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ARABIC : Language / Reference / Dictionaries :

Arabic Grammar : Imdad us Sarf
Arabic Grammar : Imdad us Nahv
Instant Arabic
Teach Yourself Arabic
The Hans Wehr : Arabic - English Dictionary
A Dictionary of Islamic Terms
Misbah al-Lughat
Learn the Arabic Alphabet, through the Beautiful Names of Allah
Al-Mawrid : Eng/Arabic - Arabic/Eng Dictionary

Page Last Updated : 22nd October 2009

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Arabic Grammar : Imdad-us-Sarf (Etymology) - English & Urdu

Paperback - 227 pages by Shaykh Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada

IMDAD-US-SARF (Etymology) is from amongst the hugely popular series teaching the rules of Arabic Grammar. Essential for anyone desiring to learn the Arabic Language.

Arabic Grammar is a very difficult subject and can sometimes pose great difficulties. The author has done the formidable task of selecting the most widely used rules in Arabic Grammar and presented them in a simple, clear and understandable manner. This book comes from a series which is one of the most widely used manuals for Arabic Grammar in Mosques and Educational Institutions in the United Kingdom.

Imdad-us-Sarf and Imdad-un-Nahv are books relating to the Arabic Grammar. These have specially been written with the English speaking students in mind. The examples and terms of grammar are in Arabic but they are also explained and translated into easy English. A number of well known scholars have received these books and have found them overwhelmingly interesting and useful. By the grace of Allah Almighty, Imdad-us-Sarf and Imdad-un-Nahv have been greatly acknowledged and widely accepted, Alhamdulillah. I wholeheartedly congratulate M. I. H. Pirzada on his excellent contribution to the educational world and humbly ask Allah Almighty to fulfil his aims and targets in the best possible way.--- Justice Shaykh Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari (1918-1998),
Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan

While teaching an Arabic Course at Eaton Hall, England, I was delighted to find Imdad-us-Sarf and Imdad-un-Nahv, two books that follow the same traditional and time tested model of success for beginners of Arabic Language that I use in my own courses. The students quickly acquired copies and used them to great benefit as supplements to my lessons. They are an excellent place to start for new students setting out on the wondrous journey to understanding the language of the Qur’an.---Shaykh Hamza Yusuf Hanson, Zaytuna Institute, California, USA.

Although the respected author has basically written this book for the novice students, it could equally be helpful to teachers and scholars. Imdad-us-Sarf is the synthesis of ancient and modern books on this topic.

The form of writing is so simple and attractive that even a beginner can understand the rules quite easily. End of chapter revision exercises are also of a great help in understanding the Glorious Qur’an. I pray that Allah rewards the author for his services to Islam. Amin.---Sahibzada Muhammad Habib al-Rahman Mahboobi,
Suffa Tul Islam Association, Bradford, UK.

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Arabic Grammar : Imdad-un-Nahv (Syntax) - English & Urdu

Paperback - 256 pages by Shaykh Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada

IMDAD-UN-NAHV (Syntax) is from amongst the hugely popular series teaching the rules of Arabic Grammar. Essential for anyone desiring to learn the Arabic Language.

Arabic Grammar is a very difficult subject and can sometimes pose great difficulties. The author has done the formidable task of selecting the most widely used rules in Arabic Grammar and presented them here in a simple, clear and understandable manner. This book comes from a series which is one of the most widely used manuals for Arabic Grammar in Mosques and Educational Institutions in the United Kingdom.

- Justice Shaykh Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari (1918-1998),
Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan

Although the respected author has basically written this book for the novice students, it could equally be helpful to teachers and scholars. Imdad-us-Sarf is the synthesis of ancient and modern books on this topic.

The form of writing is so simple and attractive that even a beginner can understand the rules quite easily. End of chapter revision exercises are also of a great help in understanding the Glorious Qur’an. I pray that Allah rewards the author for his services to Islam. Amin.--- Sahibzada Muhammad Habib al-Rahman Mahboobi,
Suffa Tul Islam Association, Bradford, UK.

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Instant Arabic by Fethi Mansouri, Yousef Alreemawi

Paperback - 190 pages

Instant Arabic : How to express 1,000 different ideas with just 100 key words and phrases.

Presented in easy-to-learn English phonetics, Instant Arabic contains 100 key words and over 500 basic sentences that are necessary for getting around in the Arab-speaking world. The pronunciation for each Arab word in the book follows a precise and simple formula that will quickly become so familiar that conversing in Arab phrases and sentences soon feels just as "normal" as speaking English. Pocket guide to help tourists & all non-arabic speakers.

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Teach Yourself Arabic : Rules of Reading and Writing

Paperback - 114 pages

By A.T.Ayyad

If knowledge of the Arabic language is one of the doorways to understanding the teachings of Islam, then this book is one of its keys. It presents the basic rules of reading, writing and understanding the Arabic language in an uncomplicated way.

This book dispenses entirely with rules of grammar, unless they are useful and equate with a rule of reading and writing. As a matter of fact, people never care for the rules of grammar when they deal with each other in their daily common affairs. But grammar surely is very useful and essential for acquiring the treasures of knowledge preserved in books. This is an excellent Arabic text book for beginners, both young and old.

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Arabic-English Dictionary: The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic
Paperback - 1301 pages - A Compact Version of the Internationally Recognised Fourth Edition

This edition is intended to meet the demand of students and scholars for a compact, well bound, econimcally priced version of 'A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic.'

It contains all of the entries of the larger, hard bound, 4th edition. This dictionary presents the vocabulary and phraseology of modern written Arabic. It is based on the form of the language which, throughout the Arab world from Iraq to Morocco, is found in the prose of books, newspapers, periodicals, and letters. This form is also employed in formal public address, over radio and television, and in religious ceremonial. The dictionary will be most useful to those working with writings that have appeared since the turn of the century. The morphology and syntax of written Arabic are essentially the same in all Arabic countries. Vocabulary differences are limited mainly to the domain of specialised vocabulary. Thus the written language continues, as it has done throughout centuries of the past, to ensure the linguistic unity of the Arabic world. From its inception, this dictionary has been compiled on scientific descriptive principles. It contains only words and expressions which were found in context during the course of wide reading in literature of every kind or which, on the basis of other evidence, can be shown to be unquestionably a part of the present day vocabulary. Consequently, it not only lists classical words and phrases of elegant rhetorical style side by side with new coinages that conform to the demands of the purists, but it also contains neologisms, loan translations, foreign loans, and colloquialisms which may not be to the linguistic taste of many educated Arabs. But since they occur in the corpus of materials on which the dictionary is based, they are included here.

''It is a great pleasure to be able to recommend this dictionary wholeheartedly. Its scholarship, accuracy and reliabilty make it one of the most significant contributions to Arabic lexicography. It is hoped that this masterpiece willpoint the way to wider use of modern lexicographical principles in the compilation of dictionaries for earlier periods of the Arabic language. ''
----The Linguistic Society of America

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A Dictionary of Islamic Terms Arabic- English

Hardback - 455 pages by Deeb al-Khudrawi

Well Presented in two colour and friendly script

A handy reference guide for times when one comes across an unfamiliar Arabic term. Helpful in the study of Qur'an and Hadith.

Compilers Preface:

There are many dictionaries concerning many fields of life, but we do not yet have an explanatory dictionary regarding Islamic Terms. So I have tried to fill that gap with this dictionary and hopefully give the readers a sufficient ground towards a better understanding of Islam. In essence I hope you readers will become enlightened.

As to the contents of this dictionary; it contains various aspects of Islam, such as Qur'anic words (illustrated by some verses from the Noble Qur'an), the Sunnah of the Beloved Prophet Muhammad May Allah Bless him and Grant him peace, the worship, marriage, divorce, our heritage, the terms of Fiqh, the prohibited and unprohibited in Islam, the sources of legislation of Islam and many other important issues.---Deeb al-Khudrawi

Published by al-Yamamah, Damascus.

Our Price £16.95 INCLUSIVE OF UK DELIVERY

Misbah ul Lughat : Arabic - Urdu Dictionary

Hardback - 1050 pages

The popular Arabic - Urdu dictionary.

Includes word-meanings and root words of each word

Contains over 50,000 words.

Our Price £14.95 INCLUSIVE OF UK DELIVERY

Learn The Arabic Alphabet through The Beautiful Names of Allah

Paperback - 61 pages by Assad nimer Busool

Since it was in Arabic that the Qur'an was revealed, it is advisable for all Muslims and others wishing to make a study of Islam to learn this proper language, so that they may have a proper understanding of the Qur'an and Islam.

This book introduces the Arabic language, starting with the written form, to non-native speakers.

The Qur'an being essential to the Arabic language and its survival, this book is based on a Qur'anic topic ''the Beautiful names of Allah'' it's purpose being to teach the student some of the subject matter of the Qur'an while learning the writing of the Arabic alphabet.

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AL-MAWRID : (English-Arabic / Arabic-English Dictionary)

Hardback - 2500 pages

Compiled by Mounir Baalbaki & Dr Rouhi Baalbaki

Containing over 200,000 entries, it is by far the most comprehensive bilingual Arabic-English and English-Arabic lexicon.

Reviews:

''The Mawrid Arabic-English dictionary is a complete dictionary, certainly the best published in the Middle East. It works in alphabetical order, which is good for the beginner as well as for the intermediate learner who's searched through a root-order dictionary without success for a word.''

''The Mawrid Dictionary is a real help especially for the Beginners in Arabic. Why? The Arabic words are sorted alphabetically instead according to the roots (e.g. bait=House, is typically a tough job to find as it has to be looked up normally below ba - ya - ta; whereby the middle letter ya is weak). The content of words is oriented to newspapers rather than to classical Arabic texts where it is also helpful but what would need to understand the systems of roots in Arabic to properly understand the complexity of meaning. This dictionary is helping therefore beginners to find up words easily as well as advanced translators for modern standard Arabic.''

Published by Dar El--Ilmalayin, Beirut, Lebanon

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