Abstract
Thought and speech are two great graces bestowed by God upon humanity. These powers elevate humans from their animalistic nature to the position of God’s vicegerents. Through thoughtful contemplation, one can safeguard their verbal expression from slips and guide it toward the truth (God and the path of God). As individuals navigate the complexities of life across various dimensions, their ability to think and communicate is influenced by education and their environment. Depending on their intellectual and social growth, their verbal communication also deepens and becomes more rational. By possessing eloquent language, individuals can provide clear insights and instill them into the minds of people in society, express truths logically and strongly, and use a discourse that combines sound reasoning with emotional appeal, all while adhering to thought-oriented ethical principles so as to engage in an intellectual Jihad i.e., a strong effort to clarify by means of discourse. Accordingly, the present study investigated various types of explanatory and thought-oriented discourse including gentle or mild, exemplification and simile, imperative or reproaching, non-argumentative, wise, systematic or organized, scholarly, argumentative and inquisitive, definite, firm, and narrative discourse. These discourse genres were analyzed in terms of content, theme, concept, and context of the relevant verses of the most precise and well-documented divine book, the Holy Qur’an using a linguistic concept analysis method. The study aimed to explore the remarkable impact of different discourse genres used by educators on learners to strategically select the most appropriate genre for conveying facts and institutionalizing individual and collective prosperity in public education.
Keywords: The Holy Qur’an, Discourse Types, Thought-Oriented, Education