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العربية Arabic

Arabic opens a long written tradition spanning pre-Islamic poetry, the Qur’an, medieval scholarship, and modern literature. It’s also a gateway to Semitic linguistics and the diversity of regional varieties.

Dictionaries

• An Arabic-English Lexicon

  • Notes: For online use.

• An Arabic-English Lexicon

  • Notes: For online use.

• Searchable Arabic-English Lexicon

  • Notes: The same as the text above, but searchable.

• Quran Dictionary

  • Notes: For the words of the Quran.

• Dictionary of the Holy Quran

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: A nice PDF file with a lot of explanations.

• Dictionary of Quranic Usage

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: An even nicer PDF file with even more explanations.

• The Easy Dictionary of the Quran

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: With a very useful index at the beginning.

• Dictionary of the Quran

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: Another very, very long PDF.

• Quran Wordlist

  • Notes: A list of words appearing in the Quran.

• Project Rootlist

  • Notes: An attempt at documenting the roots of the words in the Quran.

• Kitab Al Ayn

  • Notes: A very old lexicon.

• Dictionary of Arabic Philosophy

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: A PDF created from a website.

• Online Dictionary of Arabic Philosophical Terms

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: A bit easier to navigate than the PDF above.

Grammars

• Handbook for the Study of Arabic

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: No grammar, but many useful tips for studying the language.

• An Introduction to Koranic and Classical Arabic

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: A very good place to start if you’re looking to learn to read.

• Fundamentals of Classical Arabic

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: Conjugating regular verbs and nouns in this volume.

• A Grammar of Classical Arabic

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: An older PDF, but a good resource.

• Howell Arabic Grammar

  • Notes: A very old and comprehensive grammar; you can download all the parts at this site, and there’s a very useful index for grammar topics as well.

• Learn Arabic Online

  • Notes: Various ways of doing it on this site.

• Arabic Grammar Topics

  • Notes: The links for the grammar topics are on the right side.

• Principles of General Grammar

  • Notes: Adapted to the capacity of the young, so this should be for everyone!

• A Practical Grammar of the Arabic Language

  • Notes: If we’re really being practical, though, we wouldn’t be trying to learn this language!

• An Aid to Practical Written Arabic

  • Notes: All this practicality is just too much!

• Arabic Reading Lessons

  • Notes: The oldest book of the bunch!

• Easy Arabic Grammar

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: Easy? Maybe not so much.

• Handbook for the Study of Arabic

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: No grammar, but many useful tips for studying the language.

• Kalamullah Learning Arabic

  • Notes: Many different books, all available for download.

Charts & Aids

• Arabic Alphabet Chart

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: In PDF form.

• Fundamentals of Classical Arabic

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: Lots of useful charts for verbs and nouns.

• Understand Arabic in 12 Tables

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: Eh, it will probably take a bit more effort than this to understand it, but the tables are in color.

• Verb Conjugations

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: In a website, not a PDF.

• Basic Arabic Verb Conjugation

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: Pretty short, but it has a sheet for practice.

• Dictionary of Arabic Verb Conjugation

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: An enormous PDF.

• Arabic Verbs

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: A lot of different verbs, with a lot of ways of learning about the conjugations, including some really nice PDFs.

• Arabic Verbs Made Easy PDFs

  • Notes: Again, “easy” might be a relative term here.

• Arabic Verb and Noun Conjugation PDFs

  • Notes: Lots of different examples.

• Grammatical Inflections

  • Notes: A short explanation.

• Arabic Case Inflection

  • Notes: A few short tables.

• Arabic Nouns

  • Notes: More tables on this page.

• Arabic Case System

  • Notes: A useful explanation of how the cases work.

Texts

• The Unbound Bible

  • Notes: Bible texts online in many languages with parallel viewing.

• NT in Arabic

  • Notes: Requires the djvu viewer.

• Duke Online Arabic Manuscripts

  • Notes: Lots of information, images, and description.

• The Quran Online

  • Notes: With some good explanations for each part.

• Quran Explorer

  • Notes: Somewhat easier to navigate that the site above.

• Holy Quran

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: All in Arabic, a PDF.

• The Holy Quran

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: Arabic, with English translation.

• The Unbound Bible

  • Notes: Bible texts online in many languages with parallel viewing.

• New Testament in Arabic

  • Notes: Requires the djvu viewer.

• Duke Online Arabic Manuscripts

  • Notes: Lots of information, images, and description.

• Quran Transliteration

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: Transliterated into English, that is.

• A history of Arabic literature

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: An old book in PDF form, but useful for an overview.

• Arabic reader

  • Notes: This is actually pretty useful, since the texts are somewhat annotated.

Other Resources

• Arabic Lexicography

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: An older book, available in PDF format.

• History of Arabic

  • Notes: A brief explanation of the history.

• A Timeline of the Arabs

  • Notes: This is actually pretty long!

• History of Islamic Philosophy

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: An entire book.

• The History of the Quran

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: A somewhat brief introduction.

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