The Submerged Syntactical: Ibn Al-Nahwyah (Son Of Syntax)

Abstract

This research aims to unveil one of Arab syntax milepost, in the 7^th and 8^th Hijri centuries, that milepost who is known as “the son of syntax”, who is not well known for sons of the Arabic language and for the researchers too.

It was a painstaking search in order to know more about his life and his syntactical views; because the biographies which presented his life is few, and they don’t exceed 5, 1- ALDORAR ALKAMENAH for IBN HOJJA ALASQALANI, BUGHYAT ALWOAH FE TABAQAT ALUGHAWAYEIN W ALNOHAT for ALSYOOTY, MO’JAM ALALQAB W ALASMA’ ALMOSTA’ARAH FE ALTAREIKH AL-ESLAMI for Dr FUAD SALEH AL-SAYED, AND MO’JAM ALE’LAM, for ALZARKALI; because his teachers and students was not well known as same as Ibn Al-Nahwyah.

These two reasons increased the difficulty of search, as a result I couldn’t catch the biographies codes, which indicates this embedded milepost, whom the history forget his luck of fame and identifying. Despite the lack of the scientific article which addresses this milepost, I was able to collect an acceptable article defines Ibn Al-Nahwyah and his stature.

Keywords: Ibn Al-Nahwyah, Sharh Alkafiyah, ALDORAR ALKAMENAH