“The Rhetoric of Heroism” in the speech of His Highness the Crown Prince

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Whoever contemplates the sayings of His Highness the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud - may God protect him - will discover that his linguistic speech depends on concise phrases dense with multiple connotations, and this linguistic path of His Highness’s speech has become a “rhetorical sign” that distinguishes him.

There are many justifications for the rhetorical characteristics of His Highness’s speech, including, for example:

He belongs to the “younger generation” that tends towards abbreviations and direct expression of meaning.

The nature of his study of “law”

Legal language is a language characterized by brevity, clarity, and semantic adequacy.

- His popular culture

He knows that when he speaks, everyone will listen to him and share his words. This is not limited to the Saudis, but rather the whole world. This culture has enabled him to choose phrases that are quick to use, clear in meaning, and suitable for different social groups and cultural levels.

- Clarity of purpose and achieving the sufficiency of the purpose

The personality of His Highness the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is characterized by practicality, and his way of thinking is characterized by clarity, two characteristics that are reflected in his linguistic discourse. In addition to the characteristic of brevity and sufficiency of meaning, he incites to determine the sufficiency and clarity of the purpose. This definition protects his linguistic discourse from interpretation and conflict over his intentions, and also facilitates the adequacy of the purpose being clearly conveyed, away from the distractions of interpretation.

It represents a true embodiment of Al-Nafari’s saying, “When the vision expands, the expression narrows.”

He who has a vision has the wisdom of speech and the eloquence of brevity.

In his linguistic speech, His Highness the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is keen to employ traditional symbolic references, such as his evocation of Mount Tuwaiq, which gives his speech authenticity, and humanizes Saudi geography, investing its symbolism in enhancing the values ​​of achievement, and motivating citizens to reconsider their historical treasures.

Linguistic proximity to people

Whoever contemplates the language of His Highness the Crown Prince’s speech will notice that it is a language that combines the dialects of the regions of the Kingdom, and is understood by the people of all regions. This closeness between the linguistic speech of His Highness and the dialects of all regions of the Kingdom is one of the reasons for his great popularity and everyone’s love for him. With his language, which combines the dialects of the regions, he sends a message to everyone that he is with them and a part of them. Language is sometimes a messenger of love between hearts.

The linguistic discourse of His Highness the Crown Prince is based on realism, whether in dealing with short-term or long-term goals, and this realism is one of the most important features of His Highness’s linguistic discourse. Because it aims to draw a realistic framework that people believe and live its interactions.

When His Highness said: “No corrupt person will survive,” the reality of this meaning was embodied in the “integrity” of the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority, accompanied by statistics announced within the hearing and sight of the people.

No matter how eloquent a speech is, if it does not turn into reality, it will lose its emotional impact over time.

- The emotional formula of the rhetorical speech of His Highness the Crown Prince:

We can identify three sources for the emotional form of His Highness the Crown Prince’s speech:

The first is: references to historical and national symbols among the Saudis, such as his saying: “The resolve of the Saudis is like Mount Tuwaiq and it will not be broken.”

The second: the spectacle of change and its realism, as in his saying, “I support Saudi Arabia, and half of Saudi Arabia is women, so I support women,” and the resulting spectacle of change in the reality of Saudi women, whether in expanding rights and freedoms or enhancing opportunities for empowerment.

Third: documenting the achievement, examples of which include “street cars” as a model of Saudi industry designed to suit the nature of the Kingdom’s roads.

His Highness the Crown Prince, with the characteristics of his linguistic speech, has the ability to formulate rhetorical phrases that turn into intellectual icons among people so that they become part of popular and cultural discourse, including:

“I live among a mighty and great people, who do not know the impossible.” “We do not dream, we think.” “An ambitious people.” “Our ambition is to build a more prosperous homeland.” “We only work with dreamers, those who want to create everything new.”

Today, his iconic saying, “Your son rebelled with me,” is on the airwaves across the world, through which he invokes the values ​​of the banner of the protecting Imam, whose saying is “a sword of truth and justice.”

It is not just a sentence that transcended the ether of space and time, with its earth-shattering sound reaching the ears of every enemy and hater. Rather, it is the “sincere promise” from a leader whose anger represents Noah’s flood on his enemies.

117 years ago AH, the poet Ibn Uthaymeen described the immortal founder, King Abdulaziz - may God have mercy on him - and said:

Mishaal, Azm’s brother, carried him out

Sorum's heart if they don't blow

Decades of years roll by, with their ones and tens, for us to stand in radiant amazement and repeat the same saying: tonight is nothing like yesterday! Rather, “How similar a grandson is to a grandfather!”

May God bless our Crown Prince and protect him from all evil.