Nasr ibn 'Asim al-Laythi

Naṣr bn ʿĀṣim al-Laythī or al-Duʾalī (Arabic: نصر بن عاصم اليثي; died 708/709) was an Arabic grammarian from Basra.^[1] He is known as one of the first Arabic grammarians.^[2]

Nasr ibn 'Asimm along with another famous Arabic grammarian from Basra, Yahya ibn Ya'mar, were asked to solve problems within the language. Nasr and Yahya invented a system of dots to distinguish each of these letters.^[2]

Regarding who is the father of Arabic grammar: most scholars are of the view that Arabic grammar was invented by Abu al-Aswad al-Duʾalī, and that he had been taught by the Commander of the Faithful, Ali ibn Abi Talib. Others say that Naṣr ibn 'Āṣim developed grammar.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Theodor Nöldeke, Friedrich Schwally, Gotthelf Bergsträsser and Otto Pretzl, The History of the Qurʾān, trans. Wolfgang H. Behn (Brill, 2013). p. 592.
^ ^a ^b Dogan, Recep (2015). Usul al-Fiqh: Methodology of Islamic Jurisprudence. Tughra Books. ISBN 978-1-59784-876-3.

[1] Theodor Nöldeke, Friedrich Schwally, Gotthelf Bergsträsser and Otto Pretzl, The History of the Qurʾān, trans. Wolfgang H. Behn (Brill, 2013). p. 592.

[Dogan-2] Dogan, Recep (2015). Usul al-Fiqh: Methodology of Islamic Jurisprudence. Tughra Books. ISBN 978-1-59784-876-3.

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