Richness of the Arabic Language

 Allah (الحكيم) chose the Arabic language for His final book to the mankind the Qur'an (الْقُرْآن) for a reason. While English, French, and Russian languages have around 500,000 words, 150,000 words, and 130,000 words in its vocabulary respectively, Arabic language اللغة العربية

has 12.3 million words in its own, making it the richest language in vocabulary, by far. To give you an understanding, there are around 500 names in Arabic for a lion, more than a 100 for love, 80 for a sword etc. no other language competes with Arabic in richness. Ibn Faris says, “When Allah the Exalted chose Arabic to explain (His words), it showed that the other languages, abilities and levels were below Arabic.” (As-Shahibi fi Fiqh al-Lughah, 1/4) Not knowing the Arabic language is the main why we all have sects in Islam! Especially in the Asian subcontinent, every beginner, student of knowledge is coming up with his/her own interpretation of Quranic ayahs and ahadith. The Quran was revealed in Arabic. Prophet Muhammad ﷺ spoke in Arabic. The Sahabah spoke in Arabic. Start learning Arabic to understand the religion of Allah in the purest form. People read a single translation of a single translator of a Hadith or Quran ayah in English, Urdu, Hindi, Turkish, Malay, etc and misquote it in a completely different example without knowing the context of the Hadith or Ayah and the literal meaning of the Arabic words. Give at-least 30 minutes of your day in learning Arabic (MSA) / Classical Fusha. I recommend first starting with learning Arabic from the Quran. You will never recognise the beauty of Allah’s word unless you learn Arabic, the raw pure form in which the Criterion was revealed! At least learn the language to an extent to understand the context and theme of the ayah whenever the Imam recites in prayers. Umar bin al-Khattab [May Allah be pleased with him] said, تعلموا العربية فإنها تثبت العقل وتزيد في المروءة “Learn Arabic, for it strengthens the intelligence and increases one’s noble conduct” Source: Shu’ab al-Eemaan, al-Bayhaqi (4/187)