Arabic as an International Language for Renaissance: Impact on the Muslim Ummah
Abubakar Yusuf Abdullahi,
Isah Zubairu Achara,
Mohammad Usman
Issue:
Volume 8, Issue 1, March 2023
Pages:
1-8
Received:
27 June 2022
Accepted:
17 November 2022
Published:
24 February 2023
Abstract: Arabic, beside being an international language, remains the religious language for more than 2 billion Muslims worldwide, as they use Arabic to recite Quran and to perform the rituals of Islam such as prayers, supplications, spiritual healings, pilgrimage and others. The Glory of Arabic Language is that; The Holy Qur’an has been revealed in Arabic language. Qur’an emphasized in several verses that its’ language of revelation is Arabic language. The prophet of Islam and his companions mastered the arabic literature, learned the Qur’anic wordings alien to them and transmitted the Qur’anic knowledge in thesame language it was revealed. Arabic has influenced many other languages around the globe throughout its history especially languages of Muslim cultures and countries that were conquered by Muslims. Some of the most influenced languages are Persian, Turkish, Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu), Kashmiri, Kurdish, Bosnian, Kazakh, Bengali, Malay (Indonesian and Malaysian), Maldivian, Pashto, Punjabi, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Sicilian, Spanish, Greek, Bulgarian, Tagalog, Sindhi, Odia Hebrew and Hausa and some languages in parts of Africa. There are many benefits gained by the Muslim community (Ummah) in learning Arabic language that cuts across the spiritual, moral, and cultural life of every Muslim. Beside these, Arabic is learnt internationally for business and media outreach. Qur’an sciences cannot be studied without understanding the Arabic language: the Arabic language is part of the religion, and knowledge about it is an obligation. Sharia, or Islamic law, offers moral and legal guidance for nearly all aspects of life – from marriage and divorce, to inheritance and contracts, to criminal punishments. This research therefore aims to reposition the role of Arabic as an international language for communication and its corresponding spread along with Islam as Muslims use it for their daily prayers and supplication and for spiritual upliftmement because it is the language of the Qur'an and remains a pillar in world politics and business communication.
Abstract: Arabic, beside being an international language, remains the religious language for more than 2 billion Muslims worldwide, as they use Arabic to recite Quran and to perform the rituals of Islam such as prayers, supplications, spiritual healings, pilgrimage and others. The Glory of Arabic Language is that; The Holy Qur’an has been revealed in Arabic ...
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Kind of Morphophonemic Changes in Pashto Language
Zahidullah Karimzai,
Mohammad Israr Shinwaray
Issue:
Volume 8, Issue 1, March 2023
Pages:
9-13
Received:
4 December 2022
Accepted:
11 January 2023
Published:
24 February 2023
Abstract: Morphophonemic changes are considered vital discussion in the language and linguistic. These changes are a sample process in all language of the world, which are initially unconscious, easy, energy-saving and euphony. It has essential role in the growth and sustainability of a language. To this end, this research will investigate morphphonemic changes in Pashto language, and the cause and types of these changes. This research is a qualitative and data was collected from various Pashto theory and grammar books so that the morphophonemic changes were described with brief examples. It was discovered that the changes occur in order to reduce the physical and mental energy. In most cases the meaning of the morpheme is not change while the form of the morpheme changed. However, in some cases the meaning is also changed, such as in omission one phoneme is obliterated. In some examples create new morpheme, which cause create different meaning in the language. Regarding the changing of meaning there is different ideas in the books, some linguists say that these changes do not cause to change the meaning while some says that sometimes they change the meaning as well. Based on my opinion all morphophonemic changes do not change the meaning, for instance in assimilation and dissimilation and in the omission it changes the meaning like in /spor/ in English horseback or rider morpheme if the /p/ omit it become /sor/, which /sor/ means length in Pashto. This article tries to describe the morphophonemic changes in Pashto language.
Abstract: Morphophonemic changes are considered vital discussion in the language and linguistic. These changes are a sample process in all language of the world, which are initially unconscious, easy, energy-saving and euphony. It has essential role in the growth and sustainability of a language. To this end, this research will investigate morphphonemic chan...
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