Re-Examination of Conceptual Metaphors of "Clothing" in Quran and Nahj al Balaghe based on Likaf and Johnson's Model

According to the theory of conceptual metaphors, the metaphorical nature of language is caused by the metaphorical nature of thought, and linguistic metaphors are the reflection of metaphor in thought. There are many abstract concepts in the Holy Quran and Nahj al balaghe, and how these mental concepts are understood by humans and how these concepts are conceptualized by the speakers can be considered and investigated. Due to the importance of clothing as the most basic concrete concepts known and understood by mankind and its abundance in metaphorical application, the present research is structured in the framework of cognitive linguistics, in the framework of cognitive semantics, and with the application of the theory of conceptual metaphor. The answer to the following questions is how to rely on the cognitive theory of metaphor to understand the abstract concepts that the Qur'an and Nahj al-Balagha have objectified for their audience and extract the mappings in the minds of the speakers? What points does spiritual and abstract express?

Method of Study:

 The current research has been completed with the tool of citation-library collection and descriptive-analytical method and the level of analysis of content analysis with the tool of conceptual metaphor.

The findings of the present research indicate that in the Holy Quran the concepts of: piety, hunger and fear, night and marital relationship, and in the Nahj al-Balaghah the concepts of: moderation, honor, jihad, dignity, fitness, change of correct Islamic rulings and modesty as the areas of destination. abstract, by the concrete concept of clothing and covering as the domain of tangible origin that humans know all their angles and structures; It has been facilitated for the audience to objectify and understand them.Since religious texts have the most abstract concepts, the practical application of the mentioned research is that it proves the possibility of religious art in such a way that with various image schemas, deep spiritual and abstract concepts can be presented according to the capacity of the audience.

The concept of clothing and covering as a single source domain had essences and elements that could be mapped onto the destination domains in the Qur'an and Nahj al-Balagha and lead to objectification and better understanding of these concepts. However, among these components, some of them are bolder than the rest of the elements and have been repeated several times in abstract concepts, including the component of covering and surrounding, which was applied to 9 abstract concepts from the tangible domain of clothes; Also, the beauty component was mapped in 8 concepts, the protection and maintenance component in 7 concepts and the component of always being in one's body were mapped in 5 concepts. Finally, paying attention to the mapping of the conceptual metaphors of clothes, eloquence and eloquence in the expression of doctrine and guidance and completion of the argument proves guidance for all the world in educational teachings.