🔤Arabic Grammar & Morphology

Mayor of the book

عمدة الكتاب

Author: أبو جعفر النَّحَّاس أحمد بن محمد بن إسماعيل بن يونس المرادي النحوي (المتوفى: 338هـ) (d. 338)

About this work

هذا كتاب في النحو والصرف، ألفه أبو جعفر النحاس، ويُعنى بصناعة الكتابة وآدابها واشتقاق أدواتها، مستهلًا بالحديث عن البسملة وحروف المعجم وأيام الأسبوع والشهور. ينتقل المؤلف بعد ذلك إلى المرتبة الثانية من الكتاب، فيتناول بالشرح اشتقاق أسماء كتب الله عز وجل، وذكر آلات الكتابة كالقلم والدواة، وبيان أحكام الإملاء، مؤكدًا على أن صناعة الكتابة فرع من فروع الدين لا تباين أحكام الشريعة.

Translation

This is a book on grammar and morphology, written by Abu Jaafar al-Nahhas. It is concerned with the craft of writing, its etiquette, and the derivation of its tools, beginning with a talk about the basmala, the letters of the dictionary, the days of the week, and the months. The author then moves to the second part of the book, explaining the derivation of the names of the books of God Almighty, mentioning writing instruments such as the pen and inkwell, and explaining the rulings on dictation, emphasizing that the craft of writing is a branch of religion and does not contradict the rulings of Sharia.

Topics covered

Umdat Al-Kitab by Abu Jaafar Al-Nahhas
Cover
First place
Chapter: In the Name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Chapter on deletion in the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Chapter on mentioning Abu Jad
Dictionary letters section
Chapter on derivation of dictionary letters and their parsing
Chapter: Relative to the letters of the dictionary
Chapter on the names of Fridays
Chapter on derivation
Chapter on collecting days
Chapter on mentioning the months
Chapter on deriving the names of these months
Chapter on collecting these months
Chapter on the names of the ancient months
Chapter on the derivation of these names
Chapter on collecting old months
He mentioned second place
Chapter on mentioning the derivation of the names of the books of God Almighty
Chapter on mentioning the pen
Chapter on mentioning the inkwell and its instruments, the ink, the felt, and the ink
Chapter on mentioning dictation and its true meaning among the Arabs
Chapter on improving writing, corrupting it, cramming it, and other tools
Interview section

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