The survey of the literal and figurative meaning of a word from jurisprudential perspective

The most fundamental and maybe the first thing that can be taken advantage of by an individual and be used to convey what one really means is the very method of orating the words. Figurative speech is the use of the words and utterances for the meaning other then what is actually declaimed although there is a relationship between the literal meaning of what has been expressed and the meaning which is really expected or desired. Of course, Sakaki believes that a word is used figuratively to imply the same meaning; but it is claimed that it bears a meaning other than what is really implied for; for instance, when it is said that “he is a lion”, the speaker intends to mean the same fierce animal; but it is just a claim, so it cannot be figuratively held true. Figurative speech in this common use is a subject which has been made popular since fourth century. Afterwards, figurative speech was denied by the scientists and the Salafiyeh. Such a denial can be clearly traced in the speeches made by Ibn Arabi, Molla Sadra and Fayz Kashani; of course there are discrepancies among them. And, in the contemporary era Mostafavi follows their lead and denies figurative speech, as well. Some generally disavow figurative speech and some deny it in the areas pertaining to the divine appellations. Also there are these others who disavow figurative speech in any speech and some others deny it only in the divine words.