TAJAHUL AL-ARIF (FEIGNED IGNORANCE): CHRONOLOGICAL BACKGROUND, THE PROCESS OF BECOMING A TERM, STYLE, AND PURPOSE
BILIMNAME, vol.47, no.1, pp.265-302, 2022 (ESCI, TRDizin)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 47 Issue: 1
- Publication Date: 2022
- Doi Number: 10.28949/bilimname.1054080
- Journal Name: BILIMNAME
- Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Academic Search Premier, ATLA Religion Database, Index Islamicus, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Religion and Philosophy Collection, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Page Numbers: pp.265-302
- Keywords: Arabic Language and Rhetoric, Badi, Tajahul al-Arif, Feigned ignorance
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Erciyes University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Comprised of two words, tajahul al-arif (feigned ignorance, pretended ignorance) is a noun phrase meaning "the ignorance of a person who knows." It is produced from the words tajahul, which means "to pretend not to know", and arif, which means "the one who knows." In Arabic rhetoric, on the other hand, it is a type of embellishment that is briefly described as "presenting or saying something known as unknown due to a purpose."