Advising in the Glorious Qur’an as an Indirect Strategy of Speech Acts

Abstract

Advising, is a directive, speech act in which, the hearer is directed, by the speaker to, do, a specific action that is going to be, in his own, interest. It simply means telling the hearer what is best for him / her. The current study investigates advising expressions used in the Glorious Qur’an by identifying the advisor who may be Almighty Allah or any human being. It attempts to clarify the exact meaning of advice and how it can be distinguished successfully. The study aims at showing the use of advising speech act in the Glorious Qur’an and pointing out the advisor who usually gives advice in the Glorious Qur’an. It also aims at identifying the indirect strategies of advising speech act in the Glorious Qur’an. To achieve these aims the study hypothesizes that most of advising speech acts are presented by Almighty Allah to his worshipers and that most of the speakers who give advice have a religious authority upon the hearer which enables them to issue advice. The model adopted, in this study is an eclectic one, which is composed of two sources. Firstly, Searle’s (1969) model, which is followed, in identifying, advising speech, acts. Secondly, Martinez -Flor (2003) model which is followed in the classification of advising strategies. The study concludes that most of advising speech acts are given by Almighty Allah to His worshippers. The study also concludes that the implied meaning of advising speech acts of the Qur’anic texts are syntactically realized via using indirect strategies in accordance with Martinez Flor’s (2003).