Lugha ya Kiarabu
The Arabic Language
Lugha ya Kiarabu ni kama lugha nyingine. Iliwekwa na Waarabu, nao wakaweka kanuni za maneno yake (Alfaazh) na za kuunganisha maneno hayo kuwa sentensi. Kwa hiyo ni miongoni mwa mapokeo ya Waarabu, wala si Tawqeefiy (mpangilio uliowekwa) kutoka kwa Allah. Badala yake ni Tawfeeqiy (kwa njia ya makubaliano), yaani Waarabu walikubaliana juu yake. Kwa mfano, walipanga na kuweka neno ’ (Rajul) kwa mwanaume mzima, na wakaweka na kutoa neno ‘ ة َ(‘Imra’ah) kwa mwanamke mzima (yaani aliyebaleghe), na kadhalika…
The Arabic language is like the rest of the languages. It was set by the Arabs and they made conventions of its Alfaazh (wordings) and upon the composition of these wordings into sentences. It is therefore from the conventions of the Arabs and it is not Tawqeefiy (a fixed setting) from Allah. Rather it is Tawfeeqiy (through a process of reconciliation) meaning that the Arabs agreed upon it. So for instance they set and placed down the word ’ (Rajul) for the mature male and they placed down and provided the word ‘ ة َ(‘Imra’ah) for the mature woman (i.e. post-pubescent) and so on…