Muhammad Ahmad Qasim
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Muhammad Ahmad Qasim is a contemporary scholar of Arabic rhetoric and language, known for his collaborative contributions to modern rhetorical studies .
Scholarly Contribution
Qasim holds a doctorate and has focused his scholarly work on the classical branches of Arabic eloquence . Together with Muhyi al-Din Dib, he co-authored Ulum al-Balagha: al-Badi wa al-Bayan wa al-Maani ("The Sciences of Rhetoric: Rhetorical Figures, Figurative Expression, and Semantics"), which was published in Tripoli, Lebanon, in 2003 . In their treatment of the subject, the authors emphasize the integration of the three classical rhetorical disciplines—semantics (al-maani), figurative expression (al-bayan), and rhetorical figures (al-badi )—highlighting their historical emergence in service of exploring the inimitability (ijaz) and nuances of the Quranic text alongside broader Arabic literary aesthetics .
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Ulum al-Balagha «al-Badi wa al-Bayan wa al-Maani» is a contemporary study of Arabic rhetoric first published in 2003. The work addresses the three classical disciplines of figures of speech, figurative expression, and semantics, combining theoretical explanations with practical literary analysis and textual evidence drawn from the Quran and Arabic poetry.