An Introduction to Koranic and Classical Arabic: An Elementary Grammar of the Language : Key to ExercisesAn Introduction to Koranic and Classical Arabic is an elementary-level grammar of standard classical Arabic, the literary norm of the Arabic language that has not changed appreciably in fourteen hundred years. An indispensable tool for all who are interested in Islamic religion, science, and literature, the language presented in this book will enable the learner to study firsthand the primary sources of Islamic civilization and the classics of the Islamic Near East. |
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a-lam ādama alā alayhim alimta anna annaka antum apostle ašaddu astray bani believers bi-llāhi bi-mā bihi command created d-dunyā ðālika disbelieve dūni llāhi earth fa-lammā fihā forgive God's hāðā ḥattā heaven huwa ibādi Iblis iðā ilā ilayhi ilayya illā innā inna llāha inni kafarū kamā kāna kānū kayfa kulli kullu kuntum l-‘ālamina l-'arḍi l-jannati l-madinati l-mu'minina lahu lahum lakum Lesson li-llaðina llaði llaðina llāhi llāhu llati lord mercy mimmā minkum Moses mūsā n-nabiyu n-nāsi nabiyan Oumma pious prophet qāla qāla llāhu qāla yā qālū qawmi rabbi s-samāwāti šay servants torment tukum wa-huwa wa-lā wa-llāhu wa-mā wa-man wa-qāla wajada wal-'arḍa waladun worship xalaqa xayrun yā rabbu yakun yawma أن إذ إذا إلى إن الأرض الذي الذين الف الله المدينة الملك ذلك على عن في قد قريبة كان كبيرة لا لم ما مدينة من هذه تلك