Apology as a Performative Speech Act: A Pragmatic Study of Implicit Apology Strategies in the Quranic Discourse

Abstract

    Since we did not find anyone who took care of an objective, pragmatic and applied study of the apology, according to Austin, in the Qur’anic discourse, and we did not forget about it, we decided to conduct this study; In order to reveal the  philosophy of the language of the implicit apologetic discourse in this Bible, the research concluded that the implicit apology is achieved by three combinations; Interrogative, imperative, and declarative, and several strategies are included in these structures, including the strategy of justification, the strategy of presenting the argument, the strategy of asking for forgiveness for error, and the strategy of taking responsibility... The research also concluded that if we wanted to include apology as one of the structural methods among Arabs, we could Choosing (I apologize) and the like as (I am sorry) a body for express apology, as they chose specific bodies for the appeal, and (Forgive me) can be considered an implicit apology for deviating from the formula of explicit apology and intolerance of truth and lies.