The اللهجات العربية القديمة : اختلافها وأسبابها و أثر الاسلام عليها

The Ancient Arabic Dialects, their Differences, Causes and The Impact of Islam

Abstract

Abstract:

Before Islam, Arabs were proud of their Arabic Language. There are different Dialects of the Arabic Language; the dialect of each tribe was different from the other tribe. In addition to the small differences there were also big differences which resulted from the pronunciation of words in different ways other than the way promoted. When Islam appeared in the Arabian Peninsula, people felt the need for a Single Language to understand and learn Islam because ALLAH Almighty revealed the Noble Qur’an, one Book for the worship of Muslims and their understanding of the Islamic Religion. It was in the Arabic Language and in the dialect of the Quraish, although it contained the words of different languages ​​and dialects, but all this is for clarification and to distinguish between the different dialects.

Various Ancient Dialects were codified to differentiate between the old and the new dialects and to preserve those dialects that emerged from the mixing of these dialects. In the period of codification, the ancients noticed dialects and tried to codify them, because it helped them to understand Texts, Grammatical Phenomena and the Vocabulary of the Holy Qur’an. For this purpose, books were classified, such as “Lughat u Hudhayl” (Hudhayl ​​Languages) and “Al-Lahjaat ul Arabia Al-Qadeema” (Old Arabic Dialects) .

This paper highlights Old Arabic Dialects, Particularly their small and big Differences, their Causes and The Impact of Islam on them for the facilitation of upcoming researchers.