An Overview of the Network of Meanings of the Prepositions “Ala” in the Quran With the Cognitive Approach

The word “Ala” is one of the Arabic prepositions used in many cases in the Quran. This in the sense of its proto-scene encodes the concept of transcendence. But all the uses of this term in the Qur'an are not limited to this proto-scene meaning. It has entered into new semantic domains by being in different tissues and in various ways. The present paper uses a descriptive-analytical method and uses the principles of cognitive semantics to examine the applications of this statement in the Qur'an in order to provide a meaningful analysis of its meanings. Therefore, based on the principles of cognitive semantics, the proto-scene meaning of the prepositions “Ala” was first identified, then the quality of the extension of this proto-scene meaning was examined. According to the studies, this preposition with its central meaning, through metaphor and schematics, has entered into new conceptual areas and created a network of different meanings. In shaping these meanings, factor and tissue changes play an important role.