The Quranic Philosophy on Superiority of Audio Sense Against Visual Sense Based on the Book of Exegesis and Science Reports

A Cognitive Semantic Analysis of Arabic Verb of Visual Perception رأى (ra’a) in Fiction Writing

“…Studies have argued that both vision and hearing are the most important senses in learning (Sawaluddin et al, 2018). According to Sempo et al (2017), Arab people have derived from the sense of vision many expressions signifying intellection and understanding. Moreover, senses of vision and hearing are claimed to be partners in achieving full awareness of attaining knowledge and are supposedly the true instruments of knowledge and reason (Sawaluddin et al, 2018).…”

“…Most of the previous Arabic studies on verbs of perception have focused on their use in the Holy Quran due to their pervasiveness in this religious discourse. In this regard, the most comprehensive studies in this area were conducted by Zade and Esfahani (2015), Sempo et al (2017), andSiregar (2016) who focused on the semantic aspects of the five human senses in the Holy Quran. The findings of these studies have shown that the Arabic verb of visual perception ‫رأى‬ (ra'a) has the following extended meanings: (a) to know, to contemplate; (b) to think, to consult; and (c) to dream as shown in Examples (1), (2), and (3) consecutively: Moreover, the findings of Siregar's (2016) study revealed that the verbs of perception have an educational implication in the Holy Quran whereby the Quran plays an important role in developing the senses and building a well-unified sensory system that integrates both the five senses and the mind to acquire knowledge and apply it in different settings and situations.…”