Fundamentals of Classical Arabic: Conjugating Regular Verbs and Derived Nouns

arabic

Uploaded by

Turjyo

Available Formats

Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd

0% found this document useful (0 votes)

68 views

Fundamentals of Classical Arabic: Conjugating Regular Verbs and Derived Nouns

arabic

Uploaded by

Turjyo

Available Formats

Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd

You are on page 1/ 8

A

FUNDAMENTALS OF CLASSICAL ARABIC

VOLUME I: CONJUGATING REGULAR VERBS AND DERIVED NOUNS

To the Ulam of Deoband and the Mashikh of Naqshband

III

FUNDAMENTALS OF CLASSICAL ARABIC

VOLUME I: CONJUGATING REGULAR VERBS AND DERIVED NOUNS

HUSAIN ABDUL SATTAR

FAQIR PUBLICATIONS
CHICAGO

2002 FAQIR PUBLICATIONS. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic or otherwise, including photocopying, recording, Internet, or by any storage and retrieval system without written permission from FAQIR PUBLICATIONS.

First Edition Printed in the United States of America ISBN: 0-9712761-1-0

Published by: FAQIR PUBLICATIONS P.O. Box 597104 Chicago, Illinois 60659-7104 [email protected] www.faqirpublications.com

CONTENTS
Prologue Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5 Lesson 6 Lesson 7 Lesson 8 Lesson 9 Lesson 10 Lesson 11 Lesson 12 Lesson 13 Lesson 14 Lesson 15 Lesson 16 Mapping the Arabic Language Introducing Arabic Words 7 9 13 17 23 29 33 37 41 43 49 53 61 65 69 71 75

] The Past Tense Verb [ ] The Present Tense Verb [ ] The Present Tense Verb in the State of Rafa [ ] The Present Tense Verb in the State of Nasb [ ] The Present Tense Verb in the State of Jazm [ ] The Emphatic [ ] The Command [ ] The Prohibition [ ] The Active Participle [ ] The Passive Participle [ ] The Noun of Time and Place [ ] The Noun of Usage [ ] The Superlative Noun [
The Six Types of Verb Form I

Appendices

VII

Prologue
All praise is due to Allah (u), Creator of the universe. Peace and blessings be upon His final and noble messenger, Muhammad (s). Traditionally students of sacred knowledge began by learning the tenets of Arabic verb conjugation. Each independent lesson was mastered before a teacher allowed students to advance. Once proficient, students then focused on the principles of Arabic grammar. I was blessed to attend a school of religious learning in Pakistan that still employs traditional methods. My instructors studied under sincere teachers and carried themselves with similar devotion. Furthermore, they led their students, step by step, along a trail softened by fourteen hundred years of scholarship. Although I was able to spend only a few years in the company of such guides, my progress was rapid. Such is the fortune of the debris that manages to land itself on a rapidly flowing, pristine river. Few Arabic textbooks in English are modeled after traditional Islamic educational methodologies. In this book, I have combined the notes and resources used by my teachers to present an overview of Arabic verb and noun conjugation. Inshallah (God willing), future volumes will address other principles of classical Arabic grammar. My fear in compiling this work is that I have soiled a pure chain. My teachers sacrificed their lives, wealth, and families to achieve perfection in their respective fields. I was permitted to sit in, and eat from, their vast gardens despite my obvious deficiencies and lack of commitment. This is the mercy of a teacher toward his student. I pray that Allah (u) overlooks this last link and allows the seeker to benefit from the

FUNDAMENTALS OF CLASSICAL ARABIC

devotion of the great scholars of the past. Please pray for me, my teachers, and all those who transmitted this tradition from one generation to the next.

A servant of the scholars Husain Abdul Sattar Safar 1423 April 2002