The Arabic Language: Its Role in History

Ibrahim, Muhammad H.; Chejne, Anwar G.

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“…In its birthplace in the northwestern region of the Arabian Peninsula, Arabic was the main dialect spoken by the people of Quraysh, the tribe to which the Prophet Muhammad be-longed [5]. Even prior to the rise of Islam, Arabic literacy was of extreme importance as it was the medium of oral poetry.…”

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“…Even to more recent years, the pietists (a 17th century religious and biblical movement originating in Germany) along with the nationalists consider Arabic the mainstay of the faith and the pillar of nationalism being the differentiating factor among people who otherwise have much in common [5]. The western population, who are mostly neither Arabs nor Muslims, still refer to books written by Arabs in the field of medicine, science, and philosophy in most important universities [8].…”

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An innovative automatic indexing method for Arabic text

Haraty

Kaddoura²,

Jahdali³

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The study of automatic indexing and text retrieval methods for language has a long history. Automatic indexing involves extracting words from a document to categorize it based on subject matter and to improve the information retrieval process. Despite extensive research in other languages, there remains limited investigation into automated Arabic text categorization. In this research, the researchers introduce an innovative method to enhance the accuracy of automatic indexing of Arabic texts by incorporating a thesaurus. Their approach extracts new relevant words by referencing thesaurus, which contains words, synonyms, and correlations identified through its construction using a natural language toolkit and a WordNet library.Synonyms with similar meanings that frequently appear together are grouped using a JavaScript Object Notation dictionary. The research results demonstrate a significant improvement in accuracy and efficiency compared to prior studies.

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An innovative automatic indexing method for Arabic text

Haraty

Kaddoura²,

Jahdali³

et al. 2023

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“…The Holy Qurʾān is considered the most exceptional, and magnificent example of Arabic literature along with its religious importance to all Muslims around the globe (Chejne, 1968;Leaman, 2006). The Holy Qurʾān is regarded as the only sacred book that has influenced and continues to influence human faith, thinking, ethics, civilization, and way of life.…”

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Underlying Linguistic Problems Experienced by Translators in Translating the Qurʾānic Arabic l-ḥazana' الْحَزَن Words Into English: A Comparative Study

Abdelkarim,

Alhaj

2023

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In this study, the researchers aimed to investigate the underlying linguistic problems experienced by three notable translators: Abdel Haleem (2004), Khan and AL-Hilali (1996), and Pickthall (1930) when rendering the Qurʾānic الْحَزَن l-ḥazana' words into English, and to identify the types of semantic loss produced by their renderings. Corpus-based research was conducted as the study examined three renditions of the Holy Qur’an that were sourced from the Qurʾānic Arabic Corpus (QAC) and books of Qurʾānic translation of the abovementioned translators. Based on the descriptive analytical approach, the researchers analyzed the underlying linguistic problems encountered by the aforementioned translators. Findings showed that the linguistic problems encountered when translating the Qurʾānic الْحَزَن l-ḥazana' words into English are the result of the linguistic gap arising from the cultural differences between the two source language text(Arabic) and target language text( English). Divergences in and loss of meaning are inevitable when translating the Holy Qurʾān into English in general and Qurʾānic الْحَزَن l-ḥazana' words in particular. It was also found that Arabic Qurʾānic الْحَزَن l-ḥazana' words are associated with distinctive rhetorical devices, literary style, and elegant technique which cannot be captured faithfully in English translations.

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The Arabic Language: Its Role in History

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An innovative automatic indexing method for Arabic text

An innovative automatic indexing method for Arabic text

Underlying Linguistic Problems Experienced by Translators in Translating the Qurʾānic Arabic l-ḥazana' الْحَزَن Words Into English: A Comparative Study

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