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Facial Expressions as Paralinguistic Cues of Destiny: A Semiotic Analysis of ‎Faces in the Qurʾānic Depiction of the Day of Judgment

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Abstract

By relying on meticulous and precise readings of the Glorious Qurʾān and Al-Suyuti's (2020) ‎‎Qurʾānic ‎interpretation, this study extracts the noble verses that describe the faces of humans ‎‎on the Day of ‎Judgment. It analyzes the semiotic signs that intricately depict ‎‎human faces during this ‎crucial event, which will suddenly befall humankind. The study ‎‎identifies sixteen locations in the ‎Glorious Qurʾān that exhibit signs of faces on that inescapable ‎‎‎ day. These locations are equally ‎divided into two categories, with eight indicating blissful faces ‎‎and the remaining eight indicating ‎tormented faces. The semiotic units signifying blessed faces ‎‎display signs of felicity manifested on the ‎faces of true believers. These signs include whiteness, ‎‎radiance, clarity, laughter, and delight. On the ‎other hand, the semiotic units signifying ‎‎tormented faces reveal signs of fear, anxiety, sorrow, anger, ‎regret, and loss that appear on the ‎‎faces of disbelievers. These signs encompass darkness, frowning, ‎distortion, humiliation, ‎‎engagement in hard labor, and evident fatigue on their faces.‎  

DOI

10.21608/jwadi.2023.308265

Keywords

semiotics, Semiotic Analysis, paralinguistic cues, the Glorious Qurʾān, facial expressions, Destiny

Authors

First Name

Yasser A.

Last Name

Gomaa

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Affiliation

Department of English Language and Literature Faculty of Arts, Assiut University, Egypt

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gomaa@aun.edu.eg

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Volume

39

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39

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42472

Issue Date

2023-07-01

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2023-07-17

Publish Date

2023-07-01

Page Start

61

Page End

92

Print ISSN

2536-9555

Online ISSN

2682-4582

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1,243

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مجلة وادي النيل للدراسات والبحوث الإنسانية والاجتماعية والتربويه

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Facial Expressions as Paralinguistic Cues of Destiny: A Semiotic Analysis of ‎Faces in the Qurʾānic Depiction of the Day of Judgment

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25 Dec 2024