Examining the Conceptual-Rhetorical Implications of Hand Language in Nahj ul-Balaghah

Body language is one of the most important communication tools of human society, which people use to express different emotions and meanings. The role of body language in the context of literary texts to discover purposes and conceptual data and literary arrays embodied in body language; It is remarkable. The book of Nahj al-Balagheh is full of literary arts and verbal subtleties. In this article, the topic of body language (hand) in Nahj al-Balagheh is investigated in terms of conceptual-rhetorical implications in a descriptive-analytical way. Among the conceptual and rhetorical meanings used in the words of Imam Ali (a.s.), we can include expressions of helplessness, insisting on disobedience, declaration of allegiance, avarice, cursing, the amount of blessings and forgiveness, preparation for Attacking, acceptance of allegiance, regret and regret, assistance and harmony, sadness of separation, regretful impatience, expressions of regret, seriousness and tirelessness in demanding, distance between right and wrong, being defeated and being wrong, metaphor., simile, allegory, irony and adaptation.