A Pragmatic Study of Curse in Al-Sayyeda Zeinab’s(PBUH) Sermon to Yezid

Abstract

Curse is an appeal to Allah, Most Praised and Most Glorified, asking for His punishment against someone. The act of cursehas been studied psychologically , sociologically, linguistically andeven pragmatically, but the major concern of such studies dealswith curse from Allah, Most Praised and Most Glorified , to people.Accordingly, this study attempts to deal with the act of curseuttered by someone who suffers a lot from someone else, her sufferingleads her to express a wish that Yezid is to incur misfortuneas the sayyeda Zeinab curses him due to the harm that he causesto her.Keywords: Pragmatics, Curse, Al- Sayyeda Zeinab(PBUH), andPragma- Rhetorical Strategies.