The Implications of Rhetoric Images Associated with the Sense of Taste (Food and Beverage) in the Holy Quran

In many verses, the Holy Quran presents a tangible image of its own purposes, and in many of them uses rhetoric techniques (simile, metonymy, irony). The author of this paper has studied the sensory images of the Quran, which are related to eating, drinking, and taste, to answer these questions. A) How are the images related with food, beverage, and tastings are manifested in the Holy Quran? B) What is the role of aforesaid images in conveying Quran’s motives? C) Which rhetoric technique has the most important role in expressing meanings related to the sense of taste? The method used to carry out the research is analytical-descriptive. The obtained results of the research point to the fact that sensory images related to food and beverage are manifested in two forms in the Holy Quran: A) Real images which are abundant in the Holy Quran and are found in verses expressing halal and haram foods, mentioning the divine blessings in the world, describing the eating and drinking of the elysian, and describing the food and wine of the infidels in the Hell. B) Rhetoric images which are few and are limited to one metonymy and some similes and metaphors. Regarding the similes and metaphors, the Quran has chosen the best for the likened and presented a clear picture of it. Many of these images depicted impalpable affairs in a tangible way, and in some cases, they are presented in a sensual covering to illuminate their perceptible concepts. The Qur'anic rhetoric images do not have the role of an independent array, but they are images whose main function is to convey meaning and they have performed this task with miraculous beauty.