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Fisal’s Dictionary: طبع Posted by Fisal on Nov 25, 2011
Today, we are going to go on a journey to the depths of the Arabic Dictionary to discover some of its secrets. We will look up the root verb طبع and explore some of its derivatives. * طـَبـَعَ [V. T.] = to print or copy something . Ex. – طـَـبَـعَ محمدٌ الكتابَ =…
The Nominal Sentence: The Predicate (Al-Khabar) Posted by Fisal on Nov 24, 2011
The Predicate الخبر of the nominal sentence refers to the part that completes the meaning of the Subject. It tells us about the subject or gives us information about it. Now what are the types of the Predicate (Khabar) ? Types of the Khabar أنواع الخبر The Khabar can be any of the following…
The Nominal Sentence: The Subject (Al-Mubtada) Posted by Fisal on Nov 20, 2011
As we said before that the first item of the nominal sentence is the Subject or Al-Mubtada المبتدأ which is the noun that we talk about. This noun is always in the Nominative (Marfoo’) Case. Now what are the types of the Subject (Mubtada) ? Types of the Mubtada أنواع المبتدأ The…
The Arabic Sentence : The Nominal Sentence Posted by Fisal on Nov 20, 2011
We said before that there are two main types of Arabic sentences; the Nominal Sentence and the Verbal Sentence. Today we will focus on the first type. The Nominal Sentence الجملة الاسمية /Al-Jomlah Al-Ismiyyah/ is that which starts with a noun اسم /Ism/. This sentence consists of two important items to complete its meaning. These…
Hajj (pilgrimage) Posted by Fisal on Nov 5, 2011
Hajj الحج refers to the annual pilgrimage that Muslims make to the holy land of Makkah مكّة in Saudi Arabia, with the intention of performing certain religious rites exactly as Prophet Muhammad had done. It was made obligatory in the 9th year of Hijra. It is one of the largest pilgrimage in the world and…
The Dean of Arabic Literature Posted by Fisal on Oct 29, 2011
Taha Hussein (November 14, 1889 – October 28, 1973) Like yesterday in 1973, Taha Hussein, who was nicknamed the Dean of Arabic Literature عميد الأدب العربي , left our world. He was one of the most influential 20th century Egyptian writers and philosophers. He was a pioneer of enlightenment التنوير and had great contributions in…
I Live in Your Eyes Posted by Fisal on Oct 26, 2011
Today, I present a love poem by the great Egyptian poet; Farouk Goweedah فاروق جويدة . He is a contemporary poet who has written a lot of poetry in different topics. Goweedah is famous all over the Arab World. His words are very delicate and his style is so simple and passionate. The poem is…