التحليل الاستعاري للفظ الشهادتين في ضوء نظرية المزج التصوري

Résumé

This research investigates the conceptual metaphors connected with the Shahada in the Islamic religion from the perspective of cognitive linguistics, namely the blend theory. In this light, the article aims at answering a key problematic question that boils down to: how did the Islamic Religion manage to spread all over the Arab Peninsula, whereas both the Christian and the Jewish ones failed? This research argues that the Islamic conceptual metaphors played a decisive role in this success. This is illustrated in the cognitive concepts created by this religion that urged people to embrace it. One of the most significant ones is viewing religion as a building to which the Shahada is the key. This latter grants those who have it some rights Arabs were in a dire need to, such as safety, equality, and protection, etc.