The Style of Sufficiency in Ibn Ashour through his Interpretation of Verification and Enlightenment

Abstract

The research aims to examine Ibn Ashour's style of sufficiency in his interpretation of verification and enlightenment, which is one of the rhetorical styles of the Holy Qur'an that a number of interpreters have discussed in their books. The research includes an introduction, two sections, and a conclusion. The introduction covers the meaning of sufficiency linguistically and idiomatically, a definition of Ibn Ashour and his interpretation. The first section, which covers the style of sufficiency in books of interpretation and Qur'anic sciences. The second section presents practical examples of the style of sufficiency in Ibn Ashour's interpretation of verification and enlightenment. The methodology followed in the research is the inductive method, through inductive reasoning of instances of the style of sufficiency in Ibn Ashour's interpretation of verification and enlightenment, followed by the analytical methodology, through analysis and study of those examples and explanation of their rhetorical subtleties. Among the most important results of the research are: Ibn Ashour's use of the term sufficiency in his text, such as when he says, "And in speech, there is sufficiency," or "Sufficiency and its estimation..." Ibn Ashour specified the meaning of sufficiency in his interpretation and considered it one of the two types of brevity. The results also indicated Ibn Ashour's diligence in explaining the rhetorical subtleties behind the occurrence of sufficiency in the verse. The number of instances of sufficiency in his interpretation reached approximately twenty-seven.