Category Archives: Arabic

Attached is the now widely-used English book of Arabic morphology, compiled by Shaykh Ebrahim Muhammad of Camperdown, South Africa. It is used as the main text for Sarf in many madrasahs today. The book has been published by ZamZam Publishers in Karachi, albeit with poor printing. The margins are missing and the pages/binding are  smallContinueContinue reading “Treasures of Arabic Morphology (Min Kunuz al-Sarf) by Shaykh Ebrahim Muhammad”

While teaching Hidayat al-Nahw this last year, I chose to stick to the actual book as the text and not the Irani, revamped version entitled Al-Hidayah fi ‘l-Nahw which basically simplifies the text in certain places, adds practice questions and summaries, and inserts neat little charts for visualizing divisions and categories. Because al-Hidayah fi ‘l-NahwContinueContinue reading “Useful Charts for Students of Hidayat al-Nahw”

For students of Arabic who enjoy the subtle differences between apparent synonyms, Imam Tha’alabi’s Fiqh al-Lughah and Asrar al-‘Arabiyyah are must-reads. You can download the book, both published together by Al-Maktabah al-‘Asriyyah and edited by Yasin al-Ayyubi, at the following link: Fiqh al-Lughah wa Asrar al-‘Arabiyyah

Please see the following short work on the history of Balaghah, entitled appropriately al-Mujaz fi Tarikh al-Balaghah. Although the book is not as well-organized as others on the history of Arabic literature, it is short and concentrates on the Balaghah aspect of Arabic literature. The work tends to emphasize certain points of the history ofContinueContinue reading “Al-Mu’jaz fi Tarikh al-Balaghah by Dr. Mazin al-Mubarak”