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What they said about Arabic Narrated with its chain

“Learn Arabic as you learn to memorise the Qur'an.”

Ubayy ibn Ka'b
d. 30 AH / 650 CE
Companion of the Prophet, foremost Qur'an reciter

The Arabic original

تَعَلَّمُوا العَرَبِيَّةَ كَما تَعَلَّمُونَ حِفْظَ القُرْآنِ

Source

Ibn Abi Shayba, al-Musannaf, ed. al-Shithri, Kunuz Ishbiliya, 2015, no. 31906, vol. 16, p. 390
The English translation is Voice of Arabic's, made from the original.

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