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The origins of the grammar

Course Description: Care for the emergence of Arabic morphological science and its stages of development, and identification of the intellectual influences that affected its emergence.

Credits: 2

Prerequisites: ARAB226

Objectives of the course :

The objectives of Arabic grammar include:
1- Defining the student with the origins of Arabic grammar, its schools, scholars, stages of development, and the intellectual influences it underwent throughout its history.
2- Provide the student with the skill of recognizing different sources of proof, such as listening, analogy, and others.
3- Stop the student at books that dealt with the issues of Arabic grammar principles and the different intellectual currents that these books discussed.

Course outputs :

knowledge:

The student learns to read and understand classical Arabic grammar books on the fundamentals of Arabic grammar.
The student learns the skills of reading, inference, analysis, and weighting. .
The student learns the skill of scientific thinking to reach the correct conclusion without relying solely on memorization, and the student mentions every piece of evidence from grammatical proofs.

Cognitive skills:

Explains the intended meaning of terms and their connotations. And the intellectual influences on the emergence of Arabic grammar principles.
It recognizes the predominant and non-predominant origins of Arabic grammar.
He analyzes the works composed on the origins of Arabic grammar, identifies their approaches in different eras, and assesses the extent to which some of them benefited from each other. .

Interpersonal skills and taking responsibility:

Manages dialogues between students in group discussions, respecting others' opinions. .
It chooses an educational problem and asks about ways to solve it. It asks students questions related to the history and origins of grammar.
He chooses a topic from the course material in front of the students and asks them about it.

Additional information:

Required textbooks
The Strangeness in the Controversy of Grammatical Interpretation - The Gleaming of Evidence in the Principles of Grammar, by Ibn al-Anbari. - Suggestion in the Science of the Principles of Grammar by al-Suyuti.

Support
Measurement and Hearing, by Ahmed Taymour. Consensus in Grammatical Studies, by Hussein Rifaat. The Assumption in Arabic Grammar, by Tamer Abdul Hamid. The Grammatical Cause: Its Origin and Development, by Mazen Al-Mubarak. The Theory of the 'Amil in Arabic Grammar: Presentation and Critique, by Waleed Atef. The Problem of the Grammatical 'Amil and the Theory of Implication, by Fakhr al-Din Qabawah. The Weakness of the Grammatical 'Amil: Its Causes and Effects, by Widad Ahmed Al-Qahtani. The Logical Tendency in Arabic Grammar, by Fathi Al-Dajany. Between Grammar, Logic, and Sharia Sciences, by Abdul Karim Al-Assad, (Authenticity of Arabic Grammar). The Interaction Between Grammar and Usul al-Fiqh, by Abdul Malik An'am.

Last updated: 2026-05-06