Fiqh al-Lughah

He’s my brother.

This post is dedicated to my brother. May Allaah protect you and have mercy upon you always habibee…ameen. al-Salaamu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullaah, One of the first concepts encountered by those who decide to submit themselves to their Creator and accept Islam as their creed and way of life, is that a Muslim is the brother …

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al-Salāmu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullāh, Updates to the site may continue to be slow coming for the next month or so until further notice. Jazaakum Allaahu khayran for your patience. Edited: 28/06/06

Words are sounds of the heart.

al-Salāmu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullāh, I thought that my previous entry on Ishtiqaaq marked the end of the linguists’ theories on this phenomenon, but it turns out there is more. Rather than looking at the roots as individual units, some scholars of Arabic viewed them according to their articulation points (makhaarij) or phonological characteristics (sifaat), and …

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