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Al-Mufradat fi Gharib al-Quran (Arabic: المفردات في غريب القرآن) is a classical dictionary of Qur'anic terms by 11th-century Sunni Islamic scholar Al-Raghib al-Isfahani. It is widely considered by Muslims to hold the first place among works of Arabic lexicography in regard to the Qur'an. [1]
Al-Raghib was suspected as Shia sympathizer, [8] due to his statement for his love of Ahl al-Bayt.Meanwhile, some thought he was a Mu'tazilite. [9]However, one of his works entitled al-I'tiqadat, al-Raghib attacks both the Mu'tazila and the Shi'a showing that questions about his adherence to either of these positions is groundless.
The first printed dictionary of the Arabic language in Arabic characters. [20] Jacobus Golius, Lexicon Arabico-Latinum, Leiden 1653. The dominant Arabic dictionary in Europe for almost two centuries. [20] Georg Freytag, Lexicon Arabico-Latinum, praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzubadiique et aliorum libris confectum I–IV, Halle 1830–1837 [20]
Pages in category "Arabic dictionaries" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Al-Qāmus al-Muḥīṭ (Arabic: القاموس المحيط, lit. 'The Encompassing Ōkeanós') is an Arabic dictionary compiled by the lexicographer and linguist, Abū al-Ṭāhir Majīd al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ya’qūb ibn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Shīrāzī al-Fīrūzābādī (1329–1414), commonly known as Firuzabadi. [1] [2] [3]
In addition to his work in prosody and lexicography, al-Farahidi established the fields of ʻarūḍ – rules-governing Arabic poetry metre – and Arabic musicology. [38] [39] Often called a genius by historians, he was a scholar, a theorist and an original thinker. [11] Ibn al-Nadim's list of al-Khalil's other works were:
Ragheb or Raghib is an Arabic given name and surname meaning desirous. [1] Notable people with the name include: Ragheb Aga (born 1984), Kenyan cricketer; Raghib Ahsan, politician and member of the Constituent Assembly of India; Ragheb Alama (born 1962), Lebanese singer, dancer, composer, television personality, philanthropist
The Arabic-German dictionary was completed in 1945, but not published until 1952. [4] Writing in the 1960s, a critic commented, "Of all the dictionaries of modern written Arabic, the work [in question] ... is the best." [5] It remains the most widely used Arabic-English dictionary. [6]