A semanti̇c analysi̇s of the names and attri̇butes of Allah i̇n the Arabi̇c language

In this study, a morpho-semantic analysis of the concept of Allah—the proper name of the deity—and the divine attributes constituting al-Asma al-Husna (the Beautiful Names of Allah) was conducted, based on the foundational texts of the Arabic grammatical tradition, classical and modern lexicons, and fundamental works of rhetoric and Islamic thought. In the first chapter, the derivation, origin, and word-meaning relationship of the name Allah are discussed within a linguistic framework; in this context, theological and linguistic debates such as essence-attribute (dhat-sifat), name-named (ism-musamma), and identity-alterity (ayniyyat-gayriyyat) are analyzed through the perspectives of various theological schools (kalam). Furthermore, the semantic value and legitimacy of the concept of Tanrı (God) within the context of expressing divinity in the Turkish religious language are examined from a socio-linguistic perspective. In the second and third chapters, the divine attributes within the system of al-Asma al-Husna are categorized according to their structural (morphological) patterns. Guided by Toshihiko Izutsu's semantic field theory and Abd al-Qahir al-Jurjani's theory of construction (nazm), the semantic denotations of various morphological patterns—such as the active participle (ism al-fa'il), intensive active participle (mubalagha), assimilative adjective (sifat al-mushabbaha), and infinitive form (masdar)—are investigated in terms of their capacity to express divine transcendence, permanence (subut), continuity (istimrar), and intensification.