Applied Semantics of the General Bounty Tradition (Relying on Verse 20 of Surah al-Isra')

The holy Quran, as the richest source of divine sciences and knowledge, has best revealed the traditions governing the existence and destiny of human beings and beautifully depicted Godchr('39')s treatment of human beings. One of these traditions is the tradition of general bounty, which is the subject that concludes verse 20 of Surah al-Israchr('39'). Given that the holy Quran talks about this issue briefly and its dimensions and features are in a haze of ambiguity, the present article explores the concept of “general bounty” using the applied semantics method so that the linguistic and non-linguistic evidence can be employed as a criterion for receiving the implicit and indirect points of the Quran on the subject of this research and a novel account of it can be provided. Studies show that the tradition of divine general bounty is one of the general traditions in terms of scope and inclusion and is one of the manifestations of Godchr('39')s Lordship. This tradition is related to the traditions of assistance, creation, general guidance, reward and punishment and covers all human beings. The divine bounty is considered an action in essence, and it is a reaction in terms of quality and how it is performed. Considering the contextual elements, the setting of occurrence, the characteristics of the two sides of the interaction and the limitations governing non-verbal actions, it can be said that expressive, commissive, persuasive, emotional and declarative speech acts can be observed in the verse in question.