Category Archives: Arabic

Al-Fawa’id Al-Diya’iyyah Sharh Kafiyat Ibn Hajib of Mulla Nur al-Din al-Jami

Please see the attached file for a recent rendition of Mulla Nur al-Din al-Jami’s commentary of Ibn Hajib’s Kafiyah. This edition, with the tahqiq and dirasah of Doctor Usamah Taha Rifa’i, is especially useful due to the lengthy introduction and research that went into the books and their authors. الفوائد الضيائية al-Fawa’id al-Diya’iyyah Below weContinueContinue reading “Al-Fawa’id Al-Diya’iyyah Sharh Kafiyat Ibn Hajib of Mulla Nur al-Din al-Jami”

al-Kitab al-Asasi: Teaching Arabic to Non-Native Speakers

Assalamu ‘alaykum, Recently, a student and I were discussing his Arabic studies and how he benefited more from visual learning. Being able to picture the vocabulary he was expected to memorize was aiding him immensely in picking up the words at a quicker pace. Although books like Lisan al-Qur’an, Arabic Tutor, and the Durus al-LughahContinueContinue reading “al-Kitab al-Asasi: Teaching Arabic to Non-Native Speakers”

Towards Instruction of the Arabic Language to English Speakers by Adherence to the Ajrumiyyah

Title: Towards Instruction of the Arabic language to English Speakers by Adherence to the Ajrumiyyah Text Translation: Abu Amina Afdhal Translator’s Introduction: Instruction of the Arabic Language is for the vast majority of students the first step to discovery of the vast literatures and sciences of the Arabs and others who wrote in Arabic. AtContinueContinue reading “Towards Instruction of the Arabic Language to English Speakers by Adherence to the Ajrumiyyah”

Sharh Qasidah Banat Su’ad by Imam Jamal al-Din Ibn Hisham with Notes by Imam Bajuri

Enjoy this commentary on the Qasidah of Ka’b ibn az-Zuhayr (may Allah have mercy on him) by the great Imam of Arabic language, Shaykh Jamal-ud-Din ibn Hisham al-Misri ash-Shafi’i thumma ‘l-Hanbali (d. 761 AH) – sahib Mughni al-Labib ‘an Kutub al-A’arib etc. – along with the hashiya of Shaykh Ibrahim al-Bajuri. Thought it might beContinueContinue reading “Sharh Qasidah Banat Su’ad by Imam Jamal al-Din Ibn Hisham with Notes by Imam Bajuri”

Massive List of Arabic Resources

Dictionaries and Glossaries: 2a. http://dictionary.sakhr.com/ (Arabic-English, English-Arabic) 2b. http://www.mesiti.it/arabic/dictionary.asp (English-Arabic) 2c. http://www.babylon.com/dictionary/59…English-Arabic (English-Arabic) 2d. http://www.babylon.com/dictionary/46…b2English.html (Arabic-English) 2e. http://www.al-awwal.com/alawwal.asp (Arabic-English, English-Arabic) 2f. http://www.babylon.com/dictionary/44…ictionary.html (German-Arabic) 2g. http://www.geocities.com/matyara911/Dictionary.htm (dictionary of rare words, English-Arabic) 2h. http://www.dictionaric.com/dico%20arabe%20page%20de%20garde.htm (French-Arabic) 2i. http://www.alburaq.net/dictionary1/transform.cfm (Arabic-English) 2j. http://www.arava.org/site/research_glossary.shtml (environmental glossary, English-Arabic/Hebrew) 2k. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/3279/ (Algerian Arabic-English) 2l. http://www-old.ectaco.com/online/diction.php3?lang=3 (Arabic-English, English-Arabic) 2m. http://www.studyquran.co.uk/LLhome.htm (Lane’s Arabic-English lexicon; entireContinueContinue reading “Massive List of Arabic Resources”