Arabic Arabic traces its roots to the 1st millennium BCE, with Classical Arabic crystallizing in the 7th century CE through the Quran—the sacred text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be the literal word of God. This divine association preserved the language’s grammar and vocabulary with extraordinary fidelity. Though Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) is used in media, education, and formal settings across 25+ countries, native speakers use regional dialects (Egyptian, Levantine, Gulf, etc.) daily—some mutually unintelligible. Yet all defer to Classical Arabic as the linguistic gold standard. With over 400 million speakers, Arabic is one of the world’s most influential languages. Its script, written right-to-left, inspired Persian, Urdu, and Ottoman Turkish. Arabic transmitted Greek philosophy, advanced mathematics (including algebra), and medical knowledge during Europe’s Middle Ages. Today, it thrives in poetry, news, and digital spaces. Despite globalization pressures, religious devotion ensures its study worldwide. Al-Azhar University in Cairo remains a guardian of linguistic purity. Arabic’s endurance lies in its dual identity: a living vernacular and a sacred, unchanging vessel of faith—making it both ancient and urgently contemporary across the Islamic world.
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