth of the denierschr('39') claims, the Quran stimulates their ability in an emotional discourse of tense-emotive type, and they are led into the tahaddi course. In these verses, the addressees are given the chance to collaborate with other like-minded people, and this shows the system of intelligent discourse of induction type among the deniers, so that they may strengthen their power in this struggle by inviting others and making use of some strategies. However, the result of this discourse indicates the failure of the addressees in producing a book like the Quran.