A macro-study of the metaphor "Life is agriculture" and its sub-metaphors in the Holy Quran

Conceptual macro-metaphors are pervasive metaphors throughout the text and have an underlying appearance. These metaphors serve as the main theme and subject matter upon which other topics in the text are based. The Holy Quran is a metaphor-centric text that has used conceptual metaphor in many cases to make its intangible concepts tangible. Since concepts related to agriculture are familiar to human experience, the Holy Quran has used these concepts in many verses to illustrate the actions of servants and how they receive punishment and reward. This study, using a descriptive-analytical method, analyzed the macro-metaphor of "life is agriculture" by taking it from verse ۲۰ of Surah Ash-Shuri. After extracting the micro-metaphors related to this verse, it was examined in two categories: explicit structures and context-based structures in verses related to action and receiving punishment and reward. The results of this research show that all the micro-metaphors examined in the two structures above have been created in support of the macro-metaphor “Life is agriculture” and the systematic concept of “Whatever you sow, that is what you will reap” is understood in all verses related to the concepts of action and reward.

کلیدواژه ها:

Conceptual metaphor ، Macro Metaphor ، Micro metaphor ، Agricultural life