A Comparative Study on Binary Oppositions in Holy Surah of “Al-Lail” and Inscription Colours

The Quran, the Miracle of the Noble Messenger (Peace Be Upon Him) has various dimensions and special unique literary style. One of the manifestations of the Quranic rhetoric literary genus is the different kinds of binary oppositions in verses.
The oppositions such as: “body and soul”, “day and night”, “metaphysicals and supersensibles”, “male and female” has been the controversial issues since the ancient times.
In the present paper the binary oppositions have been investigated in the holy surah “Al-Lail” and the comparison of these kinds of binary vocabularies with those of Quranic in scription colours with the emphasis on hand-writing of Quran. The objectives of this library research is the establishment of the connection between theology and art. The results reveal that the number of binary oppositions are eight in this surah .The collation of the binary oppositions of surah “Al-Lail” with those of inscription colour are as the following: “day and night”(لیل و نهار), “conceal and reveal“(یغشی و تجلی) with azure and golden;”male and female(ذکر و انثی)" with red and light green ;”endowed and withheld” (اعطی و بخل),” piety and satiety”(اتقی و استغنی) ,”approved and disapproved"(صدق و کذب) with white and black;”ease and hardship”(یسری و عصری) with light blue and orange ;” hereafter and first life”
(آخره و اولی)” with violet and light yellow, dark yellow and dark green.
The images of the present paper taken by photography from Quranic hand-writings and from the existing scans in National Iranian Museums like: ”National Museum of the Noble Quran“, ”Golestan Palace Museum“, ”Saint Abdolazim Quran Museum“ and the ”Museum of Quran and the Exquisites of Astan Qods Razavi“.