Analysis of Qur'anic Metaphors with Emphasis On the View of Allameh Tabataba'i

Metaphor is one of the rhetorical techniques used in the Qur'an, which has a special place due to its direct effect on interpretation. On the other hand, the scientific acceptance of Allameh Tabataba’i among the interpreters and rhetoricians and the fact that he considers some verses as metaphors have made it important to achieve his views in this regard. Therefore, the aim of the present study is an analytical approach to Quranic metaphors in the view of Allameh Tabataba’i in comparison with the views of other interpreters. Based on the descriptive-analytical method, the findings of the research indicate that he sometimes uttered Qur'anic metaphors from his own words, and sometimes, while expressing them from the views of some Islamic thinkers, he completed them by adding explanations or he rejected them by giving reasons. According to Tabataba'i, the reason for expressing some verses in the form of explicit metaphor is to use the general meaning and metaphorical vehicle fitnesses, and the reason for the use of others in the form of implied metaphor is the exact difference between synonymous words. Some of the things that this precious contemporary interpreter has considered to be explicit or implied metaphors are worth pondering.