Al-Hajjaj’s Introductions in the Book of the Judgment of Imam Ali bin Abi Talib: By Sheikh Al-Tawstari

Abstract

The structure of the argumentative text relies on the basics necessary to persuade and acquiesce in the audience, so the speaker intends to employ those requirements of introductions and techniques, in order to reach the intended recipients easily and smoothly. He focused on some of them without the others, for his desired end. Accordingly, there is a close connection between the structure of the argumentative text and the premises formed by the text that make the recipient acknowledge what the author wanted, according to inference and proof at the same time. Language is a communicative function, and a proof that pushes the recipient to be convinced without any doubt.