Lexical aspect and its role in the modality in the 53th letter of nahj al balaghe

One of the elements of mode is the "Lexical aspect" that as a meaning characteristic is in the verb and show the process of acting a verb. The most important concepts that are considered in lexical aspect are stability, dynamism, strength, weakness, repetition, duration, direction, time, and speed. This study is trying to use appearance of words as a tool for better understanding of the modality or modalities of Imam Ali. Therefore, with reference to the category of lexical aspect, context has been analyzed, and then the connection between this intermodal element and the attitude and ideology of the Imam Ali has been study. Due to the fact that most of issues of this letter are based on educational issues, conditional verbs are observed more than activity verbs and processing verbs. Also activity verbs and achievement verbs of this letter show that Imam Ali has a further emphasis on mobility and speed in the external affairs. Therefore, among the concepts, static, dynamic, and continues will to be observed more than the other concepts.