Languages are a wonderful beneficence bestowed upon us. It baffles one to hear someone speak his language to his colleague, and you might seek to gain an understanding, but it is usually of no avail. Though one may hear aspects of his language therein.

This leads us to the fact that languages do possess a sort of link and similarities between them. This signifies that among languages there has to be a root of all roots which is the most influential to be called the mother of the languages, and being fully perfect on its own possesses such a wonderful link between words expressing a similar or linked idea and in abundance of root words such that any form of action or subtle thought or names regarding nature can be fully expressed which leads to being named the perfect language.

It is based on the roots of a language from which all others derive words that tend to have similar or the same meaning, and we ascribe this status to the Arabic language.

A language that from the beginning addresses other languages as (أعجمي ) ajami, meaning dumb, certainly possesses such unfounded eloquence in expression that leaves all other languages dumb.

Arabic is also an important source of vocabulary for languages and possesses influence of its root words on languages such as:

• Amharic
• Azerbaijani
• Bengali
• Berber
• Bosnian
• Croatian
• English
• German
• Gujarati
• Hausa
• Hindi
• Kazakh
• Kyrgyz
• Malay (Malaysian and Indonesian)
• Pashto
• Persian
• Punjabi
• Romance languages (French, Catalan, Italian, Portuguese, Sicilian, Spanish, etc.)
• Sindhi
• Somali
• Swahili
• Tagalog
• Turkish
• Urdu
• Uzbek
• Wolof

There is no action that begins at any period of time, nor is there any attribute out of the attributes of Allah, the Bestower, nor is there any doctrine out of the doctrines of mankind, but there is in Arabic an elementary word apposite to it.

(Minanur-Rahman, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 9, pp. 193-194)

Examples of Arabic Root Words

The Stages of Human Creation in Arabic

The Promised Messiah elucidates the excellence of Arabic in providing words for every human requirement. Below are the stages of human creation, each with its Arabic term:

• ماء دافقا و نطفه (maa a daafiqan wa nutufah) – Water spasmodically ejected (semen)
• علقة (alaqah) – A clot of blood
• مضغة (madghah) – A lump of flesh
• عظام (‘izaam) – Bone
• لحم (lahm) – Flesh
• خلق آخر (khalq Aakhar) – The other creation
• نفس (nafs) – Life
• جنين (janeen) – Embryo
• وليد (waleed) – Baby
• صبي (sabi) – Child
• متوفى (mutawaffaa) – Deceased

Five Unique Excellences of Arabic

1. It possesses a complete treasure of simple words befitting every human requirement.
2. It accurately describes the attributes of God.
3. It contains the names of nature and is based on supreme wisdom and philosophy.
4. There is a complete order of verbs and nouns.
5. Arabic expresses more meaning in a few words.

Verily, I have demonstrated some of these excellences in this short writing. The arguments have been completed, the truth has been manifested, and Arabic as the root of languages has been established. Thereby proving it is from God Almighty and was the language taught to Adam, making it the best medium for Divine communication.

Just as the Bible established the fact that languages were one before in Genesis 11:1, then certainly, Arabic was that language.