Le livre de Sîbawaihi: traité de grammaire arabe (2 volumes)

Le livre de Sîbawaihi: traité de grammaire arabe
(Sibawaihi’s Book, A Treatise of Arabic Grammar)

Author: Sîbawaihi / Format: pdf 13 et 14 MB (2 vol.) / Arabic book with frensh introduction

Sibawayh was the first non-Arab to write on Arabic grammar and therefore the first one to explain Arabic grammar from a non-Arab perspective. Much of the impetus for this work came from the desire for non-Arab Muslims to understand the Qur’an properly and thoroughly; the Qur’an, which is composed in a poetic language that even native Arabic speakers must study with great care in order to comprehend thoroughly, is even more difficult for those who, like Sibawayh, did not grow up speaking Arabic. Additionally, because Arabic does not necessarily mark all pronounced vowel sounds, it is possible to misread a text aloud ; such difficulty was particularly troublesome for Muslims, who regard the Qur’an as the literal word of God to man and as such should never be mispronounced or misread.”