al-Waraqa al-Nahwiyya
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al-Waraqa al-Nahwiyya (Arabic: الورقة النحوية) is a contemporary concise treatise on Arabic grammar (nahw) written by the modern scholar Hazem Khanfar (حازم خنفر).
Overview and Educational Method
The work forms part of Hazem Khanfar's broader effort to produce accessible introductory texts and summaries across the Arabic linguistic and Islamic legal disciplines . His grammatical writings are designed to facilitate the acquisition of Arabic syntax for students and non-specialists, aiming to rectify linguistic speech and writing by stripping away excessive complexities and intricate theoretical digressions .
Related Grammatical Works
Khanfar produced several interconnected pedagogical compositions in Arabic grammar, including:
- Al-Unshuta fi al-Nahw: An introductory primer structured to rectify Arabic expression by combining foundational rules, lucid explanations, and illustrative examples without cumbersome elongation or detrimental brevity . The work was prefaced and commended by Dr. ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn ‘Ali al-Harbi, professor at Umm al-Qura University and head of the Arabic Language Academy on the World Wide Web, who noted its accessible style and structured formulation .
- Al-Bur'uma fi al-Nahw: A condensed abridgment of al-Unshuta, reduced to approximately half its length (comparable in size to al-Muqaddima al-Ajurrumiyya) to serve as an initial starting text for beginners .
- Al-Qutara al-Nahwiyya ‘ala al-Muqaddima al-Ajurrumiyya: A concise commentary blending into the text of al-Muqaddima al-Ajurrumiyya (sharh mazji), presenting the core essentials of grammar while adhering closely to the topics of the original primer .
- Inas al-Nas bi-Tuffahat Abi Ja‘far al-Nahhas: A concise commentary on al-Tuffaha fi al-Nahw, the foundational grammar summary authored by Abu Ja‘far al-Nahhas .
- Al-Mi'awiyya fi I‘rab al-Qur'an al-Karim: An applied syntactic parsing guide covering the first one hundred verses of the Qur'an for non-specialists, structured around contextual and literal clues and linguistic intuition to minimize reliance on cumbersome abstract rules .
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