April 28, 2024
Rasoul Balavi

Rasoul Balavi

Academic Rank: Professor
Address: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=yIe8KJ8AAAAJ&hl=en
Degree: Ph.D in Arabic language and literature
Phone: 09166230498
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities

Research

Title
Analysis of photography techniques in the Quran
Type Thesis
Keywords
قرآن كريم، واژگان قرآني، شگردهاي عكاسي، عكس
Researchers Ali Khezri (Primary advisor) , Rasoul Balavi (Advisor)

Abstract

Analyzing the Qur’anic pictures is one of the approaches in understanding the meaning of this Book, thus, it has an important station in the Quranic literature. There has been a lot of research done in the field of visualizing the Quranic verses in the past. However, the importance of this current research is studying the verses by using new visualization techniques that can affect the thoughts of readers and viewers. The main goal of this research is to convey the meaning and interpretation of the verses like a picture while understanding the concept of color in literature employing artificial intelligence. This research uses adaptive methods along with photographic techniques to understand the Quranic vocabularies and interpret them into pictures. Therefore, it includes four chapters: the first chapter discusses the roadmap and the general idea of the research; the second chapter focuses on the terms definition and concepts explanation; the third chapter has six sections based on different genres of photography such as conceptual, macro, landscape, documentary, photojournalism, and portraiture; and the fourth season addresses the verses related to nature using one of the main photographic techniques. In this chapter, utilizing artificial intelligence, we detect accurate codes for the color of pictures in nature. As a result, we can understand the harmony of colors in the Qur’an. This research's findings show that the photographic techniques used in visualizing the Quranic verses are playing an important role in conveying the meaning of these verses. By utilizing macro photography, we can present the Quranic metaphors and natural elements such as spider web, formicary, and beehive. We use portrait photography and physiognomy to display the people’s faces and their states such as sadness, happiness, and hatred in the day of resurrection. Obtaining these pictures using physiognomy helps us understand the psychology of these characters and create an inclusive environm