ANALYSING THE SURAH OF NÛH IN TERMS OF RHETORIC

The Qur'an, which constitutes the main source of Islam, was revealed in Arabic. Based on the belief that the Qur'an is universal, conquests accelerated, the borders of the Islamic geography expanded and other non-Arab nations entered Islam as a result of the efforts to convey the principles it contains to all corners of the world. As a result of the mixing of 'Persians' among the Arabs, obvious errors in the language, especially the misreading of some verses of the Qur'an, emerged. The scholars who realised this situation started to work on the determination of language rules in order to prevent this and to enable the 'Persians to learn Arabic more easily. One of the studies on the Arabic language is the studies on rhetoric. The Qur'an contains many literary arts that fall within the scope of meânî, beyân and bedî', which are the sub-branches of the science of eloquence, which "examines the methods and principles of proper and proper speech". On the other hand, the science of eloquence has an important place in the understanding of the Holy Qur'an. This is because the ijaz and i'jâz of the Qur'ân al-Ḥākim are understood more clearly with the science of eloquence. Surah Nûh was revealed in Mecca and consists of 28 verses. The sûrah is named after the word Nûh in verses 1, 21 and 26. In this sūrah, the sending of Prophet Noah as a prophet by Allah, his missionary activities, invitation to the belief of monotheism, worshipping Allah, obeying the prophet and the curse of Prophet Noah to his rebellious and disbelieving people are mentioned. When the surah of Nûh is analysed in terms of rhetoric, it is seen that it contains many literary arts in terms of beyân, meânî and bedi', which are sub-disciplines of rhetoric. In this study, the surah of Nûh is analysed in terms of declaration, meânî and bedi' respectively, and the verses are analysed after giving brief information about the literary arts identified.