Semantic Significations of Words and Sentences in Al-Sahifa Al-Sajjadiyya on the Image of Satan

Abstract

This study addresses the subject of the significations of words and sentences in Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya concerning the image of Satan, through a genetic structuralist approach that views supplication as a devotional and social discourse reflecting self-awareness in confronting the forces of evil. The study reveals an intensive presence of Satan as a symbol of seduction and aggression.

The research focuses on the image of Satan and how it appears in the linguistic patterns within supplicatory texts, guided by the lexicographical and syntactical patterns to uncover the mechanisms of representation and signification—such as repetition, antithesis, and synonymy—and their indications.

Through this approach, it appears that Satan appears as a force of renewed infiltration that relies on plotting, adornment, and gradualism in corruption. Supplication in this context transforms into an act of spiritual resistance and a vigilant awareness of danger, placing the Muslim in direct confrontation with a hidden enemy; this causes supplication to fall within a worldview that sees man vacillating between good and evil, which grants supplication a dual function: devotional and political.