READER COMMENTS

The Arabic language is threatened with distortion and loss. This may threaten the Arab Nation as a whole as well as its existence. The focus on the Arabic language must take a greater direction than currently and we must focus on the scientific methods that we make. Everyone knows and understands what Arabic language is. We cannot abandon it and it must be the foundation of the Arabs since their childhood through school, programs and establishment of cultural and scientific seminars through which we can preserve the Arabic language.

There is a lot of neglect in many Arab countries to our language that is threatened by many dangers. We are afraid that its neglect would continue leading to the loss of this ancient language, the language of Quran revealed by Allah to the Prophet of this nation. Therefore, I am with all the Arab countries in being aware of the neglect and the distortion of the Arabic language, as well as the possibility of losing it among the languages. What the world is witnessing today is the rivalry of the civilizations that are trying to target the Arabic language and who encouraged them to do so are us the Arabs, who are no longer giving importance to the Arabic language. Here, I see that we all work, especially the Arab governments, to take all the steps and procedures for the advancement of the Arabic language.

All the nations, all over the world, focus on their languages in order to preserve them from loss. Indeed, language is an important cultural resource. Without language the Nations lose their identities, interdependence and the distinction of their culture from others. The loss of the language is as dangerous as the loss of reproduction and history. In this respect, the Almighty Allah blessed Arabic and made it the language of the Quran. It is certain that God undertook the preservation of His language as well as His precious and Holy Quran. Allah made some men learn Quran by heart and disseminate it everywhere through preaching. However, this is not enough. In fact, we note that some non-Arabic words had been confused with Arabic words. These words lost their original sources. Therefore, we must be serious in preserving this language because it is the language of the Quran and the Arab people. It is linked to their history. In fact, all our legacy, culture and history books are written in that language. The neglect of Arabic means the neglect of these ingredients. The local dialects could not replace the Arabic language because they do not ensure a natural mutual intelligibility between the Arab peoples in their conversations. Thus, we must enact laws to preserve our language before it becomes extinct. I suppose that we actually want to preserve our Arabic language which is an important pillar of our identity. Indeed, when we read the pages of the Arab-Muslim history books, we find an explicit call to protect the legacy of the ancestors and their heritage. Arabic is considered a heritage for the Arabs in general. It must be used in order to preserve it. The Arab Governments are supposed to establish more institutions to protect the language and ensure its usage among the Arab people. In fact, the Arab region has witnessed many successive wars in recent times. Thus, the Arabs are supposed to preserve this great language which was honored and chosen by Allah Almighty to be the language of His message to our Prophet and Messenger. The Arabic language in these days may be the victim of our neglect. Therefore, we have to be serious about preserving it from loss. The Government should show more interest in this language through imposing its teaching at colleges, schools and universities because Arabic is the epitome of our identity… the identity of the Arab people.

The Arabic language is the largest language in the world in terms of vocabulary and structure. It is the language of science and art, mind and spirit, sound and picture, language of the Qur’an which God saved in the guarded tablet. But, today it is threatened by creeping Westernization and the sweeping colloquial. We all have to preserve it by adopting the Arab governments’ code of conduct to protect the Arabic language and to abide in Arabic as the official language in all its affairs as all the nations of the earth did, and generations should be taught their native language and to stand against the face of each invitation to alienation, distortion and slang to maintain our identity as Arabs whom God chose for the last message, the great religion and the tolerant denomination and the formation of a special language Kingdom for our children from an early age through the familiarity of reading and memorizing the Quran, the use of Arabic in the educational process, effective supervision of private schools and by promoting the Arabic language, rejecting dramas formulated in local dialects, language control for each of the books that is published. Use of Arabic in internal and external government transactions and all government services provided to public and media to give priority to the Arabic language for programs on local channels, organization of school competitions in public and private schools, which aim to highlight the creative and talented students in the Arabic language and care for them, the teaching of all science and knowledge from kindergarten to doctorate in it, compelling institutions and companies to talk in Arabic along with English, to be the official language for all conferences, seminars and events and translation of literature written in foreign languages into Arabic and feeding net sites with research and various studies in Arabic.

All Arab and Muslim officials must follow the modern methods and use them to preserve the Arabic language starting from family and school. In fact, nowadays, there are many dangers which pose real threats to this beautiful language. We must create and establish many forums and libraries in order to make the new generations interested in the Arabic language and make them keen on reading and understanding the Arabic language in an accurate way. Thus, we can organize competitions and give awards as a token of encouragement for the winners and participants to encourage others to join these forums. Besides, the school teacher should follow the suitable and modern methods to educate students. Moreover, we must increase the capacities of universities so that they can assume their role consisting in the preservation of the Arabic language. We must preserve it from loss and make it able to overcome its weaknesses as people no longer speak standard Arabic.

We can preserve the Arabic language through education and reading. We need to use words that would benefit people and avoid silly jargon. There are many pejorative and dirty words which are unpleasant. They could make us seem disrespectful people. The good words and utterances make the speaker seem an intellectual person. Therefore, we must do our best to preserve the Arabic language, our mother tongue. We must bear in mind that the use of Arabic is very important. We must train ourselves, wives and children to care for Arabic through the recitation of the holy Quran. The latter serves to make us feel reassured. It also helps us to learn the original meanings of the Muslim religion. In addition, the holy Quran is useful for a better pronunciation of the Arabic. It gives our offspring the right instructions. As far as I am concerned, God Almighty and the Islamic religion made the Quran the only savior of the Arabs who speak the good, right and meaningful words.