What they said about Arabic Via a reliable witness
“Hisham ibn 'Urwa said: My father came out to us one day while our teacher was teaching us grammar; when he appeared, the teacher silenced us. My father sat down and said to the teacher: "Tell them to go on learning; no one has acquired a refinement more pleasing to me than grammar."”
'Urwa ibn al-Zubayr
d. 94 AH / 713 CE
Successor, one of the Seven Jurists of Medina
The Arabic original
قالَ هِشامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ: خَرَجَ عَلَيْنا أَبِي يَوْماً وَمُعَلِّمُنا يُعَلِّمُنا النَّحْوَ، فَلَمّا خَرَجَ أَبِي أَسْكَتَنا المُعَلِّمُ، فَجَلَسَ أَبِي، فَقالَ لِلمُعَلِّمِ: مُرْهُمْ فَلْيَتَعَلَّمُوا؛ فَما أَحْدَثَ أَحَدٌ مُرُوءَةً هِيَ أَعْجَبُ إِلَيَّ مِنَ النَّحْوِ.
Source
al-Nahhas, 'Umdat al-Kuttab, ed. al-Jabi, 2004, p. 37, no. 45, via his son Hisham
The English translation is Voice of Arabic's, made from the original.
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