What others said about Arabic Via a reliable witness
“Arabic surpasses all other languages in splendour and richness, and the tongue cannot describe its beauties.”
Carlo Alfonso Nallino
1872–1938
Italian Orientalist who lectured in Arabic at the Egyptian University (1909–1912) and sat on the Cairo Arabic Language Academy.
In Arabic
إِنَّ العَرَبِيَّةَ تَفُوقُ سَائِرَ اللُّغَاتِ رَوْنَقاً وَغِنًى، وَيَعْجَزُ اللِّسَانُ عَنْ وَصْفِ مَحَاسِنِهَا.
Source
نقله عنه محمد إسعاف النشاشيبي في كلمته بمهرجان أبي العلاء المعرّي بدمشق، مجلة الرسالة، العدد ٦٠٤ (١٩٤٥م)، قال: «يعالن في خطبةٍ غيرَ متسمّحٍ في الكلام ولا مصانع»
The English is ours, from the reported Arabic.
Nallino lectured in Arabic, so the original is most likely Arabic; it is reported by his contemporary al-Nashashibi.
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