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Conjugaison 2.0

2010-09-04T15:21:00.001-07:00

Conjugaison 2.0 Fr 3750 verbes
مع هذا البرنامج ستتمكن من تصريف 3750 فعل و حسب أي زمان شئت
سهل في الإستخدام وبضغطة زر واحدة سوف تجد الفعل أمامك مصرفا لإلى كل الأزمنة
الماضي ..المضارع .... الأمر .....المستقبل... وووووو الكثير الكثير.
حجم البرنامج لا يتعدى 2.16 ميجا و هو مجاني
لتحميل البرنامج

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Arabic verb conjugation

2010-09-04T15:15:00.001-07:00

البرنامج من تصميم الأستاذ / أزكري الحسين في 18 / 12 / 2006 ، صممه وقدمه هدية في بعض المواقع الإكترونية ، وأنا أضع لكم الرابط للتحميل ، داعيًا الله أن يجزل الأجر للأستاذ / أزكري ، ويكتب له الخير صنيع ما قدمه لخدمة طالبي اللغة العربية .
و الله ولي التوفيق
[windows xp user] if you face any message box error make sure that Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or newer version is installed .
اذا ظهر اي مشكل اثناء التنصيب .تأكد من تثبيت برنامج Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
أو اي اصدار أحدث

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Sarf - Arabic Morphology System

2010-09-04T15:08:00.001-07:00

Sarf is an integrated software system (engine) that can generate arabic verbs, derivative nouns, and gerunds, and inflect them, starting from their triple and quadruple roots, depending on the grammar and morphology rules, and using the system database.

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Qutrub: Arabic verbs conjugator

2010-09-04T15:05:00.001-07:00

Qutrub conjugates an arabic verb with minimal input (Vocalized verb, present middle letter mark) in a generic way. It doesn't use classified models of verb conjugation. It detects the verb class and conjugates it in the appropriate form.

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Arabic Phrases For Dummies

2010-08-12T12:58:00.000-07:00

A concise, portable guide for communicating in Arabic

Today, Arabic is spoken in more than 20 countries, and more than one billion people study Arabic for religious reasons. This practical guide offers help on basic Arabic words and phrases and eases communication with Arabic speakers. Written as a companion to Arabic For Dummies, this book provides readers with the tools to converse with others in Modern Standard Arabic on a basic level. It uses real-world phrases extensively to illustrate grammatical concepts and provide opportunities to practice newfound skills.

Table of Contents:

Introduction. Chapter 1: I Say It How? Speaking Arabic.
Chapter 2: Grammar on a Diet: Just the Basics.
Chapter 3: Numerical Gumbo: Counting of All Kinds.
Chapter 4: Making New Friends and Enjoying Small Talk.
Chapter 5: Enjoying a Drink or a Snack (or a Meal!).
Chapter 6: Shop ’til You Drop!
Chapter 7: Making Leisure a Top Priority.
Chapter 8: When You Gotta Work.
Chapter 9: I Get Around: Transportation.
Chapter 10: Laying Down Your Weary Head: Hotel or Home.
Chapter 11: Dealing with Emergencies.
Chapter 12: Ten Favorite Arabic Expressions.
Chapter 13: Ten Great Arabic Proverbs.
Index.

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Intermediate Aarabic For Dummies

2010-08-11T13:08:00.000-07:00

Intermediate Arabic For Dummies

Looking to enhance your Arabic writing skills? Intermediate Arabic For Dummies gives you practical examples and useful exercises so you can practice writing the language like a native. From vocabulary and numbers to juggling tenses, you’ll get a clear understanding of the nuances of Arabic style and usage that will have you writing in no time! This friendly, hands-on workbook starts with a helpful grammar review from nouns, adjectives, and adverbs to pronouns, prepositions, and conjunctions. It presents words and examples in both Arabic script and English transliteration. You’ll find tips for selecting the correct verbs and charts that provide conjugations of regular and irregular Arabic verbs, and end-of-chapter answer keys help you focus your studies. And, you can practice your Arabic writing right in the book. Discover how to:

Improve your written Arabic skills
Understand Arabic style and usage
Use numbers times and dates
Read and write the Arabic alphabet
Use fundamental Arabic grammar
Communicate more effectively in Arabic
Grasp essential differences in Arabic and English usage
Join clauses and form conditional sentences
Use the verbal noun and participles
Write emails, personal letters, and other correspondence
Conduct business effectively in Arabic
Avoid common mistakes in Arabic

Complete with helpful English/Arabic and Arabic/English dictionaries and great hints for fine-tuning your Arabic, Intermediate Arabic For Dummies is the tool you need to start improving your Arabic writing now!

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Arabic calligraphers Kelk 2010 (Portable)

2010-08-11T12:48:00.000-07:00

Arabic calligraphers Kelk 2010 (Portable) برنامج الخط العربي

برنامج الكلك من افضل برامج تصميم الزخارف الإسلامية وبه العديد من الأدوات التي تساعد المصمم ان يعدل و يغير كما يشاء

Today, Arabic calligraphers are becoming very scarce, in a world dominated by electronic arts and media. As most today's digital arts were developed in the west, there are more and more challenges that face the Arabic calligraphy. Very few, if any, computer applications are designed to help developping the Arabic calligraphy and conserve its uniqueness compared to the Latin typo. One little exception that I'm aware of is a software called "Kelk" by SinaSoft(www.kelk.ws) which is basically an Arabic calligraphy software that allows you to compose Arabic words and designs in several Arabic calligraphy styles.

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Arabic Today: A Student, Business and Professional Course

2010-08-09T12:58:00.001-07:00

Arabic Today: A Student, Business and Professional Course in Spoken and Written Arabic
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press / English arabic / MP3 / 47.22 MB

This book offers a student, business and professional course in spoken and written Arabic aimed at those with no prior knowledge of the language. Suitable for business professionals and students wanting to communicate directly with people and institutions in the Arab world, "Arabic Today" is a self-contained course in contemporary Arabic. ....

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1200 Arabic Fonts خـطوط عربية

2010-08-09T12:58:00.000-07:00

Collections of 1200 Arabic Fonts
1224 Arabic Fonts/ 54 MB/ Format .TTF

Over 1200 Arabic Fonts

أكْـــثــر مِـــنْ 1200 خَـــطْ عَـربــِـي

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Al-Qari1.1: Learn to Read and Recite the Quran

2010-08-08T12:25:00.000-07:00

Al-Qari 1.1 : Learn to Read and Recite the Quran

The revolutionary Al-Qari program helps you learn how to read Arabic and recite the Quran right from your computer! Learning the Quran has never been this easy!!

Al-Qari covers all the basics of reading Arabic in depth and then prepares you for mastering the authentic recitation of the Quran. And best of all, it's much easier than learning from books or tapes. It's like having a Qari in your own home! There is no replacement for a good teacher. But if you don't have one available,
Al-Qari is the easiest and the fastest way to learn the Quran.
It is the interactive teacher of the Quran.

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Michel Thomas Arabic Advanced Course

2010-08-08T09:40:00.000-07:00

Michel Thomas Arabic Advanced Course

MP3 128 kbps | 4 CD | 260 MB | Egyptian Arabic

A five-hour, 100% audio method for taking your Arabic to an advanced level. Join teacher Jane Wightwick and native speaker Mahmoud Gaafar and two students in a live lesson and within five hours you will be speaking advanced Arabic proficiently and easily. You will rapidly improve your Arabic with the students, hearing both their successes and their mistakes to keep you motivated and involved throughout the course. Join the millions of people worldwide who have learnt a new language with the Michel Thomas Method Contents: 4 CDs plus booklet with Arabic phrases in English translation and transliterated into Roman script.

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العربــية لغير أبنائها Arabic for Foreigners ( 2CD Audio)

2010-08-07T12:47:00.000-07:00

العربــية لغير أبنائها ج1

Arabic for Foreigners Book 1 - Dr Nizar Abazah (2CD Audio only)

تاب في تعليم اللغة العربية للأعاجم من كبار السن، اعتمد فيه المؤلف بالدرجة الأولى على المحادثة في تقديم المعلومة ثم على النص. وغطى هذا الجزء من الكتاب على صفحاته موضوعات الحياة اليومية التي تهمُّ من يتعلم لغة جديدة أن يبتدئ بها، وتفيده في الاستعمال الضروري. اشتمل هذا الجزء المزين بالصور الضرورية على عشرين درساً، وهي "الحروف العربية " وما يتعلق من مشكلات النطق والتنوين والرسم، السؤال عن الأشياء، الجسم، العالم والوطن العربي، اللقاء والتعارف، السكن، المدينة، الهوايات، السوق، المطعم، الفندق، الملابس، الاتصالات والمواصلات، الطبيب والطبابة، الكتب والصحف والمجلات. لامس المؤلف إلى جانب ذلك القواعد النحوية الضرورية مبسطة من خلال النصوص واسئلة. مع إيراد تمارين حيوية مختلفة ومتنوعة مثل ملء الفراغات وتوصيل الخطوط بين الكلمات المتجانسة، وسرد القصص، وترتيب صور، وتمييز جمل صحيحة من أخرى مغلوطة، وتركيب جمل، وسوى ذلك مما يفيد المتعلم غير العربي.

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Michel Thomas's Arabic Foundation Course

2010-08-07T09:38:00.000-07:00

Michel Thomas's Arabic Foundation Course

MP3 128 kbps | 8 CD | 473 MB | Egyptian arabic

Learn another language the way you learnt your own You learnt your own language naturally and enjoyably: now you can learn Arabic in the same way. You'll stick with it because you'll love it .
* Use the unique method perfected over fifty years by the celebrated psychologist and linguist Michel Thomas.
* This method works with your brain, helping you to build up your Arabic in manageable, enjoyable steps by thinking out the answers for yourself.
* You learn through listening and speaking -- without the pressure of writing or memorising.
* You pick up the language naturally and unforgettably. The NEW Arabic Foundation Course An eight-hour, 100% audio method for learning Arabic. Join teacher Jane Wightwick and native speaker Mahmoud Gaafar and two students in a live lesson and within the first hour you will be able to construct simple phrases.
You will learn the language with the students, hearing both their successes and their mistakes to keep you motivated and involved throughout the course. By the end, you will have the confidence to understand and speak Arabic. Join the millions of people worldwide who have learnt a new language with the Michel Thomas Method Contents: 8 CDs plus booklet with Arabic phrases in English translation and transliterated into Roman script

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Rules of Arabic Calligraphy

2010-08-04T11:12:00.000-07:00

Rules of Arabic Calligraphy
Calligrapher: Hashem Mohamed /Size: 3.8 MB / PDF

كراسة ( قواعد الخط العربي ) بخط المرحوم عميد الخط العربي / هاشم محمد البغدادي ، المدرس بمعهد الفنون الجميلة ببغداد ، والتي تحتوي على مجموعة خطية لأنواع الخطوط كتبها سنة 1381 هـ

Booklet (rules of Arabic calligraphy) line of the late Dean of the Arabic calligraphy / Hashim Mohammed al-Baghdadi, a teacher at the Institute of Fine Arts, Baghdad, which contains a set of types of lines written in 1381

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Teach Yourself Arabic Calligraphy: Five Scripts

2010-08-04T11:09:00.000-07:00

Teach Yourself Arabic Calligraphy: Five Scripts
pages: 159 / Arabic / pdf /5 MB

The book offers an introduction to all the major styles of calligraphy present in in the Arab east: Naskh, Thuluth, Ruq'a, Nasta'liq, Diwani... Unfortunately, no Maghrebi scripts represented, and no Kufic either.

Those scripts are Ottoman and post-Ottoman in nature, so people studying Ottoman (and to some extent Persian, because of Nasta'liq) can profit from the book. However, all the instructions are in Arabic, including the beautiful Diwani example sentences in the back.

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Arabic Comes First: Resources For Teachers and Parents

2010-08-03T10:59:00.000-07:00

Useful supplement from "ArabicFirst ". Ideal for beginners and children. Topics include:-

Arabic Curriculum
Arabic Grammar
Arabic Reading Tree (ART)
Animated Series
Let Us Learn The Hadeeth
Let Us Learn the Qur’aan
Miscellaneous
Numbers Are Fun
Stories of the Prophets

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Dictionnaire de l'informatique traduction arabe

2010-08-03T10:50:00.000-07:00

Dictionnaire de l'informatique traduction arabe
pages: 846 /PDF / Size: 10 MB

une traduction de Dictionnaire de l'informatique en arabe, plus de 830 pages expliquant en arabe les différents termes utilisés en informatiques et en éléctroniques.”
“a translation of Dictionary of Computing in Arabic, over 830 pages in Arabic explaining the different terms used in computer and electronic.

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Aspects of Clause Structure in Standard Arabic: A Study in Relational Grammar

2010-08-03T10:42:00.000-07:00

Aspects of Clause Structure in Standard Arabic:
A Study in Relational Grammar

1985 / pages: 321 / PDF /Size: 5,20MB

The present study aims at examining aspects of the clause structure in Standard Arabic (SA); specifically, those clauses which involve and are relevant to "double accusatives". Double accusatives denote clausal structures having two nominais marked for the accusative case. Linguists like Wright (1974) and Comrie (1976) make the strong claim that SA tolerates "double direct object" constructions. Accord- ingly, such constructions violate a universal posited in the linguistic theory of Relational Grammar (RG), the Stratal Uniqueness Law which states that no more than one nominal can bear a given grammatical re- lation like direct object in a single level of structure

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Arabic Forex Books Collection

2010-08-02T12:56:00.000-07:00

Arabic Forex Books Collection

A set of Arabic books that contains the forex information. These books are beneficial to those who are Arabic reader

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A Programmed Course in Modern Literary Arabic Phonology Script

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Programmed Course in Modern Literary Arabic Phonology Script

A brief narrative description of the journal article, document, or resource. This course is designed to teach the non-Arabic speaker to read printed Arabic, to write Arabic with "a pleasing hand," to distinguish accurately the phonological contrasts of modern literary Arabic, and to pronounce it in a manner easily comprehensible to Arabs. Dialogs and proverbs are included for reading practice; grammatical structures are not dealt with. The course may serve as an introduction to, or be used concurrently with, a basic course. Typical lessons present a set of letters related in form, plus certain auxiliary signs. For each letter or sign there are three sections: (1) its pronunciation value, with explanations and drills if it differs from or is lacking in English; (2) the various shapes of this letter in its printed form and drills in reading it; and (3) the written forms of the letter, also with practice drills. At the end of each unit there are review drills for the unit as a whole. The material is presented usually one small feature at a time, and the student proceeds at his own rate. Pronunciation features are recorded on tape as well as described phonetically. Answers to oral drills are on tape; written answers are given in the left margin of the following page.

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Arabic Verbs and Essential Grammar

2010-08-02T10:58:00.000-07:00

Arabic Verbs and Essential Grammar

A reference to over 1000 Arabic verbs, this work also provides associated essential grammar. It should be suitable for all levels of students of modern standard Arabic once they have mastered the alphabet and basic grammar. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Arabic English Talking Dictionary for Kids

2010-08-02T10:41:00.000-07:00

Arabic English Talking Dictionary for Kids
قاموس مصور وناطق باللغة العربية والانجليزية

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Vocabularies: English, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Armenian

2010-08-02T04:37:00.000-07:00

Vocabularies: English, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Armenian, Kurdish, Syriac (1920)

Publisher: London, H.M. Stationery Off., Frederick Hall [printer] Oxford Publication
date: 1920
Subjects: English language
-- Polyglot Polyglot glossaries, phrase books, etc Oriental languages -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.

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Your first 100 words in arabic Audio Book

2010-08-02T03:35:00.000-07:00

Your first 100 words in arabic + Exercice book + Audio

This Beginner's Quick and Easy Guide is specifically designed to help learners overcome one of the major obstacles to learning Arabic: reading the Arabic script. Whether you're learning on your own or in a class, this workbook and the flash cards contained inside will help you learn Arabic in the same effective way that children first learn to decipher their own language.

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اسطوانــة شـــاملة للصف الأول تحتــوي على بــرامج دروس و حلول اختبارات و الكثير

2010-08-01T02:55:00.000-07:00

اسطوانه تعليميه للصف الاول شامله

اسطوانــة شـــاملة للصف الأول تحتــوي على بــرامج دروس و حلول اختبارات و الكثير .
الاسطوانة مقسمة الى 6 اجزاء قم بتحميلها كــاملةا

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Ahlan Wa Sahlan: Functional Modern Standard Arabic for Beginners

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Ahlan Wa Sahlan اهلا و سهلا

This Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) textbook of 30 lessons differs considerably from
those using a traditional grammar-translation approach in that it is Afunctional@ in orientation.
As A. explains in the introduction, Athe focus, therefore, is on performing language functions
using the language forms learned, not on analyzing them grammatically@ (p. xviii). The book

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Let's Learn Arabic Language learning software

2010-07-31T15:28:00.000-07:00

Let's Learn Arabic Language learning software
Lingosoft | 2002 | ISO | Languages: Arabic, English | 900 MB

Let's Learn Arabic, A Comprehensive Integrated Interactive Series for Beginners and Intermediates.
Alphabet :If you want to learn the Arabic sound system and script, then this is the program for you. Hear every word pronounced and watch animation as it gets written in context.

Vocabulary : Learn Arabic words in a meaningful and useful fashion with this program. Not only are words presented in thematic groups, they are also linked to everyday life situations.

Conversation :Here is your chance to learn to communicate in Arabic in a very short period of time. The program introduces you to multiple situations that are woven into an intriguing story. It is now possible to learn Arabic fast, and have fun while doing so.

Grammar : What better way to learn Arabic Grammar than by following this unique animated interactive approach? This program is full of multiple presentations, followed by intriguing exercises and games. Intelligent feedback on your performance is provided.

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2010-07-30T17:05:00.000-07:00

Arabic School Software بــرنــامج المدرسة العربية
format iso rared / size: 18mb / Arabic software

"Arabic School" is a product of Mugrun Software. It's an interactive multimedia learning tool created to help kids learn the Arabic Language in an effective yet fun and easy way. The tool comes in a series of programs each one is tailored to a specific age group. The one you are reviewing now is called Elementary Level - First Grade. It represents the spearhead of the series.
Key Benefits
Arabic School provides a complete curriculum, not just the language. It consists of five modules: The Alphabet, The Numbers, Words and Spelling, Shapes and Sizes, and The Colors.
It is an interactive and easy to use program even for a 4-year old child with minimum or no intervention from parents. All choices are accessible through point-and-click interface.

Colorful illustrations, clear voice, music, and animations are used throughout the program to keep the children involved and entertained while learning the language.

Arabic School comes with its own set of educational games which are designed to build a magnitude of skills in the child. These games are specifically tailored to the age group intended for this program (4 to 8 years). They are used to reward children when they do well in any of the twelve exercises and quizzes.

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EuroTalk & EuroTalk Plus

2010-07-30T17:00:00.001-07:00

EuroTalk & EuroTalk Plus ( 2 CD)

Talk Now! is the world's best selling language learning CD-ROM series for beginners, used by more than eight million people to date. It's ideal for travellers, holiday makers, business people, school children, students and families. Anyone beginning to learn will find the disc indispensable.

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المنهج الشامل لغتي لتعليم اللغة الـعـربيـة

2010-07-30T16:58:00.000-07:00

كتاب التلميذ وكتاب النشاط وكتاب المعلم منهج لغتي

للصف الأول الابتدائي في الفصل الدراسي الثاني

ما يخص الفصل الأول :

منهج لغتي الخاص بالطالب وينقسم الى ثلاثة أقسام

1- كتاب التهيئة والاستعداد
2- كتاب التلميذ

3- كتاب النشاط

4- سجل تقويم الطالب

5- كتاب المعلم

ما يخص الفصل الدراسي الثاني :
أولا كتاب المعلم :

ثانيا:
منهج لغتي الخاص بالطالب وينقسم الى قسمين:

1- كتاب التلميذ
2- كتاب النشاط

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اسطــوانة الصف الاول ـ السعودية ـ صالح الفريح

2010-07-30T16:52:00.000-07:00

اسطــوانة الصف الاول ـ السعودية ـ صالح الفريح

تحتوي المــواد التــالية
برامج القران
برامج القراءة
برامج الكتابة

برامج الاملاء
مســابقــات

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تعليم القراءة والكتابة بأصوات الحروف ومقاطع الكلمات

2010-07-30T16:46:00.000-07:00

تعليم القراءة والكتابة بأصوات الحروف ومقاطع الكلمات

For Native Arab kids

النوع : برنامج عروض
الحـجـم: MB 65
فكرة اعداد و تصميم نادر بن حسن الصغير

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Medieval Western Arabic: Reconstructing Elements of the dialects of Al-Andalus

2010-07-24T03:12:00.000-07:00

Medieval Western Arabic: Reconstructing Elements of the Dialects of al-Andalus, Sicily and North Africa from the Lahn al-'ammah Literature

Author: P. Molan / Publisher: Berkeley / Publication date: 1978 / pages: 357 pdf /Size: 11 MB

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Tell me More Arabic: Complete Beginner and Beginner

2010-07-24T03:08:00.000-07:00

Arabic: French / Arabic: English

Tell Me More Arabic 5.2: Complete Beginner and Beginner
Tell Me More Arabe 5.2 Pour débutant

For English Speaker: TMM is the first language learning method for learning Arabic based on speech recognition technology. This collection of CD-ROMs is geared not only towards learning Modern Standard Arabic, but also introduces different Arabic dialects. The nuances of both the spoken language (comprehension and pronunciation) and the written language (written expression and grammar) are easily mastered using this software.

English: TMM Arabic introduces the standard Arabic used in newspapers, television broadcasts and between Arabic speakers of different nationalities. At the same time, an introduction to dialects such as Egyptian and Moroccan is also given.

Like the other products in the TMM Collection, TMM Arabic makes use of the most up-to-date technology in order to make learning easier and more enjoyable.

French :TMM est la première méthode d'apprentissage de l'arabe basée sur la technologie de la reconnaissance vocale. Elle permet d'acquérir facilement toutes les spécificités et subtilités de l'arabe aussi bien à l'oral (compréhension, prononciation) qu'à l'écrit (expression écrite et grammaire).

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Egyptian Colloquial: 18 Lessons For Beginners (Audio Book )

2010-07-24T03:05:00.000-07:00

Egyptian Colloquial: 18 Lessons For Beginners
36 MB / PDF + MP3 / Language: Egyptian Arabic

Table of Contents

Egyptian Arabic Lesson 1
Introductions

Egyptian Arabic Lesson 2
Are you a student?

Egyptian Arabic Lesson 3
What is this?

Egyptian Arabic Lesson 4
What time is it?

Egyptian Arabic Lesson 5
I have a big red car!

Egyptian Arabic Lesson 6
Tere is a party tonight!

Egyptian Arabic Lesson 7
Where are you going?

Egyptian Arabic Lesson 8
I’m not very hungry

Egyptian Arabic Lesson 9
What about this weather?

Egyptian Arabic Lesson 10
Adil’s Schedule

Egyptian Arabic Lesson 11
Isn’t there one bigger than this?

Egyptian Arabic Lesson 12
See you tonight!

Egyptian Arabic Lesson 13
How do I get to the museum?

Egyptian Arabic Lesson 14
How long have you been in Egypt?

Egyptian Arabic Lesson 15
My throat hurts!

Egyptian Arabic Lesson 16
Poor Donkey!

Egyptian Arabic Lesson 17
Say hi to him for me!

Egyptian Arabic Lesson 18
If he has good grades...

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Kallimni Arabi Egyptian Arabic course For intermediate level

2010-07-24T02:56:00.000-07:00

Kallimni Arabi Egyptian Arabic course For intermediate level

Kallimni Arabi – is an intermediate level – Egyptian Arabic course accompanied with Audio (Download Free from links below) – being taught in Egypt and Morroco. The book is in dgvu format that enables high quality scanned images compressed for lower file size, you need to install a dgvu free file viewer from: WinDjView for (.djvu) . In case you encounter any technical problem, feel free to contact me.

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Kallimni 'Arabi Bishweesh: A Beginner's Course in Spoken

2010-07-24T02:54:00.000-07:00

Kallimni 'Arabi Bishweesh: A Beginner's Course in Spoken
[Egyptian Arabic] [ MP3 only ] [144MB]

Drawing on her years of experience as an Arabic instructor and course developer, Samia Louis has used a functional approach to create a bright, innovative set of coursebooks for the study of Egyptian colloquial Arabic—the spoken dialect most frequently studied and most widely understood in the Arab world. Now three new books, for beginner, early advanced, and higher advanced students, have been added to the series. Designed according to the ACTFL guidelines for teaching Arabic as a foreign language, each book of Kallimni ‘Arabi trains students through highly structured lessons in the crucial skills, with particular emphasis on listening and speaking, using real-life situations and expressions. The accompanying audio CD carries recordings of the dialogs and exercises in each chapter, made by Egyptian native speakers.

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An Introduction to Egyptian Arabic + Comprehensive Study (Audio Book)

2010-07-24T02:48:00.000-07:00

An Introduction to Egyptian Arabic + Comprehensive Study (Audio )

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An Introduction to Egyptian Arabic by Ernest T. Abdel-Massih. Revised 1981. 405 pages. This volume serves as a formal course text of Egyptian Arabic for college students. It consists of lengthy treatment of Egyptian Arabic phonology; Basic Units, Conversations, extensive Grammatical Notes and Drills; and word lists, tests, stories, anecdotes, proverbs and an English-Arabic Lexicon. Accompanying tapes available separately through the U-M Language Resource Center.
A Comprehensive Study of Egyptian Arabic - Volume I by Ernest T. Abdel-Massih and A. Fathy Bahig, in association with El-Said M. Badawi and Carolyn G. Killean. 1978. 454 pages Conversations, Cultural Texts, Sociolinguistic Notes. Designed for intermediate-advanced students. Part One consists of conversations in phonetic transcription and Arabic script (with translations), "texts" discussing one or more important ideas of each conversation and comprehensive sociolinguistic notes. Part Two includes 50 "Cultural Texts" discussing cultural points which are not dealt with in Part One. Part Three is an Appendix of useful information. Part Four is a System of Transcriptions. Part Five is a vocabulary list. Accompanying tapes available separately through the U-M Language Resource Center.

A Comprehensive Study of Egyptian Arabic -Volume II by Ernest T. Abdel-Massih, El-Said M. Badawi and Zaki N. Abdel-Malek in association with Ernest N. McCarus. 1978. 396 pages.. Proverbs and Metaphoric Expressions. Designed for intermediate-advanced students; includes 695 proverbs and 276 metaphoric expressions in transcription and Arabic script with translation and annotation. Accompanying tapes available separately through the U-M Language Resource Center.

A Comprehensive Study of Egyptian Arabic - Volume III by Ernest T. Abdel-Massih, Zaki N. Abdel-Malek and El-Said M. Badawi in association with Ernest N. McCarus. 1979. 337 pages. A reference Grammar of Egyptian Arabic: grammatical and linguistic terms in dictionary format. No tapes available.

A Comprehensive Study of Egyptian Arabic -Volume IV by Ernest T. Abdel-Massih, El-Said M. Badawi and Zaki N. Abdel-Malek in association with Ernest N. McCarus. 1979. 494 pages. Lexicon, arranged in 34 cultural categories. Part I: Egyptian Arabic- English; Part II: English-Egyptian-Arabic. No tapes available.

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Introduction to Egyptian Arabic + 4 volumes

2010-07-24T02:46:00.000-07:00

An Introduction to Egyptian Arabic
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Publisher: University of Michigan Press; Rev Sub edition (February 1983)
Language: English - Arabic
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Peace Corps: Collection of Mauritanian Arabic Books

2010-07-24T02:38:00.000-07:00

Peace Corps: Collection of Mauritanian Arabic Books

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Mauritanian Arabic. Communication and Culture Handbook. Peace Corps Language Handbook Series
A set of instructional materials for Mauritanian Arabic is designed for Peace Corps volunteer language instruction and geared to the daily language needs of volunteers. It consists of introductory sections on language learning in general, the languages of Mauritania, pronunciation of the Hassaniya dialect, and the textbook itself, and 30 lessons on these topics....

Mauritanian Arabic. Literacy (Arabic Version). Peace Corps Language Handbook Series.
An instructional guide to written Mauritanian Arabic contains 20 lessons, each presenting one or more letters of the Arabic alphabet and script. Graded exercises are included. The course is intended to be taught as the first stage in the Mauritanian Arabic training program for Peace Corps volunteers. The manual is entirely in A...

Mauritanian Arabic. Teacher's Handbook. Peace Corps Language Handbook Series...
The teaching guide is designed to accompany a set of instructional materials in Mauritanian Arabic (Hassaniya) for Peace Corps volunteers. It provides information and techniques for language teaching in three volumes: (1) a literacy handbook--a volume of lessons on the Arabic alphabet and script; (2) a communication and culture handbook; and (3) a grammar handbo

Mauritanian Arabic. Grammar Handbook. Peace Corps Language Handbook Series.
A handbook to the grammar of Mauritanian Arabic (Hassaniya) is intended for Peace Corps volunteers, and is designed to focus attention on proper grammatical forms. Lesson topics include the article, personal pronouns, possessive pronouns, negation of the implied verb "to be," noun gender, adjective gender, number, "there is/are and there was/were," simple senten...

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l'arabe parlé au caire

2010-07-24T02:25:00.000-07:00

Author: Jean Claude Rolland / pages: 189 / pdf / 7MB

Le présent ouvrage s’adresse aux débutants complets en langue arabe et se propose de leur enseigner un vocabulaire utile de 580 mots environ à l’intérieur des structures fondamentales du parler du Caire. L’étranger appelé à séjourner quelques années en Égypte devrait y trouver matière à exprimer ses besoins quotidiens les plus urgents et à comprendre les réponses qui lui seront données. Les situations sont assez variées et générales pour permettre à chacun de s’y reconnaître.

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A Dictionary of Islamic Words and Expressions

2010-07-24T02:22:00.000-07:00

A Dictionary of Islamic Words and Expressions
Publisher: Al-Jumuah, Al-Muntada Al-Islami (2002)
Pages: 313 Pages / 2002 /PDF /Size: 12 MB

This dictionary is intended to satisfy a long-standing need on the part of English-speaking Muslims for a dictionary with which to comprehend what they do not fully understand when they read the Noble Qur?an and the authentic Sunnah. During the past twenty-five years progress has been made in the field of Islamic lexicography; and this has highlighted the need for documentation of Islamic words and expressions in a novel fashion.
This dictionary is also intended to fulfill the needs of those engaged in such a sacred task as propagating Islam, which requires a reliable bilingual dictionary that is apt to transfer-in a communicative manner- concepts underlying cultural differences between the two languages in question

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The Spoken Arabic of Iraq

2010-07-24T02:20:00.000-07:00

The Spoken Arabic of Iraq

Oxford University Press1989 / Author: John Van Ess
pdf 61 MB / 280 pages

This practical manual provides a complete and authoritative guide to learning the basics of spoken Arabic. Offering transliterations of all Arabic words, the book has become a standard for Arabic courses, as well as all those --businesspeople, students, and tourists--travelling and working in the Middle East.

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Spoken Egyptian Arabic

2010-07-24T02:16:00.000-07:00

Linguaphone - Spoken Egyptian Arabic
Linguaphone Institute, 1961 / scanned books pdf / mp3

The Linguaphone Institute have rendered a very great service to the public in preparing this Course of Spoken Egyptian Arabic. This Course will not only be of use to European residents and travellers in Egypt, but of considerable interest to students of Classical Arabic: it therefore has both a practical and scientific value.

The text of this Course was recorded by well-known Egyptians chosen by the Linguaphone Insitute for the purity of their diction and their faultless pronunciation.

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Beginning Cairo Arabic

2010-07-24T02:13:00.000-07:00

Beginning Cairo Arabic
1965 / pages: 309 / PDF 5,48MB

THIS COLLEGE-LEVEL TEXT CONSISTS OF A SET OF DRILLS AND NOTES ON THE BASIC OR COMMONLY USED PHRASE AND SENTENCE PATTERNS OF CAIRO ARABIC. A REFERENCE GRAMMAR, WITH PHONOLOGY, MORPHOLOGY, AND SYNTAX IS PROVIDED IN 30 LESSONS. EACH LESSON IS DESIGNED TO BE USED WITH TAPE RECORDINGS. THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE TEXT REFLECTS THE "PRESTIGE USAGE" OF THE CAIRO DIALECT. ENTRIES IN THE TEXT GLOSSARY ARE LIMITED TO THE VOCABULARY USED IN THE LESSONS AND TO COMPARISONS OF ADJECTIVES, MODALS, VERB AND NOUN PHASES, AND SUBORDINATORS.

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The student's Arabic-English dictionary-1884

2010-07-22T16:28:00.000-07:00

The student's Arabic-English dictionary (1884)

The Author's aim, in preparing the present volume, has been to provide the English student, at a moderate price, with a Dictionary which would enable him to read, not only Arabic books of a limited vocabulary, as the Qur'an, or of a comparatively easy and familiar style, as the Arabian
Nights; but also such other standard works of a wider etymological range, as the Hamdsah, the Mu'allaqnt, and, above all, the Maqdmdt of al-Hariri, which may, with the late Mr. Chenery, be aptly designated as a " Compendium of the Arabic Language " in all its intricacies and niceties. The dif&culty of such an undertaking lies in finding the golden mean between a merely alphabetical arrangement, which would swell the book into an inordinate size ...

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Madinah Arabic Reader (MP3 For children )

2010-07-22T16:27:00.000-07:00

This is the Audio to the Madinah book 1 Childrens version - which is only slightly different to the Madinah book 1 - It contains Arabic text only with no translation.
Book 1 contains lessons 1 to 10.

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Arabic Today: A Student, Business and Professional Course

2010-07-22T16:21:00.001-07:00

Arabic Today:
A Student, Business and Professional Course in Spoken and Written Arabic
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press / English arabic / MP3 / 47.22 MB

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أسطوانة ( تعلم مع متقن) للصف الأول لإتقان القراءة والكتابة

2010-07-22T16:19:00.000-07:00

أسطوانة ( تعلم مع متقن) للصف الأول لإتقان القراءة والكتابة

هذه الإسطوانة من إبداع مركز التقنيات التربوية..بمحافظة عنيزة
وهي إبداع بمعنى الكلمة.جمعت كل عناصر التشويق من خط وصوت وصورة.
أعدت بشكل متقن ..ومنظم ..ومرتب ..وبحرفية عالية..
تشدّ انتباه الطفل ..وتحفزه للتعلم ..بأسلوب رائع وجميل..

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Dictionnaire français-arabe-persan

2010-07-21T14:14:00.001-07:00

Dictionnaire français-arabe-persan et turc. Enrichi d'exemples en langue turque avec des variantes, et de beaucoup de mots d'arts et de sciences (1840)

Parmi les livres que réclament impérieusement les besoins de la diplomatie et du commerce en Orient, figure en première ligne un Dictionnaire do la Langue Turque, complet autant que possible , et fait pour guider les traducteurs dans leurs travaux , et les conduire pour ainsi dire pas à pas.

La langue Tvirque a , comme toutes les autres , subi des variations successives, que le temps et les relations de la nation Turque avec d'autres peuples y ont peu à peu introduites. Informe d'abord, et resserrée dans les limites fort étroites des connaissances bornées de celle nation dans son berceau , elle commença à se polir et à s'étendre , depuis que les Turcs se mêlèrent avec les Arabes et les Persans. Elle emprunta des premiers toute la ricliesse et la magnificence de leur langue, et des seconds, toute la douceur et l'élégance de la langue Persane , en adoptant une infinité de mots et d'expressions de l'une et de l'autie.

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الكتاب الأساسي في تعليم العربية للناطقين بغيرها

2010-07-21T14:11:00.000-07:00

الكتاب الأساسي في تعليم العربية للناطقين بغيرها :جــامعة أم القــرى

الكتاب الأساسي في تعليم العربية للناطقين بغيرها
إصدار جامعة أم القرى
معهد اللغة العربية للناطقين بغيرها
وحدة البحوث والمناهج
بالمملكة العربية السعودية

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Unified Medical Dictionary / Dictionnaire Médical Unifié - القاموس الطبي الموحد

2010-06-30T12:21:00.000-07:00

Unified Medical Dictionary / Dictionnaire Médical Unifié

القاموس الطبي الموحد

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اكبر قاموس طبي لكل التخصصات الطبية (طب بشري - بيطري - صيدلة - أسنان - تمريض ) مدعم بكم هائل من الصور والمفاجاة الكبرى انه من منظمة الصحة العالمية ويمكنك الترجمة بين ثلاث لغات (العربية والانجليزية والفرنسية )

The Unified Medical Dictionary (UMD) is a Multilingual Medical Dictionary, which was originally compiled in the late 1960s and early 1970s on response to a recommendation of the Arab Medical Union. Subsequently, two further editions were issued, the last of which (UMD third edition, 1983) included French terms.

The Council of Arab Health Ministers then asked WHO/EMRO to update the previous edition. An editorial committee of experts was set up with Dr M.H. Khayat as the rapporteur to further verify and enrich the Unified Medical Dictionary on a regular basis. In the late 1980s Dr Khayat took the initiative to prepare a fourth comprehensive edition covering the widest range possible of medical terminology to be made available for users.

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Peace Corps: Collection of Tunisian Arabic Books + Dictionary

2010-06-30T12:16:00.000-07:00

Peace Corps: Collection of Tunisian Arabic Books + Dictionary

Tunisian Arabic is a Maghrebi dialect of the Arabic language, spoken by some 11 million people. It is usually known by its own speakers as Darija, to distinguish it from Standard Arabic, or as Tunsi, which means Tunisian. It is spoken all over Tunisia, and merges, as part of a dialect continuum, into similar varieties in eastern Algeria and western Libya. Its morphology, syntax, pronunciation and vocabulary are quite different from Standard or Classical Arabic. Tunisian Arabic is readily understood by other Arabic-speaking North Africans such as Algerians, Libyans and Moroccans. Tunisian is also closely related to Maltese, which is not considered to be a dialect of Arabic for sociolinguistic reasons.

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Peace Corps Tunisian Arabic by R. B. Abdelkhader & others, 1988 Peace Corps A Beginner's Course in Tunisian Arabic by T. B. Amor, 1990 Peace Corps Tunisian Arabic Competency Based Curriculum by A. Choura, 1993 Peace Corps Spoken Tunisian Arabic First Draft by R. J. Scholes & T. Abida, 1966 Peace Corps Course in Tunisian Arabic by R. B. Abdelkhader & A. Naovar, 1979
Peace Corps English-Tunisian Arabic Dictionary.1977

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Diccionario español árabe marroquí / Spanish Moroccan dictionary

2010-06-30T12:14:00.000-07:00

Diccionario español árabe marroquí
Spanish - Moroccan dialect dictionary

La Consejería de Gobernación de la Junta de Andalucía ha publicado, en formato electrónico, el diccionario español-árabe marroquí de Francisco Moscoso (2006) . El archivo está en formato pdf. y tiene una extensión de 1.8 Mb. Los interesados pueden descargarlo directamente siguiendo este enlace:

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Sakhr 4.0 Multilanguage Dictionary - قاموس صخر متعدد اللغات الاصدار الرابع

2010-06-30T12:10:00.000-07:00

Sakhr 4.0 Multilanguage Dictionary

قاموس صخر متعدد اللغات الاصدار الرابع

قاموس صخر الإصدار الرابع متعدد اللغات يحتوي علي قواميس للغة العربية و الانجليزية و الفرنسية و الالمانية و التركية كذلك يتضمن محرك بحث للكلمات و يتضمن لعة الكلمات المتطابقة
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قاموس اللغة الالمانية

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لعبة الكلمات المتطابقة

لعبة كلمة السر

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Learner's Dictionary of Classical Arabic Idioms: Arabic-English

2010-06-30T12:03:00.000-07:00

Learner's Dictionary of Classical Arabic Idioms: Arabic-English

1988 /pages: 77 /Language: English, Arabic / pdf /Size: 21 MB

This is a really neat, simple book of Arabic idioms. While some expressions are a little odd and probably won't get much use, there are also some gems in there that surprise native speakers. The format is alphabetical, which makes less sense than a thematic approach, but because the book is fairly small, it might be easier to skim and highlight what you like the most. The English explanation follows the Arabic, which is, of course, in the Arabic script. Diacritical markings are included with the words, so there is no doubt, even for the beginning student, as to the spelling and pronunciation.

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Scientific Research Dictionary English - Arabic

2010-06-30T11:58:00.000-07:00

Scientific Research Dictionary
Author(s):Mustafa Zayed
1999 / Publisher:Golden Eagle / ISBN: 97719752021
Pages: 137 Pages / Size : 5.26 MB / PDF

A 1999 edition of English<>Arabic Dictionary of Scientific Research, by Dr. Mustafa Zayed. Published in Cairo. Appendixes contain the Dewey Classification System, Greek and Latin alphabets, international measuring units, etc.

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Elementary Arabic Morphology

2010-06-28T13:24:00.000-07:00

Elementary Arabic Morphology

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RASHID AL-SHARTUNI

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Hamid Hussein Waqar

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Islam, the Qur'an and the Arabic Literature

2010-06-28T13:13:00.000-07:00

Elsayed M.H Omran Vol XIV No. 1 , Spring 1988 Since the advent of Islam and the revelation of the Qur'an in the early years of the seventh century AD, the Muslim Holy Book has been the subject of many extensive analytical studies. The focus of the great majority of these studies has been the theological and legislative aspects of the Holy Book, for the Qur'an provides Muslims with detailed guidance on their everyday problems. Together with the sayings, actions, and recommendations of Muhammad, the Qur'an has been the ultimate source of legal authority for Muslims over the past fourteen centuries. Muslim scholars have painstakingly examined, analyzed and interpreted the various verses of the Holy Book, detailing the requirements the Qur'an imposes on Muslims in order for them to achieve spiritual purity. Thus, in addition to its legislative and theological value, the Qur'an has also served as a source of spiritual guidance for the followers of Islam.
There is, however, another aspect of the Qur'an which has received far less attention than its theological and legislative guidance, namely its linguistic significance, for the Qur'an was undoubtedly the first book to be composed in Arabic. The advent of Islam and the revelation of the Qur'an have had far-reaching effects on the status, the content, and the structure of the Arabic language.
[1] This paper will examine the linguistic influence of the Qur'an and the impact of its revelation on Arabic. It will be argued that, while the Arabic language was extremely effective as the medium for the revelation of the Holy Qur'an and the dissemination of the new faith, the language benefited enormously from the new role it acquired with the advent of Islam.

Islam and Arabic: a unique relationship
The revelation of the Qur'an in Arabic set the scene for a unique and lasting relationship between the language and Islam. On the one hand, Arabic provided a very effective medium for communicating the message of the religion. On the other hand, Islam helped Arabic to acquire the universal status which it has continued to enjoy since the Middle Ages, emerging as one of the principal world languages. It has been argued that Arabic has not simply remained 'ancilliary to Islam' [2] but that it has also been significant as a means of 'cultural and national revival in the Arabic-speaking countries.' [3] Arabic is a rich and expressive language and has played an important role in the cultural preservation of the Arabic-speaking people. However, without the bond it has had with Islam, Arabic would probably not have undergone the internal revolution it did, nor expanded beyond the borders of the Arabian Peninsula with such speed and magnitude.
The relationship of Islam and the Qur'an to Arabic involves more than just the use of a language to communicate a divine message. There are a number of factors which set this relationship apart from that which exists between other holy books and the languages in which they appeared, for Arabic has come to be closely associated with Islam, and in this way has acquired a semi-official status. It is implicit that anyone professing Islam cannot ignore the role Arabic plays in his faith. Embracing Islam, therefore, entails exposure to, and familiarity with, the Arabic language. Such familiarity is necessitated by the fact that memorization and recitation of Qur'anic verses in their original language is necessary for the performance of the daily rituals. Other holy books may have had an impact on the languages in which they originally appeared, but the impact that Islam and the Qur'an have had on Arabic appears to be unique in its extent and durability. It has often been the case that a holy book appears in a given language and is then translated into other languages, in which it continues to be read and recited during the performance of rituals, but, in the case of the Qur'an, although it has been translated into many languages, these translations cannot replace the original language as a language of worship, which continues to be Arabic for all Muslims, native speakers and others.
Other holy books also came to be associated with specific languages, such as the Torah with Hebrew, and, perhaps less intimately, the New Testament with Greek and Latin. However, the nature of the relationship between the Qur'an and Arabic is still unique for reasons to be given below.
The Qur'an: Muhammad's strongest argument
It has often been argued that the Qur'an is not only the first book, and the highest linguistic achievement, of the Arabic language, but that it is also Muhammad's strongest argument against those who doubted his Message. The question that needs to be addressed here concerns the reason why a holy book, a composition of language, should be hailed as Islam's (and Muhammad's) strongest argument. [4] The point has sometimes been made that other prophets had more tangible miracles. In the case of Muhammad, however, the miracle was not comparable to Moses' staff or Christ's healing powers, but was simply the expression in language of the Qur'an.
To understand why Muhammad's strongest argument or miracle was a book, the Holy Qur'an, it is necessary to understand the role language and linguistic composition played in the lives of the pre-Islamic Arabs. It is also important to understand the nature of the Arabic language itself during the pre-Islamic period. This understanding will help to show why the revelation of the Qur'an through Muhammad found attentive ears among his contemporaries, who not only were articulate users of the language but held those skilled in the arts of linguistic composition in high esteem. [5]
The role played by language in pre-Islamic Arabia
Before the rise of Islam, Arabic was mainly a spoken language with an oral literature of elaborate poetry and, to a lesser extent, prose. [6] Writing had not yet fully developed and memorization was the most common means of preserving the literature. [7] Both poetry and prose in the pre-Islamic era dealt with a rather limited range of topics which included in the case of poetry praise, eulogy (panegyric), defamation, and love, and in the case of prose superstition, legends, parables, and wisdom tales. [8]

Pre-Islamic Arabs took great pride in their language and in articulate and accurate speech, the latter being one of the main requisites for social prominence. On this particular point, Professor Hitti writes:No people in the world manifest such enthusiastic admiration for literary expression and are moved by the word, spoken or written, as the Arabs. Hardly any language seems capable of exercising over the minds of its users such an irresistible influence as Arabic. [9]
What made this phenomenon even more remarkable is the near absence of other forms of artistic expression such as music, painting, and drama. The sole elaborate form of artistic expression available to the pre-Islamic Arabs was the art of the spoken word. [10] Eloquence and the ability to compose articulate prose or poetry were foremost among the traits of a worthy bedouin. [11]
Other such traits included horsemanship, courage, and hospitality.With its very nature and structure, its abundance of imagery, vocabulary, and figures of speech, the Arabic language lent itself to elaborate poetic composition and sonorous prose. The tremendous quantity of poetry that we have inherited attests to the significant role language played in pre-Islamic Arabia. In fact, the role language and poetry played was so important that other fields of study which developed during the first centuries of the Islamic era were greatly influenced by the then established study of poetic literature. [12]
The importance of poetry for that era is clearly manifest in the writings of scholars from subsequent centuries. Al-Jahiz (d. 869), for instance, quotes poetic works in his famous al-Bayan wa l-Tabyin. [13] The grammarian al-Asma'i (d. c. 830) used the term fasih (articulate) in reference to the poets whom he quotes. The following quotation from Ibn Rashiq further illustrates the importance attached to linguistic skills in pre-Islamic Arabia. He writes:
Whenever a poet emerged in an Arab tribe, other tribes would come to congratulate, feasts would be prepared, the women would join together on lutes as they do at weddings, and old and young men would all rejoice at the good news. The Arabs used to congratulate each other only on the birth of a child and when a poet rose among them. [14]
In his 'Uyun al-Akhbar, Ibn Qutayba defined poetry as follows:
Poetry is the mine of knowledge of the Arabs and the book of their wisdom, the archive of their history and the reservoir of their epic days, the wall that defends their exploits, the impassable trench that preserves their glories, the impartial witness for the day of judgement. [15]
Ibn Khaldun (d. 1406), a notable scholar of the fourteenth century, remarked on the importance of poetry in Arab life:
It should be known that Arabs thought highly of poetry as a form of speech. Therefore, they made it the archives of their history, the evidence for what they considered right and wrong, and the principal basis of reference for most of their sciences and wisdom. [16]
Almost four centuries earlier, Ibn Faris (d. 1005) elaborated on the same theme, but went further to comment on the quality of the poetry that was composed during the pre-Islamic era:
Poetry is the archive of the Arabs; in it their genealogies have been preserved; it sheds light on the darkest and strangest things found in the Book of God and in the tradition of God's apostle and that of his companions. Perhaps a poem may be luckier than another, and one poem sweeter and more elegant than another, but none of the ancient poems lacks its degree of excellence. [17]
Such was the role that the spoken word played in the life of pre-Islamic Arabs. With the emphasis placed on eloquent and articulate speech, the prominent position occupied by those who had the talent for linguistic composition, and the pride the early Arabs took in their language, it is little wonder that the Qur'an was revealed in the most eloquent, articulate, and elaborate style the Arabic language has known. The Qur'an has without doubt provided a level of linguistic excellence unparalleled in the history of the Arabic language. Theologians explain this phenomenon as God's wisdom in addressing the articulate Arabs through the medium in which they were most adept and with which they felt most comfortable. The effectiveness of the Qur'an was thus ensured by the fact that it represented a level of eloquence unattainable even by their most eloquent speakers. The Qur'an remains a book of inimitable quality, not only from a linguistic, but also from and intellectual, point of view. When Muhammad was challenged by his fellow countrymen to present a miracle, in keeping with the tradition of other prophets, he presented the Qur'an to them. The inimitability of the Qur'an is repeatedly emphasized in the Holy Book itself. Thus the Qur'an challenges the disbelievers:
And if you are in doubt as to what we have revealed, then produce a sura like unto it. (2: 23) [18]
A yet stronger challenge occurs in another chapter:
Or do they say: 'He forged it'? Say: 'Bring then a sura like unto it and call [to your aid] anyone you can. ' (10: 38)
The role of the poet in pre-Islamic Arabia
Except for a few proverbs, legends, and some magical and medicinal formulee, the bulk of the literary heritage from the pre-Islamic era was in the form of poetry. [19] Prose, which lacks the elaborate rhythm and formal structure of poetry, did not lend itself easily to memorization. Furthermore, in the absence of a developed system of writing, prose was much less easily preserved. Prose works from the pre-Islamic period were mainly genealogies (ansab) and legends dealing with inter-tribal wars (ayyam al-'arab). [20] Poetry therefore represents the main form of artistic expression during the pre-Islamic era.
The significance of poetry in pre-Islamic Arabia was underscored by the annual fairs, the most famous of which was the Suq Ukaz, in which poets competed for fame and recognition through recitations of poetry. The recitations constituted the main form of entertainment at the fairs. which were cultural as well as trading events.
The pre-Islamic poet, enjoying his enviable talent for composing poetry, played multiple roles. He was an artist, an entertainer, a journalist, and the spokesman for his tribe. Furthermore, he was the historian who kept alive the history and past glories of his tribe. His poetry provided a very effective means of propaganda and public relations. He was readily capable of influencing public opinion, and his poetry was sought by kings and tribal chiefs who generously rewarded him. In short, the poet enjoyed a very prominent status in pre-Islamic Arabia. [21]
The inimitability of the Qur'an
The inimitability of the Qur'an is not limited to its content. In fact, the Holy Book of Islam is held by Muslim scholars to be inimitable not only in its content but also in its language. The Qur'an, it has been constantly maintained, embodies linguistic and literary beauty which exceeds anything of human origin. This is borne out by the fact that no-one has ever been able to compose anything remotely resembling it in its linguistic, literary, or conceptual elegance. [22] This point is repeatedly emphasized in the Holy Book itself. Thus the Qur'an says:
If the whole of mankind and the jinn were to gather together to produce the like of this Qur'an, they could not produce the like thereof, even if they backed each other up. (17:88)
The inimitable nature of the Qur'an was recognized by generation after generation of scholars. Al-Tabari (d. 923) dealt with this subject in his voluminous study of the Holy Book. [23] Al-Zamakhshari elaborated on this theme in his famous al-Kashshaf, [24] as did Baydawi in his Tafsir. [25] AlBaqillam, a prominent scholar, wrote a book which he devoted entirely to this subject and to which he gave the title I'jaz al-Qur'an (The Inimitability of the Qur'an). [26] Here he wrote:
The Qur'an is so wonderfully arranged and so marvellously composed, and so exalted is its literary excellence that it is beyond what any mere creature could attain. [27]
Al-Jawziyya, also a noted scholar, added that:
Whoever knows Arabic and is acquainted with lexicography, grammar, rhetoric, and Arabic poetry and prose recognizes ipso facto the supremacy of the Qur'an [28]
Ibn Khaldun also dealt with certain aspects of the style of the Qur'an:
The inimitability of the Qur'an consists in the fact that its language indicates all the requirements of the situation referred to, whether they are stated or understood. This represents the highest degree of speech. In addition, the Qur'an is perfect in the choice of words and excellence of arrangement. [29]
The inimitability as well as the linguistic significance of the Qur'an can be better understood within its pre-Islamic context and according to the role language played during that period. Furthermore, the linguistic significance of the Qur'an can also be better understood within that same context. The linguistic aspect of the Holy Book was brilliantly used by the Prophet in challenging and eventually prevailing upon his fellow Arabs who held in high esteem those who were eloquent and articulate. The eloquence of the Qur'an clearly impressed and overwhelmed them. This explains why the Qur'an has been referred to as 'Muhammad's miracle', or. as the 'miracle of Islam'. The use of the power of the Qur'an as a means of persuasion was admitted by the Prophet himself and was mentioned repeatedly in the Qur'an mostly in the form of a challenge to the disbelievers to produce something similar. On the need and justification for the Prophet to use a book such as the Qur'an, Ibn Qutayba wrote:
God offered the Qur'an as the Prophet's sign in the same way as He offered signs for all the other prophets. He sent the things most appropriate to the time in which they were sent. Thus Moses had the power to divide the sea with his hand and rod, and to let the rock burst forth with water in the desert, and all his other signs in a time of magic. And Jesus had the power to bring the dead back to life, to make birds out of clay, to cure those who had been blind from birth and the leprous, and all his other signs in a time of medicine. And Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him salvation, had the book and all his other signs in a time of eloquence. [30]
The impact of the Qur'an of the Arabic language
Structure and content
As has already been pointed out, scholars have gone to great lengths over the past thirteen centuries to describe and emphasize the inimitability of the verses of the Qur'an. However, the impact of the revelation of the Qur'an on the Arabic language, its structure and content, has certainly been the focus of fewer studies. Works on the inimitability of the Qur'an have mostly focused on the literary beauty of the Holy Book, its conceptual strength and precision. Another important aspect of the Qur'an, one not adequately addressed, lies in its linguistic impact on the form and content of the Arabic language.
The Holy Qur'an has undoubtedly helped reinforce and deepen the Arab people's awareness of the richness and beauty of their tongue. From a linguistic point of view, the revelation of the Qur'an was the most important event in the history of the Arabic language. It was an event with far-reaching and lasting consequence, for the Qur'an gave Arabic a form which it had hitherto lacked. In fact, it was due to the desire to preserve the Qur'an that efforts were made to develop and refine the Arabic alphabet. It was within the same context that Abu l-Aswad al-Du'ali developed the dot system in the first century of the Islamic era in his attempt to lay the basis for Arabic grammatical theory. [31] His efforts were among the first to establish a permanent form for the Arabic alphabet and hence the Arabic writing system. As deciphered from the earliest inscriptions, the Arabic alphabet was vague, unsystematic, and inefficient. The dot system as developed by al-Du'ah helped to clarify and establish distinctions which were otherwise unclear. In fact, it can be maintained that had it not been for the strong desire to preserve the Qur'an, its form, grammar, pronunciation, and accuracy, the Arabic alphabet and writing system might not have developed as quickly as they did.
The Arabic alphabet and writing system were only one aspect of the Qur'an's impact on the language; it also gave Arabic a rigidity of form and a precision of presentation which were novel to the language, as well as a host of new locutions, complex concepts, meanings, and arguments. Furthermore, the Qur'an enriched the lexicon of the language by bringing new words and expressions into use, and by introducing loan-words from foreign languages. It also presented a firm set of linguistic standards and directions which were instrumental in the subsequent documentation of Arabic grammar.
The Qur'an likewise helped to expand the scope of Arabic as it was known in the early years of the seventh century. Islam and the Qur'an helped to open new horizons and fields of study which included such disciplines as philology, Islamic law (the sharia), and Islamic philosophy. The Qur'an also introduced a host of new themes and linguistic forms not only to the Arabic language but to the Arab mind as well. Taha Husayn dealt with this particular aspect of the verses of the Qur'an when he wrote:
In its external form the Qur'an is neither poetry nor prose. It is not poetry because it does not observe the metre and rhyme of poetry, and it is not prose because it is not composed in the same manner in which prose was customarily composed. [32]
The Qur'an consists of verses which vary in length depending on their theme and the occasion for which they were revealed. What is most interesting about Qur'anic verses is the superb selection of words, a selection which helps to induce varying reading speeds, which render these verses most effective. On this particular point,
Taha Husayn wrote:
For example, those verses dealing with the dialogues that took place between the Prophet and the pagans as well as those dealing with legislation require the type of low reading speed appropriate to explanation and recapitulation. On the other hand, those verses in which the pagans are warned of the fate that awaits them require a higher speed appropriate to censuring and warning. [33]
The varying speeds which Taha Husayn mentions appear to be achieved with remarkable spontaneity, which is the result, in Taha Husayn's words, of 'a careful selection of words and expressions.' [34] He gives sura 26, al-Shu'ara', as an example of the type of verse requiring speedy reading, and sura 28, al-Qasas, as an example of that requiring slow reading.
Another aspect of the novelty of the Qur'an language has to do with its themes. These themes and topics represent a clear departure from those which had been hitherto familiar to the Arabs. As Taha Husayn explained:
It does not deal with any such things as ruins, camels, or long journeys in the desert; nor does it describe longing for the beloved, love, or eulogy, topics most familiar to pre-Islamic Arabs. But rather it talks to the Arabs about such things as the oneness of God, His limitless power, His knowledge, which is unattainable, His will, which is unstoppable, and His creation of heaven and earth. [35]
This passage underscores yet another innovative aspect of the Qur'an, namely the presentation of novel themes through an abundance of examples all aimed at illustration and persuasion. The use of illustration is one of the most effective stylistic techniques of the Qur'an. One can hardly read a verse without experiencing the impact of this technique.
The art of narrative style represents another innovative aspect of the Qur'an. It relates in astounding detail the stories of Noah Abraham, Joseph, Moses, and Jesus, among others. It presents the dialogues that took place in such stories and the claims and counter-claims made by each of the opposing parties. Story-telling may not have been totally novel in pre-Islamic Arabia given the significant quantity of parables, epics, and myths that were inherited from that period. What was novel, however, was the type of integrated, elaborate story involving such essential items as theme, plot, well-developed characters, and denouement which are to be found in the Qur'an, which refers itself to the benefit in telling such stories:
We do relate unto thee the most beautiful stories, in that We reveal unto thee this [portion of the] Qur'an. Before this thou too were among those who knew it not. (1: 3)
Lexical borrowing
Lexical borrowing is another area in which the Qur'an established precedent. The Holy Book draws freely on words of non-Arabic origin, including Persian, Sanskrit, and Syriac. The importance of the Qur'an in this respect can be better understood against a deep-seated theme which can be discerned in the writings of scholars of preand early Islam, namely, that the Arabian Peninsula was, during the pre-Islamic era, more or less isolated from the rest of the world, and that the Arabic language, and consequently the Qur'an, was the unique product of the Arabian desert. Inherent in this theme is a belief in the 'purity' of the Arabic tongue and hence the scholars' reluctance to agree with the fact that in its attempt to illustrate the breadth of human religious experience the Qur'an drew on the lexicons of other languages and religions. [36] The verse: Thus have We sent down this Arabic Qur'an is often cited in support of this view. [37] It is obvious from the literature that the majority of the earlier scholars, for example, al-Shafi'i, Ibn Jarir, Abu ' Ubayda, al-Qadi Abu Bakr, and Ibn Faris, rejected the theory that some of the words of the Qur'an were not of Arabic origin. [38] The question of lexical borrowing and the existence of foreign words in the Qur'an was viewed differently by different scholars. Thus the earlier scholars maintained that the existence of foreign words implied and inadequacy of the language. Al-Suyuti quoted Ibn Aws as saying:
If the Qur'an had contained anything other than Arabic, then it would be thought that Arabic was incapable of expressing those things in its own words. [39]
Later scholars, however, viewed lexical borrowing differently. Thus, al-Suyuti explained that the adoption of some non-Arabic words in the Qur'an took place because such words denoted objects or ideas for which no Arabic words were readily available. [40] Examples include the Persian words 'istibraq' (a thick, silky brocade), 'ibriq' (a water jug); the Nabatean word 'akwab' (goblets); the Aramaic word 'asfar' (a large book); the Hebrew borrowing 'rahman' (merciful); and the Syriac words 'zayt' (olive oil) and 'zaytun' (the olive tree). The Qur'an has several hundred such foreign borrowings. Earlier generations of Muslim scholars maintained that such words were either ancient Arabic words that had gone out of use until the revelation of the Qur'an, or that such words were ancient borrowings introduced into Arabic long before the Revelation which had since then acquired an Arabic pattern. [41]
Whether we agree with the view that foreign words in the Qur'an are direct borrowings from other languages or with the view that the majority of these words were ancient borrowings which occurred in pre-Islamic poetry and which had been in use long before the revelation of the Qur'an, it is a fact that the Qur'an contains words that are not of Arabic origin. Such words come from a host of languages including Ethiopic, Persian, Greek, Sanskrit, Syriac, Hebrew, Nabatean, Coptic, Turkish, and Berber. [42] By adopting words of non-Arabic origin, the Qur'an may have helped to legitimize a very important linguistic process, that of lexical borrowing. The importance of this practice derives particularly from the fact that the use of foreign words was viewed unfavourably by a large number of Arab scholars at that time. [43] The term 'ajami (Persian, foreign) was used strictly in reference to non-Arabic words to set them aside from native Arabic words. During the documentation of the grammar in the first three centuries of the Islamic calendar, the same term was used to refer to less-than-native pronunciations of Arabic. In their attempt to document the grammar, the early scholars considered the speech of the bedouins in the heart of the desert to be the most reliable and purest, apparently due to their belief that the bedouins seldom left the desert or mixed with speakers of other languages. [44] Likewise, the early grammarians did not look favourably upon the adoption of foreign terms into Arabic, apparently in the belief that borrowing would indicate certain gaps or deficiencies in the language.
Since it contained words of non-Arabic origin, the Qur'an established a precedent for lexical borrowing as a tool whereby languages may enrich themselves. This was clearly one of the most innovative aspects of the Qur'an. It is particularly important given the unfavourable climate that prevailed among the early Muslim scholars with respect to lexical borrowing.
Structure and style

The Qur'an has made remarkable contributions to the structure and style of the Arabic language. It combines within its covers the first documentation of the sentence patterns of Arabic, and it was instrumental in the documentation of Arabic grammar which began in the first Islamic century. From the time of Sibawayh (d. c. 793) up to the present day there is hardly a page in any manual of Arabic grammar which does not contain one or more verses from the Qur'an. Furthermore, the strong interest in Qur'anic studies brought with it an equally strong interest in Arabic linguistic studies.
The style of the Qur'an helped to develop and enrich the Arabic language. As the first book in the Arabic language, it introduced stylistic innovations which greatly influenced trends in subsequent generations. Foremost among such trends is the Qur'an's abundant use of figures of speech in place of simple words. The Qur'an makes extensive use of illustrations, imagery, and metaphor, thus adding beauty, life, and colour to plain words In fact, the ubiquity of figures of speech in the Qur'an has led Sayyid Qutb to conclude that 'the use of imagery and figures of speech is the Qur'an's preferred style.' [45] The preference for figures of speech over plain words appears to be a general trend that permeates the entire Book. Thus, the Qur'an affirms the impossibility of the disbelievers' entry into paradise:
Nor will they enter the Garden until a thick rope can pass through the eye of a needle. (7: 40)
Confirming that the disbelievers' actions will be in vain, the Qur'an conveys this notion in the following way:
The parable of those who reject their Lord is that their works are as ashes on which the wind blows furiously as on a tempestuous day. (14: 18)
Another idea, that of those who do charitable acts yet spoil what they have done by gloating and reminding others of such acts is conveyed thus:
they are in a parable like a hard, barren rock on which is a little soil: on it falls heavy rain which leaves it just a bare stone. (2: 265)
The opposite case, namely that of those who spend for God's sake rather than in order to boast, is also expressed through imagery:
as a garden, high and fertile; heavy rain falls on it but makes it yield a double increase of harvest. (2: 265)
Earlier in the same sura, the same idea is conveyed through a different figure of speech:
The parable of those who spend their money in the way of God is that of a grain of corn: it groweth seven ears and each ear hath a hundred grains. (2: 261)
Criticizing those who worship gods other than Allah, the Qur'an likens their actions to that of a spider building a web:
The parable of those who take protectors other than God is that of the spider building for itself a house; but, truly, the flimsiest of houses is the spider's house. (29: 41)
Doomsday is one of the frequent themes of the Qur'an. The description of the horrors of that day is also presented through figures of speech:
for the convulsion of the Hour will be a terrible thing! The day ye shall see it, each mother giving suck shall forget her suckling-babe, and each pregnant female shall deliver her load. Thou shalt see mankind as in a drunken riot, yet not drunk. (22: 2)
Another very characteristic stylistic device of the Qur'an is that of anthropomorphization. Thus it describes dawn as breathing away the darkness (78: 10), the night as concealing the sun and veiling the day, the wind as fecundating, causing the rain to fall (15: 22). The sea is likened to ink which, if used, will not suffice to write the words of God:
Say: If the ocean were ink wherewith to write out the words of my Lord, sooner would the ocean be exhausted, even if we added another ocean like it. (18: 109)
Slandering is likened to eating another persons's flesh:
Nor speak ill of each other behind their backs. Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother. (49: 12)
The rhythmic patterns of speech found in Qur'anic recitations is yet another remarkable aspect of the language of the Qur'an. These patterns are a reflection of the special array of words and arrangement of phrases found in the Book. In the view of many scholars such verses combine the characteristics of both poetry and prose. [46] Unlike some poetry, the verses of the Qur'an do not have one single rhyme, thus there is more room for flexibility and freedom of expression. The Qur'an does, however, reflect certain aspects of poetry, especially with respect to its use of words with identical numbers of syllables. This 'music' is more noticeable in short verses than it is in long ones. [47] Sayyid Qutb cites sura 53
(al-Najm) as an excellent example of prose rhythm produced by words similar in length and all ending in the same sound, in this case the long a [48] There is another type of internal rhythm which is inherent in the structure of the single sentence. This is seen when the length of words varies within the same sura. A good example of this is sura 19 (Maryam), which begins with short words and phrases, then changes to longer ones. Furthermore, the rhythms of the various segments are enhanced by the use of two main rhymes throughout the entire sura. These rhymes end either in nun or mim preceded by either ya' or wa'w.
The narrative aspect of Qur'an style remains one of the most creative and innovative of the Holy Book, one which has profoundly influenced and enriched the Arabic language. Whatever narrative style the language had in pre-Islamic times were relatively crude and primitive. Even though the narrative parts of the Qur'an were clearly put to the service of the main theme of the Book, i.e., religion, the narrative was so highly developed and integrated that it became a work of art in itself. The Qur'an is remarkably innovative with respect to its method of presentation, which involves four different techniques. One common technique is that if beginning a story with a short summery, followed by the details from beginning to end, as in sura 18 (al-Kahf). The second technique is that of beginning a story by presenting the conclusion first, then the lesson to be derived from it, and then the story from beginning to end, as in the story of Moses in sura 28 (al-Qasas). The third technique presents the story directly without introduction, as in that of Mary following the birth of Jesus in sura 19 (Maryam), and the story of King Solomon and the ants in sura 27 (al-Naml). The fourth, and perhaps most innovative, technique is that of presenting the story through dramatization. This technique gives only a brief introduction signalling the beginning of the scene, followed by a dramatization of the story with a dialogue among the various characters, as in the story of Abraham and Ismail in sura 2.
An important element in the structure of Qur'anic narrative is the varied use of the element of surprise. In some cases the anticlimax is kept from the main players and spectators, and is unfolded for both simultaneously towards the end, as in sura 18 in the story of Moses and the scholar. Another use of the element of surprise reveals the anticlimax to the audience but conceals it from the characters, who act in total ignorance. The Qur'an commonly uses this technique in situations where satire is intended (satire which is directed at the actors and their behaviour) as in the story in sura 68 (al-Qalam). A third technique reveals part of the anticlimax to the audience while keeping part of it concealed from both the audience and the characters, as in the story in sura 27 (al-Naml).
The structure of Qur'anic narrative displays the well-developed elements of an integrated literary work. One of the elements indispensable to dramatized narrative is change of scenery, which the Qur'an utilizes fully. In the story of Joseph in sura 12, the reader is presented with a succession of scenes, each of which leads to the next, picking up the main thread of the narrative. Joseph's story comprises some twenty-eight scenes, each of which leads to the next in a manner which maintains the organic unity of the entire narrative. All such scenes are presented through dialogues replete with details and ideas. The result of such a well-knit passage is that the reader finds himself drawn to the narrative, moving anxiously from one scene to another. This effect is achieved through a coherent series of events which sustain his curiosity and interest. In one scene, for example, we find one of Joseph's brothers entering the king's court in Egypt where Joseph is the keeper of the store-house. In this scene, Joseph stipulates to his brothers that they should bring their younger brother to the king's court in order to receive provisions. The next scene presents the brothers deliberating among themselves, which is followed by a scene in which they have returned to face their father, Jacob. The following scene takes the brothers back to Egypt to confront Joseph. The presentation of the narrative in dramatic form involving a succession of scenes brings home effortlessly the main theme and the lessons to be derived from the whole narrative. The use of dialogue makes the scenes more vivid and closer to life. This is an art in which the Qur'an excels, and an art in which it is remarkably innovative. It is clearly a form of literary composition which the Qur'an, the first book in Arabic, introduced to the language.
The portrayal of personalities is a very significant element of the narrative; here, again, the Qur'an sets a precedent. The depiction of personalities in the various narratives manages to convey to the reader the precise dimensions and traits of such figures. This is done through the words and actions of the personalities portrayed. In the story of Moses, for example, the reader is readily able to discern, through Moses' actions, the type of aggressive yet emotionally sensitive person he was meant to portray. Conversely, in the story of Abraham, the Qur'anic verses carefully depict a calm, peaceful, and patient personality. This careful and accurate delineation of personality is effected largely through dialogue which skillfully brings out the traits of such personalities. The dialogue, in turn, is rendered even more effective by a very careful choice of words.
Islam, the Qur'an, and the internationalization of the Arabic language
The revelation of the Quran in Arabic in the early part of the seventh century AD helped the language to acquire and international status which it has continued to enjoy until the present day. It has been argued that Arabic has not simply remained ancilliary to Islam but that it has been significant as a 'means of cultural and national revival in the Arabic-speaking countries.' [49] It is true that Arabic has played an important role in the life and history of the Arab people, but without the bond it has with Islam it would not have been likely to have acquired the type of international status it has acquired through Islam. It was under the banner of religion that Arabic spread beyond the borders of the Arabian Peninsula. The early Muslims who emerged from the north-western part of the Arabian Peninsula brought with them not only the Islamic religion but Arabic as well. This phenomenon was so remarkable that, within a few centuries after the revelation of the Qur'an, Arabic became the common language of government, correspondence, business, and literary expression.
The speed and facility with which Arabic was first accepted and then eventually absorbed in the new countries was remarkable, and it was largely due to its association with Islam. Converts to the new religion looked with great interest towards the original language of their Holy Book. [50] They were clearly fascinated by the new religion and its language. The desire on the part of the new converts to identify with the resourceful pioneers emerging from the Arabian Peninsula was yet another factor in their adoption of the language.
Arabic was able to replace such languages as Greek and Syriac in Syria and the Fertile Crescent, Coptic, Greek, and Latin in Egypt, and Pahlavi in Persia. Syriac, a dialect of the ancient Aramaic language, had a flourishing literature until it gave way to Arabic in the seventh century AD, and was subsequently limited to being a vehicle for translating Greek literature and philosophy into Arabic. In Egypt, the languages used until the early seventh century were Coptic and Greek; both languages, however, gave way to Arabic, which became the common language of the country, with Coptic as the language of the local Christian Church. By the end of the ninth century, Arabic was already being used in churches alongside Coptic. [51] In Persia, Pahlavi, the language of the Sassanian dynasty (224 640 AD), used the Arabic alphabet and contained a large number of Arabic loan-words. Following the Arab conquest in 640, Pahlavi gave way to New Persian, which adopted the Arabic script and which was greatly influenced by Arabic. It is estimated that one third of the vocabulary of modern Persian (Farsi), is of Arabic origin. [52] Persian scholars engaged in the field of Islamic studies wrote mostly in Arabic. Among these were such prominent figures as Ibn Sina (980 1037), al Ghazzali (1058-1111), and Abu Bakr al-Razi of the twelfth century AD who wrote more than thirty books in Arabic. Even though Farsi began to develop its own identity and become gradually independent from Arabic around the tenth century AD, [53] the language is still written in the Arabic script. [54]
Similarly, the Arabic script was adopted for the Turkic languages following the conversion to Islam of speakers of these languages, which include, in the Southern Division, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Turkoman, and Chuvash, and, in the Eastern Division, Kinghiz, Kazakh, and Tatar. The Turkic languages continued to use the Arabic script until the early part of this century. The Turkish language, the most important of the Turkic languages, was doubly influenced by Arabic; first, through conversion to Islam, the adoption of the Arabic script, and the adoption of a large number of Arabic loan-words, and secondly through the medium of Farsi. As in the case of the latter, Arabic was the language of composition for many Turkish scholars, notably in the fields of religious and philological studies. [55]
In the Indian subcontinent, the introduction of Arabic was similarly largely due to the adoption of the Islamic faith. It was the language of government during the reign of the sultan Jalal al-Din (963-1014 AH). There is evidence, however, that Arabic reached India prior to the tenth Islamic century through Farsi, which was the language of the court in India prior to the advent of Islam. Urdu, a written variety of Hindustani with a substantial quantity of Arabic words, is the language used by Muslims; it employs the Arabic alphabet. A great majority of the Urdu scholars of the twelfth Islamic century used the medium of Arabic for their writings. Prominent among them were Wali Allah al-Dihlawi, Shibli al-Na'mani, and Karamat Husayn. [56] Arabic gained more and more ground with the increasing Muslim influence in India. Urdu, which has a vocabulary of which at least thirty per cent is of Arabic origin, continues to the present to be the foremost among the dialects spoken among the Muslims of India and Pakistan. The impact of Arabic extended to other Indic languages such as Hindi and Sindhi, the latter using the Arabic alphabet.
In south-east Asia, the arrival of Islam in the fourteenth century AD brought with it the Arabic language, whose alphabet was subsequently adopted by the Malayo-Polynesian languages. These languages are spoken by the inhabitants of the Malay Peninsula, Madagascar, Taiwan, Indonesia, New Guinea, the Melanesian, Micronesian, and Polynesian islands, the Phillipines, and New Zealand. These languages employ writing systems based on the Roman, Hindic, and Arabic alphabets. [57]
The impact of Islam and the Arabic language was not confined to these parts of Arabia, Africa, and Asia. Indeed, the spread of Islam into the European continent led to the subsequent introduction of Arabic. Less than a century later, the impact of Arabic began to be felt on such languages as Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, English, and German. The impact was most noticeable in Spain and Portugal, where Arabic existed alongside the native languages and was used in church liturgy and in business transactions. It was generally through Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian that Arabic influenced other European languages, including the Scandanavian languages. The number of Arabic loan-words in Spanish is in the thousands. Many names of cities, rivers, villages, and provinces in Spain have retained their Arabic forms, as in place-names which begin with the words bani, wadi, and al('son', 'valley', and 'the', respectively), as in Bani al-Madina, Wadi al-Kabir, and al-Qasr. [58] Among the Arabic loan-words in European languages there is a host of scientific terminology. The existence of scientific words of Arabic origin in European languages is attributed to the pioneering efforts of Muslim scholars in the fields of mathematics, physics, chemistry, and medicine. In their works, Muslim scholars had to coin an entirely new terminology to introduce their innovations, which included such novel concepts as algebra, the algorithm, alkali, alchemy, and alcohol. In addition to scientific terms, European languages contain many everyday words of Arabic origin, e.g., coffee, sugar, saffron, admiral, arsenal. Arabic numerals are another case in point.
Conclusion
The Arabic language has without doubt served as a very effective medium for the communication of the message of Islam, and as the Prophet's strongest argument against the challenges of his articulate and eloquent contemporaries. It has also served as a means for preserving the cultural and religious heritage of Arabic-speaking and Muslim peoples. In this sense, the language has been extremely useful to the religion. However, in its role as the language of the Qur'an, Arabic has benefited enormously. There is a clear legitimacy to the claim that Islam and the Qur'an have helped to preserve Arabic from decay and deterioration, for it was mainly due to the need to preserve the accuracy and pronunciation of the verses of the Qur'an that efforts were instigated towards refining the Arabic alphabet. Subsequently, the Qur'an was instrumental in the codification of Arabic grammar in the second the third Islamic centuries. Furthermore, the need for Muslims, whether native or non-native speakers of Arabic, to memorize and recite verses from the Qur'an in their daily worship has helped to keep the Arabic language alive. It was due to its association with Islam and the Qur'an that Arabic gained a good deal of prestige as the language of a young faith, a faith that was gaining more and more followers with each new day. The interest in the new faith this brought with it interest in the language of that faith. It was under the banner of Islam that Arabic spread beyond the borders of the Arabian Peninsula to far-off areas in Europe, south-east Asia, and Africa.
From literary, structural, and stylistic points of view, the Qur'an added immeasurably to the beauty of the language, introducing new styles, forms of expression, figures of speech, and structures. The Qur'an also enriched and expanded the vocabulary of the Arabic language by employing hundreds of words of foreign origin, thus demonstrating the legitimacy of lexical borrowing as a linguistic device. The Qur'an similarly presented Arab scholars with a higher criterion of literary excellence and set new and more rigid standards for literary composition for subsequent generations of Arab scholars. The model that the Qur'an provided, while remaining inimitable, has sharpened the literary skill and kindled the talent of generations of scholars in their attempts to emulate the style and literary excellence of the Qur'an, the first book in the Arabic language. Interest in the Qur'an, its language, and its exegesis gave rise to a number of related disciplines, which include philological, religious, and linguistic studies. There is no doubt that the Arabic language was extremely useful as a medium for the revelation of the Holy Qur'an and for communicating God's final message to the pre-Islamic Arabs of the seventh century. It is, however, the conclusion of this paper that the Arabic language underwent drastic changes in its structure, content, and status due to its association with Islam and the Qur'an, changes that the language would not have undergone had it not been for the new role it acquired in its bond with Islam and the Qur'an.
Footnotes:
[1] See, for this view, 'Abbas Hasan, Al-Lugha wa-l-nahw bayn al-qadim wa-l-hadith, Cairo, 1966, and Ibrahim Anis, Min asrar al-lugha, Cairo, 1970.
[2] Anwar Cheyne, The Arabic language: its role in history, Minnesota, 1969, ch. 4,pp. 53 ff.
[3] Ibid.
[4] On this subject, see Taha Husayn's excellent argument in his Mir'at al-Islam, pp. 125 ff., and Sayyid Qutbs Al-Taswir al-fanni fi l-Qur'an, chs. 1-3.
[5] Philip K. Hitti, History of the Arabs, London, 1967, pp. 87 ff.
[6] Cheyne, Op. Cit., ch. 4, pp. 52 ff.
[7] Ibid. ,ch.4,pp.52ff.
[8] Ibid.
[9] Hitti, Op. Cit., pp. 90 ff.
[10] Ibrahim Anis, Fi l-lahajat al'arabiyya, Cairo, 1962, ch. 2, pp. 33 ff.
[11] Vicente Cantarino, Arabic poetics in the golden age, Leiden, 1975, pp. 17 ff.
[12] Ibid., ch. 1, pp. 9 ff.
[13] Al-Jahiz, Kitab al-Bayan, Cairo, 1965
[14] Ibn Rashiq, 'Umda, Cairo, 1934, vol. 1, 65; also in al-Suyuti, Muzhir,Cairo, n.d., vol. 2, 203.
[15] Ibn Qutayba, 'Uyun al-akhbar, Cairo, 1964, vol. 2, 185.
[16] Ibn Khaldun, Al-Muqaddima, vol. 3, 375.
[17] Al-Suyuti, Op. Cit., vol. 2, 291.
[18] All Qur'anic quotations are taken, with some modification, from the translation of Yusuf A. Ali, The Holy Qur'an, London, 1983.
[19] Hitti, Op. Cit., pp. 90-91.
[20] Ibid.
[21] Cheyne. Op. Cit.. pp. 56 ff
[22] A number of excellent works were devoted entirely to this aspect of tne Qur'an, e.g., al-Suyiti, al Itqan, and al-Baqillani, I'jaz al-Qur'an, Beirut, 1979.
[23] Abu Ja far Muhammad b. Jarir al-Tabari, Tafsir al-Qur'an.
[24] Mahmud b. Umar al-Zamakhashari (d. 1143).
[25] Nasr al-Din al-Baidawi (d. 1286)
[26] Al Baqillan, Op. Cit.. pp 45 ff
[27] Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, Kitab al-Fawai'id al-mushawwig ila •ulum al-Qur'an wa'ilm al-bayan, Cairo, 1909, pp. 7, 246.
[28] Ibn Khaldun, Op. Cit., vol. 3, 338
[29] Ibn Qutayba, Kitab Ta'wil mushkil al-Qur'an, Cairo, 1954, p. 10.
[30] Ibn Khaldun, Op. Cit., vol. 3, 1266
[31] Taha Husayn, Op. Cit., p. 129.
[32] Ibid., pp. 130 ff.
[33] Ibid., pp. 129 ff.
[34] Ibid., p. 125
[35] Arthur Jeffrey, The Foreign vocabulary of the Qur'an. Lahore, 1977, pp. 5 ff.
[36] Ibid., pp. 6 ff.
[37] Al-Suyuti, al Itqan, vol. 1, § 38, p. 136.
[38] Ibid., p. 136.
[39] Ibid., pp. 136 ff.
[40] Ibid., pp. 137 ff.
[41] Ibid.
[42] Ibid., pp. 138 ff.
[43] Al-Suyuti, Itqan
[44] 'Abbas Hasan, Op. Cit., pp. 72 ff.
[45] Sayyid Qutb, Op. Cit., pp. 34 ff.
[46] Ibid., pp. 87 ff.
[47] Ibid.
[48] Ibid.
[49] Cheyne, Op. Cit., pp. 5 ff.
[50] Anwar al-Jindi, Al-Fusha lughat al-Qur'an, Beirut, n.d., p. 31.
[51] Ibid, p. 45.
[52] Ibid., p. 72.
[53] Ibid., p. 72. See also Cheyne, Op. Cit., p. 1.
[54] Al-Jindi, Op Cit.,p. 77
[55] In a discussion with Dr Baynurza Hayit, a prominent Turkistani scholar who lives and writes in West Germany, at the third annual meeting of the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies held at Villanova University in May 1986, he informed me that Turkic languages enjoyed a high degree of mutual intelligibility and interaction during that period in which the Arabic script was in use, and that this feature began to disappear following the switch of writing system in some of these languages.
[56] Al-Jindi, Op. Cit., p. 81.
[57] William H. Harris and Judith S. Levy, The New Columbia Encyclopedia, New York and London, 1975, p. 1670.
[58] Banilmadina is a large resort on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain, Guadalquivir is a river which runs through the ancient city of Seville, and the Alcazar is the famous palace in that city.

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A grammar of the classical Arabic language
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A Grammar of the Classical Arabic Language, 4 Volumes in 7 Parts

Arabic is one of the great languages of the world. With its obvious regional varations, it is spoken by the inhabitants of a vast region in Western Asia and Northern Africa. Besides, being the language of Islamic religion and culture, it is cultivated, with great veneration, by the Muslims all over the world. During the glorious days of Baghdad Caliphate, Arabic became the vehicle of science, philosophy, and history. Its literature is highly cultivated and developed and covers almost all branches of human knowledge. Arabic bridged the gulf between the East and the West during the medieval times. The Classical from of the Arabic language is by no means dead or obsolete. A living language with tremendous vitality as it is, the Arabic language has wonderfully retained its basic character, with least change, since the pre-Islamic days to the present time. The native and naturalized Arabs made great contributors to the study of their language, both in grammar and lexicography. In conformity with he Prophet’s injunctions, “ Seek is better to turn to the Arab grammarians for a thorough study of the Arabic grammar. The present work is the most comprehensive grammar ever written, of the classical Arabic language. The work is not simply a reconstructed descriptive grammar by a European specialist, but is a faithful exposition of the best grammatical works in Arabic by native authorities. All the unique features of Arabic have been scientifically and systematically analysed with examples drawn from classical authors. Each of the three main features of the language, viz. the nouns, the verbs and the particles have been discussed in all possible details in lengthy chapters running into hundred of pages.
Contents : The Introduction / The Parts and Figures of Speech / The Noun / Chapter / The Noun in General / The Generic Noun / The Proper Name / The Inflected Noun / Nominatives / The Accusatives / The Genitives / The Appositives / The Uninflected Noun / The Pronouns / The Demonstratives / The Conjuncts / The Verbal Nouns and Ejaculations / The Uninflected Adverbs / The Compounds / The Uninflected Metonyms / The Dual Noun / The Plural Noun / The Indeterminate Noun and The Determinate / The Masculine Noun and The Feminine / The Diminutive Noun / The Relative Noun / The Numeral Noun / The Abbreviated and Prolonged Nouns / The Nouns Connected with Verbs / The Infinitive Noun / The Active Participle / The Passive Participle / The Assimilate Epithet / The Nouns of Time and Place / The Instrumental Noun / The Triliteral Noun / The Quadriliteral Noun / The Quinqueliteral Noun / The Verb / The Verb in General / The Preterite / The Aorist / The Imperative / The Transitive and Intransitive / The Passive / The Mental and Transmutative or Factitive Verbs / The Non-Attributive Verbs / The Verbs of Appropinquation / The Verbs of Praise and Blame / The Two Verbs of Wonder / The Triliteral Verb / The Quadriliteral Verb / The Particle / The Particle in General / The Prepositions / The Particles Assimilated to the Verb / The Conjunctions / The Negative Particles / The Premonitory Particles / The Vocative Particles / The Particles or Assent and Affirmation / The Exceptive Particles / The Particles of Allocution / The Connective or Redundant Particles / The Expository Particles / The Infinitival Particles / The Excitative Particles / The Particle of Approximation / The Particles of Futurity / The Interrogative Particles / The Conditional Particles / The Causative Particle / The Particle of Reprehension / The J s / The Quiescent of Feminization / The Tanwin / The Corroborative / The 8 of Silence / The and of Pause / The Particle of Disaproval / The Particle of Trying to Remember / The Common Processes / Common Processes in General / Imala / Pause / The Oath / The Alleviation of Hamza / The Concurrence of Two Quiescents / The Predicament of The Initials of Words / The Augmentativeness of Letters / The Substitution of Letters / Transformation of the Unsound / Incorporation / Appendix – Specimens of Parsing.

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Al-Mawrid Arabic English Dictionary (Repost)

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Arabic Cooking (in English)

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Became an Arabic Chef, and taste the splendors and richness of the Arabic cuisine!

Discover more than 170. step by step recipes each with a ready made photo.

The recipes have been prepared in cooperation with the famous Mid-East caters(Goodies).

This Cd includes 12 sections Salads, Apetizers, Breads, Soups,Rice, Seeds, Vegetables, Fowl, Meats, Fish, Pickles,Beverages, Basics, Utencils, Garniture, and Best of all.

More than 500 photographs providing the user with all the information he or she needs.

And that's not all you will get more than 20 minutes of video containing 30 lessons of preparation methods

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Arabic Cooking Book

2010-06-16T12:58:00.000-07:00

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Title: Arabic Cooking
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This is a collections of many recipes from the Mideast, particularly the Arabic

and Muslim countries.

Includes information on Muslim Halal dietary laws

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Teach Yourself Arabic Complete Course Package (Book 2CDs)

2010-06-16T12:56:00.000-07:00

Talk like an Egyptian. Teach yourself Arabic!
With Teach Yourself it's possible for virtually anyone to learn and experience the languages of the world, from Afrikaans to Zulu; Ancient Greek to Modern Persian; Beginner's Latin to Biblical Hebrew. Follow Teach Yourself Arabic at your own pace or use it as a supplement to formal courses. This complete course is professionally designed for self-guided study, making it one of the most enjoyable and easy to use language courses you can find. Teach Yourself Arabic includes an instructional paperback book and two companion 60-minute audio CDs.
Prepared by experts in Arabic, the course begins with the basics and gradually promotes you to a level of smooth and confident communication, including:
Step-by-step guide to pronunciation and grammar
Regular and irregular verb tables
Plenty of practice exercises and answers
Practical vocabulary and a bilingual glossary
Clear, uncluttered, and user-friendly layout
An exploration of the culture

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Teach Yourself Arabic Complete Course

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Teach Yourself Arabic Complete Course
McGraw-Hill | 2004-04-14 | ISBN: 0071430180 | 163 pages | PDF | 10 MB

Prepared by experts in Arabic, the course begins with the basics and gradually promotes you to a level of smooth and confident communication, including:

* Step-by-step guide to pronunciation and grammar
* Regular and irregular verb tables
* Plenty of practice exercises and answers
* Practical vocabulary and a bilingual glossary
* Clear, uncluttered, and user-friendly layout
* An exploration of the culture
* And much more

Enjoy this great book! Brought to you by Muqeet Soomro

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The Arabic Language and National Identity: A Study in Ideology

2010-06-16T12:51:00.000-07:00

The Arabic Language and National Identity: A Study in Ideology by Yasir Suleiman (Author)
Publisher: Georgetown University Press (February 2003) | ISBN-10: 0878403957 | PDF | 0,9 Mb | 250 pages

      --Language in Society
  "Valuable to all who are interested in the Arab world, nationaionalism, sociolinguistics in general, and Arabic sociolinguistics in particular."

      --Middle East Studies Association Bulletin
  "Excellent...should be required reading in all courses dealing with the languages, politics, and history of the Arabic-speaking world."

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Super Arabic Audio Course

2010-06-16T12:48:00.000-07:00

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This is the 'Super Arabic Audio Course' torrent. This upload is a basically a compilation of a number of torrents I found here and elsewhere on the web, so THANK YOU to the original uploaders who shared the wealth. All MP3 tracks have been properly re-named and re-tagged for use with iTunes or other music libraries. Rosetta Application included on Level I CD. Included: Pimsleur Language Program *Eastern Arabic Vol. I (30 Lessons + 18 Reading) - http://www.pimsleurapproach.com/learn-arabic-eastern.asp *Egyptian Arabic Vol. I (30 Lessons) - http://www.pimsleurapproach.com/learn-arabic-egyptian.asp Linguaphone *PDQ Arabic (4 CD's) - http://www.linguaphone.co.uk/learn_learn_arabic_-_arabic_pdq_cd_604.html *Textbook (8 PDF Units) The Rosetta Stone *Arabic Levels 1 & 2 (ISO image) - http://www.rosettastone.com/en/individuals/languages/arabic Learn well, pace.

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Arabian Sinbad Treasure Chest ( Cartoon )

2010-05-16T09:38:00.000-07:00

Arabian Sinbad Treasure:
Arabian Sinbad is an educational and entertaining programme that helps children learn Arabic through beautiful songs and lovely ...
The Treasure Chest consists of 9 DVDs with eighteen animated episodes, a Vocabulary Review DVD, Play and Think Activitybook, Fun Activities Stickerbook, Flashcards, Puzzle, Sing-along Songs CD, "Adventure Island" CD-ROM Game, Sticker pages, Instruction Manual with Teacher's Guide and a complimentary Arabian Sinbad Poster.

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ALIF is for ASAD: Discover the Arabic Alphabet- MP4

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ALIF is for ASAD! ( MP4 Format ) [ 94MB ]

Finally a fun way to learn Arabic!' Now everyone can teach children to recognize and pronounce the letters of the Arabic alphabet - with the help of this activity-filled video. Through catchy sing-along songs and colorful graphics children will learn the letters while also expanding their Arabic vocabulary. The video includes the following sections: Zoo Trip - learn 28 letters and animal names through the title song, Alif is for Asad; Animal Names - practice the animal names, in English and Arabic, and see them written on-screen; Funny Formations - learn construction of the letter shapes as groups of children make the shapes of the letters with their bodies; Letters in Space - travel the galaxy retrieving the Arabic letters that have been scattered by a meteor; ‘Phabulous’ Phonics - a fun song over stop-motion photography which teaches the differences between certain sounds in Arabic and similar sounds in English; Arabic Achievement - the `grand finale’ another animal song but this time entirely in Arabic. This video is a `must’ for anyone trying to teach the Arabic alphabet!

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Arabic Language Course Books

2010-05-16T09:27:00.000-07:00

How to Write in Arabic

2009 / Pages: 192 / ormat / pdf / Size: 1.5 MB

How to Write in Arabic helps students at all levels develop and refine their writing skills, focusing on the structure of Arabic sentences and paragraphs and their cohesive links. The book contains a variety of phrases and idiomatic expressions and places great emphasis on writing in different genres, including literary and media texts. Students are also introduced to cultural, such as writing and responding to different types of letters. A chapter on creative writing in Arabic encourages the utilization of vocabulary and grammar skills, and a chapter on writing errors helps learn how to overcome them.

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LEGAL AND DOCUMENTARY ARABIC READER-WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES, EXERCISES, VOCABULARIES

2010-05-03T10:19:00.001-07:00

LEGAL AND DOCUMENTARY ARABIC READER-WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES, EXERCISES, VOCABULARIES AND MODEL ANSWERS IN TWO VOLUMES

Author: Menachem Mansoor / Publisher: E.J. Brill
1965 / pages: 600 / PDF / 20MB

The purpose of this two volume work is to introduce the student to modern, standard arabic with concentration on the style employed in formal documents and international treaties. It is assumed that the intermediate student using the readers has control of the essentials of arabic grammar but has not been adequately exposed to modern literary arabic texts and especially documentary texts. Grammatical treatment of the text is generally avoided. This work provides the student with 62 selections from contemporary documentary sources in the arab world. These selections are accompanied with aids to facilitate student use, such as glossaries, notes, idiomatic usages and sets of exercises in english and arabic phraseology, word building, and syntactical vocalization. The sources for the selections were taken from united nations materials, publications of middle east companies, near eastern and western texts of arabic treaties involving arab countries, and various official publications of arab states. This work was developed through teaching arabic, especially documentary arabic, to english-speaking students of intermediate and advanced levels for over 6 years.
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Barron's Learn Arabic : The Fast And Fun Way [Munther Younes]

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Barron's Learn Arabic : The Fast And Fun Way
Author : Munther Younes Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
2008 / Pages: 192 / pdf / 7.2 MB

All books in Barron's Fast and Fun Way series are informal introductions to their target language, especially designed for travelers and suitable for teaching older children as well as adults. They are illustrated with line art and maps. This book introduces Arabic words and phrases needed for greeting people, asking for directions, dining, shopping, banking, and more, and use both Arabic script and transliterations into the Roman alphabet. Additional language learning aids include self-testing quizzes and puzzles.
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Colloquial Arabic of the Gulf and Saudi Arabia A Complete Language Course

2010-05-03T10:12:00.001-07:00

Colloquial Arabic of the Gulf and Saudi Arabia: A Complete Language Course
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Colloquial Arabic of the Gulf and Saudi Arabia is easy to use and completely up-to-date. Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Arabic
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From the Back Cover
Gulf Arab is the term used to refer to a number of related dialects which are spoken along the Gulf littoral from northern Kuwait to Oman in the south-eastern corner of the Arabian peninsula. The people who live in this area are linked to each other by trading and seafaring traditions which go back many centuries, as well as by the complex tribal structure of Arabia. With the development of education since the second world war, and increasingly close social, political and developmental ties between Gulf states, a form of dialectal Arabic has evolved which is not closely associated with any one particular state, and which exhibits features common to them all. This is still unmistakably 'Gulf' in its basic pronunciation and morphology, as well as in its basic lexical stock, but its syntax and to some extent lexicon have been influenced by standard Arabic and other Arabic dialects. This provides a description of this educated, pan-Gulf dialect, based on many hundreds of hours of tape-recordings of natural conversation made in a variety of locations in the Gulf.
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A grammar of the Arabic language

2010-05-02T02:58:00.001-07:00

Author: Caspari, C. P. (Carl Paul), 1814-1892; Wright, William, 1830-1889
Volume: 1,2
Subject: Arabic language -- Grammar
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

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A grammar of the classical Arabic language; tr. and compiled from the works of the most approved native or naturalized authorities, with an introduction

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Author: Howell, Mortimer Sloper
Subject: Arabic language -- Grammar
Publisher: Allahabad
Language: English

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A practical grammar of the Arabic language : with interlineal reading lessons, dialogues and vocabulary

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Author: Aḥmad Fāris Shidyāq, Henry G. Williams
Publisher: B. Quaritch, 1856
Language: English

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A handbook of modern Arabic: consisting of a practical grammar, with numerous examples, diagloues, and newspaper extracts; in a European type

2010-05-02T02:34:00.001-07:00

Author: Newman, Francis William, 1805-1897
Subject: Arabic language -- Grammar
Publisher: London, Trübner
Language: English

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