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 Arabic language and Islam

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

The Arabic language is exclusively the language of Islam and it is exclusively the language used by the State. The Arabic language is part of the Islamic environment as it is the language of the Qur'an and the Sunnah and Islam compels excellence in it which gave rise to the Ilm of the Arabic language. In fact the complete comprehension of that which came in the ayaat and the ahadeeth is not possible without the Arabic language. As Allah intended the strength of the Arabic language blended with the strength of Islam.

This was due to the qualities in the language of:

  1. Influence (Ta'theer ) تَأْثِير
  2. Expansion (Tawsee') تَوَسُّع
  3. Spreading (Intishaar) إِنْتِشار

With regards to Influence, Arabic language has the unique quality of a very particular description of a reality or an event, as if one where seeing it. For example, there are over seventy words for the word Asad (Lion), encapsulating all the unique situations of the lion and without the use of any synonym. It is this quality which gives Arabic language its influence. It invokes the sensation of matters as if someone was sensing it directly. So, one cannot sense the temperature of the fire through touching, but the wording is such that it embodies the sensation that would be felt.

With regards to Expansion, this is related to Etymology/Derivation (Ishtiqaq), Arabization (Ta'reeb) and Similitude/ Comparison (Tashbeeh). As an example, the word Telefoon تلفون in Arabic is Arabic in characteristics morphologically. So much so it is unnecessary to Arabize the meaning to say, Hatif. And after the Arabization of the word it then forms the laws of Derivation in the Arabic Language, so Telefoon can become Telafanaتلفن (Verb to Phone) or Telfana تلفنة (Telephony) and so on.

With regards to the Spreading, it is related to the Union with Islam such that the Recitation (Qira'a) of the Qur'an is not in any language other than Arabic. This meant that it spread to every one of the Islamic regions.

These qualities combined with Islam, which also possesses these three qualities.

With regards to the Influence, the description of realities and events have a profound effect upon the soles of men, whether it is of the joys of Heaven or the miseries of Hell.

With regards to Expansion, Islam through Istinbaat (Extraction) is able to provide Ahkaam for all new matters and thereby include them within its cultures

With regards to Spreading, it is the nature of Islam that it is for all of humankind, regardless of race or language. So, it is natural for Islam to spread from place to place until it envelopes the whole of humankind.

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