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  1. B

    Why did Umar and some of the Scholars and salaf forbid speaking non arabic languages

    Wallahi i dont wanna cause fitnah or hate to any of these scholars i just want to understand why they forbid speaking in a language other than arabic here are my reasons why speaking in a language other than arabic isnt haram 1. وَمِنْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ خَلْقُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ...
  2. Jabuuti

    Was there a script before Far Wadaad

    Far Wadaad, the Arabic Somali script is our oldest "known" script. Was there possibly one before this? As we do have a history of trade and whatnot.
  3. CaliTedesse

    Camel Domestication - Somali penunsila or Southern Arabia

    Since I saw a discussion about where the camel was domesticated I thought why not continue the discussion here. Did you know there are more than 40 words for camel in the Somali language and more than 50% of the camel population in the world is found in the Somali penunsila. With camel I mean...
  4. A

    Similarities Between Tigrinya and Arabic

    Lot of similarities :yacadiim:
  5. CaliTedesse

    The BEAUTY of the ARABIC script perserving Afro-American history

    When few enslaved people in the United States could write, one man wrote his memoir in Arabic https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/01/20/when-few-enslaved-people-could-write-one-man-wrote-his-memoirs-arabic/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c7772afc6777 Wallahi reading this was so beautiful...
  6. CaliTedesse

    Arabic loanwords in the Somali language thread

    Guys I created this thread so we could list all Arabic loanwords we have in our Somali language. Such as Milx Muwaadiin etc.etc. there are many Add more to the list let's go.
  7. CaliTedesse

    Arabic conversations: Learning thread

    Guys I opened this thread in the hopes we could learn each other more Arabic. Since the admins don't think a learning section is good. Also when will the Somali section be done? This thread will serve as a platform to learn each other Arabic as Somali's. I would like to add that if you want to...
  8. SultanuuFicaan

    An Arabic novel called 'Ajuran the eye of africa' by Zahra Mursal

    كاتبة صحفية روائية و أخصائية اجتماعية، من مواليد الصومال. حاصلة علي بكالوريوس علم الاجتماع من كلية الآداب جامعة القاهرة، ترجمت عدداً من الروايات، وصدر لها روايتين: "أميرة مع وقف التنفيذ"، و"آجوران - عين أفريقيا". Her family, mashallah - Mashallah a gorgeous elegant woman @Canuck...
  9. Waranle

    Any Arabic Speakers?

    How many of you can speak Arabic? Name the dialect and how you picked it up! And no anti arab comment/trolling :fittytousand:
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