What they said about Arabic Narrated with its chain
“Learn Arabic, for it strengthens the mind and increases manly virtue.”
Umar ibn al-Khattab
d. 23 AH / 644 CE
The second Rightly Guided Caliph
The Arabic original
تَعَلَّمُوا العَرَبِيَّةَ فَإِنَّها تُثَبِّتُ العَقْلَ، وَتَزِيدُ فِي المُرُوءَةِ
Source
al-Bayhaqi, Shu'ab al-Iman, Rushd ed., 2003, no. 1556, vol. 3, p. 210 (no. 1555: 'it increases manliness')
The English translation is Voice of Arabic's, made from the original.
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