Correction of Lisan Al-Arab

Translation

The book “Correction of Lisan al-Arab” by Ahmed Taymur Pasha is a linguistic work that falls under the classification of strangers, dictionaries, and the language of jurisprudence. It specializes in alerting readers to the errors that occurred in the printed version of the “Lisan al-Arab” dictionary by Ibn Manzur. The author collected his notes that he had previously published in newspapers and magazines, and added to them what he had not published before, intending to restore the book to authenticity without claiming infallibility. The book includes warnings about errors in the printed version, along with correction of misconceptions that occurred in the author’s introduction and translation, such as an error in the dates of his birth and death, and a statement that his dictionary is based on five sources, not six.