NASIF AL-YAZIJI AND "FASL AL-KHITĀB FĪ 'USŪL LUGHAT AL-A'RĀB": DUALISM OF TRADITION AND DIDACTICS IN ARABIC GRAMMAR

This article examines the scholarly contributions of Nasif Yaziji, a pivotal figure of the Arabic Renaissance (Nahda), whose work was instrumental in the revitalization and systematization of the Arabic language. His seminal treatise, Faṣl al-Khiṭāb fī Uṣūl Lughat al-A‘rāb, emerged as a groundbreaking textbook on Arabic grammar and morphology. Its primary objective was not merely to restore the classical prestige of the Arabic language but also to establish an efficacious didactic methodology for its instruction. Al-Yaziji's work exemplifies a profound reverence for the classical linguistic tradition, drawing extensively from the scholarly heritage of his predecessors, notably Ibn Farḥāt and his Baḥth al-Maṭālib wa Hathth al-Ṭālib.