Rhetorical Questions with Reference to the Glorious Qur’an: Pragmatic Approach

Abstract

This study attempts to investigate some functions of Arabic rhetorical questions and English ones with reference to the Glorious Qur’an. The main objective of this study is to highlight the importance of pragmatic competence in Second Language Acquisition and Foreign Language Acquisition scenes. The sample of this study consists of ten rhetorical questions; which are chosen randomly and then purposively. The researcher studies each question under the following steps:  To determine the rhetorical function of the interrogative.  To analyze the rhetorical question.  To make a proper due evaluation. The researcher uses Ibn Ashour, Tafseer Al-Tahreer wa Al-Tanweer to determine the function of the rhetorical questions. The findings of the study show that; Arabic functions of rhetorical questions are varying and complex; English sometimes can maintain the force of those interrogative statements by using special techniques. In accordance with the finding; the researcher suggests a research-project that analyzes all the functions of Quranic rhetorical question and their equivalence in English.