The Types of Arabic.


There are 4 Types of Arabic today
:

1 -Spoken Arabic – ('aamiyah
عاميه / slang – dialected). This differs in country to country in the Arab world.

2 -Proper Arabic [Modern Standard Arabic]. (Official spoken Arabic in modern times on News, Politics etc. (Modern Standard Arabic [MSA] - called FuS-ha - فصحى.)

3 -Ancient Arabic. (Classical Arabic.) - Far more sophisticated / complex / deeper / picturesque / intellectual than Modern Standard Arabic.



Why did Modern Arabic form when Ancient Arabic is more complex?

The following points will address this question, insha' Allah;

 

TheArabic Language in the Pure Desert

People who lived in the desert described the world through their picturesque speech and words. The Arabs language was Pure and Refined because it was not affected by other cultures(since other nations did not affect/influence them much - the Arabs were sovereign/independent from other states). The Arabs did not have any arts/buildings/philosophies to take pride in. But what they did have full pride in was their language.

[ClickHERE for examples of Classical Arabic Poetry].

 

TheArabic Language goes Global

When Islam spread across the globe, it spread to the 'Arabs, and even non-'Arabs. To the extent that the non-'Arabs ('Ajam) became more in number than the 'Arabs.

WhatSocial-Linguistic changes took place?

The 'Arabs now;

 

What is Classical Arabic Speech?

The Poetry and Sayings collected were of the Arabic speech spoken during; the lifetime of Allah's Messenger and spoken by the Arabs before him. This was the main focus as the language would change as Islam expanded to other nations.

This would give us a good understanding of what Allah meant in His spoken speech of the Qur'an. Since the Qur'an was revealed in pure Arabic.

Here are a list of some Lexicons compiled by Early Generation Scholars on the Classical Arabic language.

Final Point: The Ancient Arabic is the one spoken at the time of Allah's Messenger, Muhammad (sal Allah alayhi wasalam), and Modern Arabic is its simplified version which is generally used today.


Alot of Muslims have a limited understanding of the Qur'anic Miracle today - due to their lack of understanding of the subtleties of the Ancient Arabic.
(It is the aim of this website -LinguisticMiracle.com- to compile these Gems.)



What is number 4?

4 - Qur'anic Arabic.

There is no book or text similar to the Qur'an, and no-one has been able to produce anything equal to it.

Furthermore, anyone who argues that the Qur'an has Grammatical errors is incorrect – sincethefirst Complete Book in the Arabic language was the Qur'an. And the Qur'an is the Book by which Arabic Grammar is defined and measured.


Qur'an, Arabic & the Orientalists:

Any people/Orientalists' who try to criticize the Qur'an using the rules of Modern Standard Arabic - they are mistaken because they are measuring a deeper language [Classical Arabic] with a more simplified version of Arabic [Modern Standard Arabic].

 

 

Source: The Brilliance of the Book - Nouman Ali Khan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDwl9z0r-gs

 

 

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