Conceptual Metaphors of the Realm of Resurrection in Surah An-Nāzi‘āt

Cognitive linguistics is an approach that studies language based on individuals' experiences of the world, how it is understood, and how it is conceptualized, and conceptual metaphors are some of its important topics; from Lakoff and Johnson's point of view, these metaphors influence not only language but also thought and action in everyday life. The language of the Qur'an as a literary and religious text has various mechanisms by which abstract concepts can be explained. Resurrection is one of the important doctrinal issues that has been mentioned in the Holy Quran in various forms. The purpose of this article is to analyze the conceptual metaphors of the realm of resurrection in Surah An-Nāzi‘āt and understand the hidden concepts related to it and answer the questions of this article: What is the function of the conceptual metaphors of the realm of resurrection in Surah An-Nāzi‘āt? And which of the conceptual metaphors of the realm of resurrection has the most frequency in Surah An-Nāzi‘āt? The present article, based on a descriptive-analytical method and using library sources, came to the conclusion that embodying abstract concepts and making them more tangible is one of the most prominent functions of the conceptual metaphors of the Day of Resurrection in Surah An-Nāzi‘āt. Also, the highest frequency of conceptual metaphors in this surah is ontological metaphors.