RHETORICAL QUESTIONS IN ENGLISH AND ARABIC WITH REFERENCE TO THE GLORIOUS QUR'AN

Abstract

This paper is an attempt to shed some light upon rhetorical questions (RQ henceforth), their forms types and use in English and Arabic with special focus on their uses in the Glorious Qur'an. Chapter One includes the problem, aims, hypotheses, procedures, limits and the value of the study. Chapter Two covers rhetorical questions in English and Arabic, the notion of rhetorical question (RQ), types of rhetorical questions, and the functions of rhetorical questions. Whereas Chapter Three ends with the conclusion. Key words: Rhetorical question, Qur'an, form, function, use.