Payam-e Noor University (PNU)
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Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi, in articulating his controversial theory of "the cessation of punishment" and attempting to normalize and reconcile it with religious propositions, has employed effective rhetorical strategies to persuade his audience, independent of the theological aspects of his theory. Identifying and analyzing these textual methods and lexical-linguistic mechanisms represents a novel critical approach that can reveal Ibn Arabi's unconscious thought processes in formulating and presenting this theory. Accordingly, the present study examines Ibn Arabi's persuasive techniques in proposing his theory of the cessation of punishment by analyzing these textual mechanisms. The findings indicate that Ibn Arabi, in structuring his theory, utilizes linguistic capabilities and the logic of difference, leading to semantic shifts in the words and concepts involved in his theory and the generation of new meanings. Ibn Arabi's innovative and norm-challenging semantic constructions in the process of altering the meanings of words and symbols result in the creation of paradoxical concepts such as "cold fire" and "painless punishment" in his theory, which substantially increases the complexity and interpretive difficulty for his audience. Ibn Arabi's rhetorical strategies in these semantic transformations occur within a framework of monologism and interpretive authoritarianism, relying on persuasive techniques to reproduce dominance for pluralistic and inclusivistic discourses while disrupting rival discursive systems. This article employs a descriptive-analytical method to reexamine Ibn Arabi's persuasive techniques and rhetorical strategies in proposing the theory of the cessation of punishment, focusing on his most significant works.
Article number: 6
Keywords: Ibn Arabi, rhetorical strategies, cessation of punishment, persuasive methods, Islamic mysticism.
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