Author: Imam Abu Mansour Abd al-Malik ibn Muhammad al-Tha'alibi

Publishing house: Al-Resalah Publishers Foundation

"The Jurisprudence of the Language and the Secret of Arabic" is a work signed by the eminent Arab and literary scholar Abu Mansour Abd al-Malik ibn Muhammad al-Tha'alabi. Edited and annotated by Muhammad Saleh Mousa Hussein. The first part of the book, "The Jurisprudence of Language", addresses the linguistic meanings of Arabic terms and sets out synonyms for the same meaning. The second part, "The Secret of the Arab", according to the author, reveals the subtleties of Arab discourse and its norms, quoting extensively from the Koran. This work, esteemed and of great usefulness, encompasses the two areas "The Jurisprudence of Language" and "The Secret of Arabic", considered by its author as a single book. Al-Tha'labi relied on the method of "al-Wajadah", used in the sciences of Hadith and literature, where the student finds a manuscript and knows that it is written by his teacher, something to talk about. This comprehensive book covers most Arabic languages, explaining its frequent adoption by later scholars such as al-Suyuti, al-Zubaydi, Abu al-Tayyib al-Fasi, and others.