Nadim Husayn Daqour
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Nadim Husayn Daqour is an Arabic language scholar and grammarian, known for his pedagogical work al-Qawaid al-Tatbiqiyya fi al-Lugha al-Arabiyya (Applied Rules of the Arabic Language).
Pedagogical views on grammar
Daqour underscored the foundational role of inflection and parsing (iʿrāb) in Arabic, maintaining that its primary and secondary markers are central to evaluating literary prose and unlocking correct reading, sound expression, and intended textual meaning. In his pedagogical approach, the practice of parsing trains students in disciplined speaking, writing, and listening, while developing their capacities for textual analysis, deduction, and the comparative observation of varied syntactic structures. He critiqued conventional instructional texts for relying predominantly on abstract theoretical rules without sufficient practical application, arguing that such methods lead learners to rely on rote memorization rather than conceptual understanding, which is quickly lost to forgetting.
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List of Works
al-Qawaid al-Tatbiqiyya fi al-Lugha al-Arabiyya (Applied Rules of the Arabic Language) is a pedagogical work on Arabic grammar and parsing (iʿrāb) published by Muʾassasat Bahsoun. Designed as an accessible guide and reference primarily for intermediate education students, it couples theoretical rule exposition with practical applied parsing models and extensive textual evidence from the Quran to help learners move beyond rote memorization.