the role of the holy qur’an in the development of criticism and rhetoric

since the beginning of the presence of the holy qur’an criticism and rhetoric have received attention in the areas of culture and thought too. in this respect we can name some literary and rhetorical works like maj?z al qur’?n by abu ubaydah ma’mar ibn muthann? ket?b al fas?hah by abu h?tam sajest?ni e’j?z al qur’?n by j?hez basri naqd al nathr wa naqd al she’r by abu al faraj qud?mah ibn ja’far al she’r wa al shu’ar? by ibn qutaybah dinvari and al k?mel by mubarrad. furthermore in the fourth century ah abdullah ibn mu’tazz studied quranic figures of speech and wrote on the science of rhetoric ?medi authored mov?zeneh and abu hel?l ‘askari in the middle of the fourth century wrote al san?’atain. the role of the qur’an in criticism and rhetoric has also influenced the focus of writers on issues like rhetoric and balance from aristotle’s perspective the mysteries of language aesthetic skills syntax and its functions quranic sciences as well as the relation between rhetoric and the miraculous inimitability of the qur’an. this paper studies the role of the qur’an in criticism rhetoric lexis collocations form content music imagery the harmony of form and content and the features of storytelling and stylistics.