Razavi University of Islamic Sciences Quranic Doctrines 2251-9378 22 41 2025 06 22 An Analysis of the transformation of replacement in Surah Al-Baqarah Based on Chomsky's generative-transformational theory An Analysis of the transformation of replacement in Surah Al-Baqarah Based on Chomsky's generative-transformational theory 35 66 2021 10.30513/qd.2025.6872.2519 FA Hamidreza Mashayekhi Associate Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran Javad Mohammadzadeh Corresponding author, Assistant Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran Journal Article 2025 03 07 Chomsky's theory of transformation is one of the methods of linguistic analysis in which the transformation process takes the form of deletion, addition, substitution, and displacement, and transforms the deep structure of the sentence into its surface structure.  This process attempts, through grammatical description, to uncover the precise meanings of ideas that lie beyond the words and sentences. the present research, with Content analysis method, has only examined the element of replacement, which is also of the infinitive type, in Surah Al-Baqarah. The purpose of this research is to facilitate the lexical and semantic understanding of the verses through deep structure and surface structure and explaining the literary and artistic functions of the substituted words. After comparing the deep structure with the surface structure of the verses, the result shows that in the surface structure form, due to the use of the infinitive instead of the denominatives, the sentences have taken on an exaggerated semantic load and become more concise, which is in line with the principle of linguistic brevity. This technique is one of the most frequent exaggerated speech methods in the Quran. Its purpose, in addition to having a greater impact on the audience, is to create sentences with possible meanings, which, from a semantic point of view, leads to semantic development and, from a lexical point of view, leads to brevity in speech. Diversifying the structure of speech is other purpose of infinitive substitution. It is worth noting that the analysis of the verses, the discovery of the deep structure, and the expression of aesthetics and secondary purposes that the current article has arrived at based on Chomsky's theory of transformation are probable and it is not permissible to attribute it to God. Chomsky's theory of transformation is one of the methods of linguistic analysis in which the transformation process takes the form of deletion, addition, substitution, and displacement, and transforms the deep structure of the sentence into its surface structure.  This process attempts, through grammatical description, to uncover the precise meanings of ideas that lie beyond the words and sentences. the present research, with Content analysis method, has only examined the element of replacement, which is also of the infinitive type, in Surah Al-Baqarah. The purpose of this research is to facilitate the lexical and semantic understanding of the verses through deep structure and surface structure and explaining the literary and artistic functions of the substituted words. After comparing the deep structure with the surface structure of the verses, the result shows that in the surface structure form, due to the use of the infinitive instead of the denominatives, the sentences have taken on an exaggerated semantic load and become more concise, which is in line with the principle of linguistic brevity. This technique is one of the most frequent exaggerated speech methods in the Quran. Its purpose, in addition to having a greater impact on the audience, is to create sentences with possible meanings, which, from a semantic point of view, leads to semantic development and, from a lexical point of view, leads to brevity in speech. Diversifying the structure of speech is other purpose of infinitive substitution. It is worth noting that the analysis of the verses, the discovery of the deep structure, and the expression of aesthetics and secondary purposes that the current article has arrived at based on Chomsky's theory of transformation are probable and it is not permissible to attribute it to God. https://qd.razavi.ac.ir/article_2021_66f3476b20f40df00fae0a93fc820ac3.pdf