What they said about Arabic Narrated with its chain
“Yahya ibn 'Atiq said: I asked al-Hasan, "Abu Sa'id, a man learns Arabic, seeking good speech by it and to recite correctly?" He said: "Good — let him learn it; for a man recites a verse, is at a loss over its meaning, and perishes by it."”
al-Hasan al-Basri
d. 110 AH / 728 CE
Successor, leading scholar of Basra
The Arabic original
قالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ عَتِيقٍ: قُلْتُ لِلحَسَنِ: يا أَبا سَعِيدٍ، الرَّجُلُ يَتَعَلَّمُ العَرَبِيَّةَ يَلْتَمِسُ بِذَلِكَ حُسْنَ المَنْطِقِ، وَيُقِيمُ بِها قِراءَتَهُ؟ قالَ: حَسَنٌ، يَتَعَلَّمُها؛ فَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ يَقْرَأُ الآيَةَ فَيَعْيا بِوَجْهِها فَيَهْلِكُ بِها.
Source
al-Bayhaqi, Shu'ab al-Iman, Rushd ed., 2003, no. 1568, vol. 3, p. 216
The English translation is Voice of Arabic's, made from the original.
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