Contradiction in Surat Al-Kahf : Its Patterns and Implications

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This paper, which is an aesthetic study in Surat Al-Kahf, reflects a stylistic phenomenon that has its value in coloring the discourse with a literary feature that increases the energy of suggestion (revelation) and reduces the energy of declarations, which is the phenomenon of antithesis in its patterns and indications. Accordingly, this scientific study is divided into two parts which are preceded by an introduction and followed by the results. The introduction summarizes the role of antithesis and its effectiveness in contemporary literary and critical studies. The first part reviews the simple verbal contrast through analyzing its evidence in Surat Al-Kahf and extracting its connotations and revelations whereas the second part goes into the detail of the compound hidden contrast via coming horizontally across its models in the surah. The study arrives at the most important results at the end.