Arabic should become the single official national language in all muslim countries

[Shamlawar Khurasani]

Bismillah wal7amdulilah Wa salaatu wa salaam 3alaa rasoolillah wa 3alaa aalihi wa sa7bihi wa man walaa

As salaamu 3alaykum wa ra7matullah

Most muslims lack basic understanding of Arabic. This is a problem because they cannot read Quran and understand it. Which means when they pray they dont know what they are saying during prayer.

Aside from practical application for the individual, it is also of benefit for the society.

Most muslim countries have different ethnic groups with different languages. No language is superior except Arabic because it is the language of Quran.

By having Arabic as the only official language, all ethnic groups can preserve their own language and culture and apply the formal language for formality like higher education, public administration and international relations.

Another benefit is that if our children learn more than one language in early age it will make them more intelligent.

Likewise there are many other benefits in having Arabic as the official language.


Please share your thoughts.

[Shamlawar Khurasani]

Arabs speak a variety of dialects. This is why most Arabs dont understand quran. Non arabs can study quranic formal arabic. The language refered to as fus-ha.

[Shamlawar Khurasani]

By having Arabic as our formal language we will have access to a vast field of academic literature.

[Shamlawar Khurasani]

If we make Arabic our formal language we will not see the benefits right away. Implementation of this policy will have to be gradual. First in elementary education and onwards.

We will fully see the benefits in 50 years from now. But it is a slow and rewarding process.

[Shamlawar Khurasani]

Imagine this: a school in east kabul with arabic and pashto classes and a school in central kabul with arabic and farsi.

When students graduate they can speak to one another in Arabic. The problems we have now will be solved.

[DaZahroJaam.]

Go to hell.

[Shamlawar Khurasani]

Go to hell.

No thank you.but thanks for the invitation.

[Almas]

Lol. Kids in Holland deciding the fate of the Muslim world.

[DaZahroJaam.]

[Manzareh]

I agree, for instance most madressas or Islamic institutions in UK teach Urdu (because most of the teachers were mostly from south Asia) and as a result all islamic teaching/learning is done from Urdu books, many big Islamic conferences, tuition and speeches are conducted in the Urdu language - in terms of learning a language its done great with much success as almost everyone i know that went to madressa regardless of ethnicity and language can understand if not all speak Urdu. Still this has not improved the consciousness and understanding the Quran or elevated their wisdom since they do not understand the language of the Quran. This Urdu that is learnt just aids people in understanding Indian movies rather than serve the purpose of them learning the language. I have also witnessed many people yawning and fidgeting in Salah but then i've seen the same people siting attentively in a Urdu lecture. My point is quite basic and the same as Shamlawar's: its a necessity to understand the Quran - know what you are saying and reading instead of listening and repeating like a parrot. Its only justice to ones self.

[DaZahroJaam.]

well..
i, being an afghan with the blood of dari and pashto speakers running through my veins, will never be able to consider, accept, tolerate compare, prefer or value any other language over those two. after all, it would be ever so immoral of me to expect any different from the two of you...
now, a mother's tongue having the nature of prominence rather than any other would easily explain the two of you preferring pashto and arabic....the only thing i fail to understand is why you would avoid making arabic being your second language more obvious until this point of time...

why, sheikh manzareh and al shamlawar khurasani, it happens so that neither one of you have never mentioned being fathered by arabs before... how interesting..congratulations on finally finding the courage to speak out the truth.

[DSM0305]

Arabic people are superior to others. Even our prophet was an Arab. Pashto and Dari languages are way to unsophisticated. Arabic should become our primal language. We shouldn't waste our braincells on learning a primitive language like Pashto and Dari, in the end it will be just waste of time.

[Karachi]

Arabic should be one of the national languages to understand Quran, though one shouldn't become culturally arab and shouldn't forget their roots. The worse thing I hate is when Pakistanis are pretending to be Saudis.

I heard when Pakistan was being made, there was debate to whether make Arabic as the national language, not sure why then went with Urdu alone. Pakistan could have had 3 national languages, Urdu, Farsi, Arabic. The more languages one knows, the better

[Badlun]

I know Arabic to a great extent as I have studied all the elementary books of Fiq like Khulasa, Munya, Qadoori, Noorel Izah, Kanz, Sharhe Waqaya Hidaya etc , sarf, nahw, manteq etc.

I have learnt and got translation lessons of Quran in Pashto and now I can understand Quran perfectly. I have read few books of Hadith like Bukhari and Mishkat as well as few chapters of Muatta Imam Malik.

Later in life I did practice Arabic in some Arab countries but now I am losing hold on it because of lack of practice opportunities. However I consider it an important language. Its the official language of about 20 countries as well as one of the official language of UN. Whenever one has chance must learn few languages like English, Spanish, French, Russian, Portuguese and may be Chinese as well as Arabic.

Making it official language of Muslim countries is a far cry. How Muslims will leave Malaya, Bangla,Urdu, Pashto, Persian, Uzbek, Kazak, Swahili, French, English and other official languages and replace it with Arabic. We do not have Arabic speakers and users so all of the sudden making a foreign language as official language of a country which does not use it is unrealistic.

No doubt we should understand Quran but for that translations are available. For modern literature, science and technology English, Spanish, French etc are better than Arabic.

Learning Arabic as a second, third or fourth language will be always beneficial but making it official is something beyond reality and actual need.

[Shamlawar Khurasani]

Badlun you are such a lafook. Haha

Having Pashto as a formal official language does not mean replacing local languages or abolishing local languages.

Look at India and Pakistan. English is a formal language all educated people know.

Arab culture differs from place to place. There is not one but many different cultures. There are Shamis, khaleejis etc.

Islam is not synonymous to arab culture.. Those who argue against Arabic language and fear Arabization are in reality munafiqeen. They just make excuses. They are against Islam.

Look at secularists in Arab world. They are against Islam and in favor of Arab culture.