The Department of Arabic Language at the College of Education for Human Sciences, University of Anbar, discussed a doctoral dissertation titled: "The Generic Categorization of Rhetorical Meaning According to Al-Sijilmasi in Rhetorical and Critical Studies: An Analytical Study".

The defense was held on Thursday, May 21, 2026, at the Abi Al-Thana' Al-Alusi Hall in the Deanship of the College of Education for Human Sciences, University of Anbar.

Objectives of the Study

The dissertation, submitted by the student Nihad Matlab Mukhlif Hamad Al-Alwani, focuses on the rhetorical meaning represented by the universal laws that Al-Sijilmasi sought to establish in his book "Al-Manza' Al-Badi' fi Tajnis Asalib Al-Badi'". The study demonstrates that this rhetorical meaning serves as the general law of rhetoric and its backbone. According to Al-Sijilmasi's vision, it represents an orientation that governs rhetorical styles, which are acquired based on its general laws. This orientation parallels Sheikh Abdul Qahir Al-Jurjani’s concept of Nazm (construction/systems) as well as Al-Marzuqi’s concept of Amud Al-Shi'r (the pillar of poetry).

Furthermore, the study examines rhetorical meaning through its ten supreme genres (al-ajnas al-'aliya), which are:

• Conciseness (Al-Ijaz)

• Imagination (Al-Takhyil)

• Allusion (Al-Isharah)

• Hyperbole (Al-Mubalaghadah)

• Arrangement (Al-Rasf)

• Manifestation (Al-Muzaharah)

• Clarification (Al-Tawdih)

• Expansion (Al-Ittisa')

• Inflection (Al-Inthina')

• Reiteration (Al-Takrir)

Al-Sijilmasi distributed the methods of Arabic rhetoric across these genres without claiming to encompass every single style under them, as his primary goal was to establish the general law of rhetorical meaning rather than merely categorizing all styles beneath it.

Defense Committee

The discussion committee was chaired by Prof. Dr. Amer Mhaidi Saleh (College of Education for Human Sciences, University of Anbar), and included the following members:

• Prof. Dr. Nafi' Hammad Mohammed (Tikrit University - College of Arts)

• Prof. Dr. Mohanad Hamad Shabib (College of Education for Human Sciences, University of Anbar)

• Prof. Dr. Mustafa Saleh Ali (College of Arts, University of Anbar)

• Asst. Prof. Dr. Jabbar Abid Dhahi (College of Education for Human Sciences, University of Anbar)

• Prof. Dr. Abdul Nasser Hashem Mohammed (Supervisor and Member, College of Education for Human Sciences, University of Anbar)

Following an extensive and thorough discussion by the committee members, the dissertation was accepted with a passing grade (Satisfactory).Congratulations to the student, his supervisor, and the esteemed committee members. We pray to Almighty Allah for the researcher's continued success and prosperity in his academic and professional life.

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