What they said about Arabic From the author's own Arabic
Writing in al-Basaʾir in 1948, under the title “Arabic in Algeria: a free noblewoman with no rival wife”:
“Arabic in Algeria is neither a stranger nor an intruder; it is in its own home, among its guardians and supporters – its roots reaching deep into the past, its ties fast to the present, its branches stretching far into the future.”
Muhammad al-Bashir al-Ibrahimi
1889–1965
President of the Association of Algerian Muslim ʿUlama after Ibn Badis, member of the Arabic academies of Cairo, Damascus and Baghdad.
The Arabic original
اللغة العربيّة في القطر الجزائريّ ليست غريبةً ولا دخيلة، بل هي في دارها، وبين حُماتها وأنصارها، وهي ممتدّة الجذور مع الماضي، مشتدّة الأواخي مع الحاضر، طويلة الأفنان في المستقبل.
Source
Athar al-Imam Muhammad al-Bashir al-Ibrahimi, ed. Ahmad Taleb Ibrahimi, Beirut: Dar al-Gharb al-Islami, 1997, vol. 3, p. 206 (al-Basaʾir no. 41, 28 June 1948)
The English translation is Voice of Arabic's, made from the original.
Often quoted with «al-awāṣir» (bonds); the print has «al-awākhī» (tethering ropes).
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