My language is my identity. Love of the Arabic language is a feeling rooted deep in young and old alike, for it is the language of the Qur’an, the language of Arab identity. Here, from your site (Belaraby Apps), are written nasheeds (anthems) about the Arabic language — a nasheed about Arabic, the language of the Dhad. On the day of the Arabic language and civilizational communication, the Arabic language is the language of the Qur’an, the identity of the nation, and the bearer of the Prophet’s message — and that alone is pride and greatness enough for our linguistic identity. Here are nasheeds about the Arabic language.
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Written Nasheeds About the Arabic Language, With Pictures
A nasheed is one of the artistic forms through which a particular meaning or value is expressed. It speaks to old and young alike. Nasheeds are poems with easy, simple words, recited at occasions, in schools, and at poetry gatherings out of love for the Arabic language and in gratitude for its merit over all other languages. Arabic is one of the Semitic languages, and so a day has been dedicated to it — World Arabic Language Day.
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A Written Nasheed About the Arabic Language
The following is a poem celebrating Arabic. Its meaning, rendered in English:
O language of the Qur’an, O sun of guidance — may the Most Merciful protect you from the enemies’ plotting.
Is there any language on the face of the earth that has stirred such an echo in the ear of time —
as the echo you stirred in a world that, of you, knows nothing at all?
He embraced you, and so a whole world became, through you, a scholar who gives rulings, sings, and chants.
Upon your pillar he founded his knowledge — the predicate of emphasis after the subject.
You taught the first ones that wisdom is the mind of a person — not what corrupts it.
You established the noun and the verb, and did not leave the particle free and unruled.
You are the one who straightened tongues that knew not the text and wronged its chain of transmission.
Through you we are the ideal nation, who make our words concise and bring forth the finest.
Within your folds lies the most precious jewel; the singer sang it and strung it together.
In clear eloquence, the forenoon was put to shame by it, so it sought the morning star against you.
Through you we taught the people guidance, and through you we chose the singular eloquence.
Through you we planted an eternal glory that challenges the towering heights of immortality.
Above the expanse of space its echoes resound, and through you history sang and chanted.
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A Nasheed About the Arabic Language — Lyrics
The meaning of this nasheed, rendered in English:
God did not choose you among us in vain, nor did He pick you for the faith without purpose.
You are, from Adnan, a light and a guidance; you are, from Qahtan, sacrifice and generosity.
A language in which God sent down clear proofs from Himself, and guidance.
And were it not for sweet verse, the night traveler would not chant the caravan song under the stars.
The neighing of horses is among its sounds, and the clang of swords is its echo.
I used to fear the sharp edge of its enemies, but today I no longer fear them.
I only fear the sharp tongues of its ignorant ones — those who tend to error and forsake right guidance.
O rulers, is there anyone who hears when I call out to this summons?
This is the eloquent Classical Arabic that we sing, reviving the one who chants its yearning.
It is the spirit of the Arabs; whoever preserves it preserves both the spirit and the body.
If you want a pure language that revives a noble past and a future, then choose for it its masters —
those who, when they speak of it, sing — and bring forth pure words from their source, gleaming like gold adorning a treasure.
O vessel of religion and worldly life — the Qur’an is enough for you as preservation and protection —
with an Arabic tongue whose source no sweet Euphrates nor Barada can match.
Whenever the devil of desire leads you to ruin, the authority of guidance delivers you.
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A Nasheed for Arabic Language Day
A language that, when it falls upon our ears, is a coolness upon our hearts.
It will remain a bond that unites us, for it is the hope of every speaker of the Dhad.
Arab identity and Classical Arabic have been held together, since the days of Ya’rub, by verbs and nouns.
A nationhood that gathers the homelands, a language in which there is, of glory, expression and bestowal.
A people does not rise until it gains, from eloquence, sound expression and composition.
The great masters passed on, great in their gifts; their poems are radiant pages through the ages.
Grammar is the bridge of literature — can anyone cross the river without bridges?
If the birds knew the refinement that lies in grammar, they would yearn and gesture toward it with their beaks.
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A Nasheed About Arabic, the Language of the Dhad
Our Arabic language — identity and belonging, authenticity and modernity. A nasheed about Arabic, the language of the Dhad. Its meaning, rendered in English:
Do not blame me for loving her; I love no other.
I am not alone in giving my life for her — today, all of us are her ransom.
She has settled into every soul and flowed through its blood.
With her the mother sang, and with her the father spoke.
Through her art was revealed, and through her knowledge took pride.
With every passing age she gained more praise and prestige.
This is the language of the ancestors; may God raise high its banner.
So restore it, O her children — a revival that revives its hope.
A people that gave its all for love of her and chose her shall never die.
A Nasheed About the Arabic Language for Kids
I am proud to speak Arabic. How beautiful is my Arabic tongue!
The meaning of this children’s nasheed, rendered in English:
How beautiful is my Arabic tongue, glowing with magical letters!
It glows with letters of light, like a song upon my lips.
My language — I love it from my heart; my language, O language of the ancestors!
In you are treasures, how splendid; in you all glories come true.
A spring of knowledge and a spring of literature, and a heritage gleaming like gold.
O language that rises noble in lineage — how beautiful you are, language of the Arabs!
In you are flowers, in you are fragrances; in you my pen shone with light.
In you I repeat my poetry joyfully, filling it with melody and delight.
My language, O language of the Qur’an, and the tongue of my beloved al-Adnan.
The eye of the Most Merciful guards you, eternal across the ages.
Come, come, O children — let us raise high the language of the Dhad.
Let us give ourselves to it, revive its renaissance, and fulfill its glories in it.
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My Arabic Language Is Like a Tree
The tree of the Arabic language: it is the only language in which the letter harmonizes with the sound, the letter representing the sound that is read.
The language tree: the root represents the letter Lam, like the bark of the root, and the core of the root is the letter Alif. The soil represents the sound of Meem, or the water; the stem or trunk represents the sound of Baa and forms the language’s backbone; the top of the tree is the sound of Haa; and the tree’s branches represent the other sounds of the language.
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A Nasheed About the Arabic Language
To the language of the Dhad I belong, and I am proud of my people’s heritage. Its meaning, rendered in English:
O beautiful language of the Dhad — you are my hopes and my love.
In you are noble words that gather the verses of my Lord.
O language of the Qur’an, you have won the heights deservedly.
From the rays of glory you have shaped every hue of civilization.
You are an everlasting light, bursting forth in the darkness of the universe.
You are an enchanting sea, brimming with precious pearls.
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A Poem About the Arabic Language for Kids
The Arabic language is bound to the revealed and preserved Qur’an, so it is preserved as long as the Qur’an is preserved. The Arabic language’s bond with the Holy Qur’an was the reason for its survival and spread — to the point that it has been said: were it not for the Qur’an, there would be no Arabic. The meaning of this poem (by Ahmad Shawqi), rendered in English:
Stand and confide in the pyramids of majesty, and call out:
Is there, among your daughters, a gathering or a club?
We complain and take refuge there, among their eyes — for fatherhood is the refuge of children.
We confide in them how desire has toyed with their heritage, from every reckless one who follows his whims.
We show how the brethren grew divided in the hour of trial, like the parting of opposites.
Truly, the one who distorts the truth itself wrongs the weak soul and transgresses.
Say to the three wonders a saying, from one who calls out and sings of their place.
By God, you are — I have never seen, upon the rock, this majesty, nor upon the pegs.
You have, like the temples, a sacred splendor, and upon you the spirituality of the worshippers.
You were founded from their dreams upon firm rules, and raised from their morals upon strong pillars.
Those sands at your sides are a remnant of blessing, tolerance, and ash.
If we honor the guest who comes to them, then with you the guest is the place of generous welcome.
This trustworthy one, circling your walls, leads the pilgrims and the visiting delegations.
If immortality is promised him by you, then his poetry endures, and his eloquence shall never perish.
There, trustworthy one — you touched all that is veiled in beauty, from the trace of minds, and what is plain.
Rise, kiss the stones and the hands that took for it a covenant from the ages.
Take genius from al-Kinana (Egypt), for it is the cradle of suns and the place where stars descend.
O Mother of Cities, if you are not the Mother of Cities…
Lyrics of a Nasheed About the Arabic Language
The meaning of these lines, rendered in English:
Do not call my language “the mother of languages,”
for she disowns those daughters.
My language is the noblest mother — she did not give birth
to those un-honored Arab kin.
My eye has seen no trace of the Dhad
in the stammering tongues of the West.
Indeed my Lord created the Dhad,
and singled it out with everlasting merits.
A day on which the Dhad is wounded —
by God, that is, for you, a day of death.
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Poetry About the Arabic Language
For celebrating World Arabic Language Day in schools, universities, and various educational bodies, here is a varied collection of written nasheeds about the Arabic language, with pictures.
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A Poem for World Arabic Language Day
The meaning of this poem (by Hafez Ibrahim, in the voice of the Arabic language), rendered in English:
I returned to myself and blamed my own wit, and I called my people and counted my life lost.
They accused me of barrenness in my youth — if only I had been barren, I would not have grieved at my enemies’ words!
I gave birth, but when I found, for my brides, no men, no equals, I buried my daughters alive.
I encompassed the Book of God in wording and in purpose, and I never fell short of any verse or admonition in it.
So how could I fall short today of describing a machine, or coining names for inventions?
I am the sea, and within its depths the pearls lie hidden — so did they ever ask the diver about my shells?
Woe to you! I wear away, and my beauties wear away — and the cure lies with you, though good doctors are rare.
So do not abandon me to time, for I fear for you that your own end may be at hand.
Will my people abandon me — may God forgive them — for a language not connected to any reliable narrators?
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Citations About the Arabic Language
Many verses in the Book of God Almighty mention the Arabic language or the Arabic tongue.
For example, His saying: “Indeed, We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur’an that you might understand” [Yusuf: 2].
“In a clear Arabic tongue” [Ash-Shu’ara: 195].
“An Arabic Qur’an, without any crookedness, that they might become righteous” [Az-Zumar: 28].
It is worth mentioning that the first to take an interest in the sciences of the Arabic language and to lay down the rules of grammar was the Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (may God be pleased with him).
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Illustrated Arabic Alphabet Stories for Kids
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