The Interplay between FDG and Pragmatics in Differentiating the Quranic Ayas of Warning from that ofThreatening with Reference to Translation

The present study is an investigation into the Qur anic ayas of warning and threatening. It attempts at bringing the distinction between the Qur anic ayas of warning and threatening to light , using functional discourse grammar and pragmatics as a means to achieve this aim. It is found that the Qur anic ayas under discussion differ with respect to certain points and that the determining factor in differentiating between the ayas is the contextual component, which is one of the four components building up an utterance in functional discourse grammar. The other three components are conceptual , grammatical and output components. It is also found that an equivalent effect can be brought about provided that similar illocutions , but not necessarily similar locutions are rendered.