HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT IN MORPHOLOGY

         
         Arabic language is the main language for all of Arabic provinces and almost reach 20 million of Arabic language's speaker around the world. Previously, this language is pure and secure from any mistaken or addition when the time of Al-Quran was revealed. It is starting to assimilate when the entering of the Persian people in Arab people and Islam and many of them had an important position for instance in politic, military, teacher and religion expert. It was happened in the time of Abbasid caliph. there is another race who are also caused the assimilation to an Arabic language like Indian,Grecian and etc.

          Consequently, it is appears the slang in Arabic language and became an apprehension between Arabian.This case got the intention from some of Arabic people especially scholars. They started to think the way on how to recover the Arabic language into it's original and pure form. From this time, it is appears several types of knowledge or "العلم" in Arabic word and one of them is Morphology. According to Syeikh Mustafa Al Ghuyalaini who is among of the earliest Muslim scholar, he said that The objective of this knowledge is to study the root word in purpose to know what is the shape of word which used in Arabic literacy.


The earliest Morphology writers


          It has been mentioned in some memoirs that the among of earliest writer of Morphology is Nashir Bin Ashim (died on 89 H), Abdurrahman Bin Harmaz (died on 117H), Abu Ishak Al Hadromi (died on (117H) and Yahya Bin Ya'mar (died on 169H).


           From the different view, some scholars like Syekh Kholid, Sayuthi, Shiban and Syekh Ahmad Al Hamlawi said that Mua'adz Bin Mulim Al Harra (died 187H)  who are the first writer in Morphology.

           Abu Jaafar who was the ruler at that time (on the time of  Mua'adz Bin Mulim Al Harra) said "Mu'adz Bin Mulim Al Harra was the famous Syntax scholar and Morphology also". But at the same time he also mentioned to his citizens that this scholars was also the famous writer in Morphology  and the compiler of the word that suited with Arabic literacy method.

           It can be said that Mua'adz Bin Mulim Al Harra was the first compiler of  Morphology according to the strongest memoirs and many of scholars also supported this opinion.


Biodata of Mu'adz Bin Muslim Al Harra and his contribution

Name: Abu Muslim Mu'adz Ibn Muslim Al Harra'i



  • He was lived in Kufah which is one of the state in Iraq and learned the Arabic literacy from there with his partner, Al Ru'asi  and was spreading the knowledge of Syntax and Morphology through the doctrine of  Basrah in Kufah 
  • the first scholar who compile the book about word arrangement (in Arabic word "تصريف")  for example:   كتب-يكتب-كتابة وهو كاتب          
  • he separated Morphology from syntax during the time of Sibawaih ( the author of 'الكتاب')

The earliest books of Morphology




 

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