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15 October 2026 · Jumada I 4, 1448 AH
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العلمُ ما نفعَ، ليس العلمُ ما حُفِظ.
Source: الشافعيّ
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ابن فارس — «مقاييس اللغة»
أحمد بن فارس، ذهب إلى أنّ لكلِّ مادّةٍ من مواد العربيّة أصلًا واحدًا تعود إليه معانيها. و«معجم مقاييس اللغة» تطبيقُ ذلك على المعجم كلِّه. تُوفّي سنة ٣٩٥ للهجرة.
Source: «معجم مقاييس اللغة»
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Islamic University of Madinah — Institute for Teaching Arabic to Non-Native Speakers
Saudi Arabia · Madinah
UniversityArabic as a Foreign Language — CAMES
American University of Beirut
Lebanon · Beirut
National bodyCritical Language Scholarship (CLS) — Arabic
U.S. Department of State
United States
UniversityArabic, Basic Course 1 (distance)
University of Gothenburg
Online
UniversityLinguistic Preparation Diploma (Diploma in Arabic for Non-Native Speakers) — Intensive Morning Programme
Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University — Arabic Language Teaching Institute, Department of Language Preparation
Saudi Arabia · Riyadh
UniversityArabic Language Intensive Summer Program (ALIS)
The American University in Cairo — Department of Arabic Language Instruction
Egypt · Cairo
UniversityFaculty of Arabic — International Islamic University Islamabad
International Islamic University Islamabad
Pakistan · Islamabad
UniversityMiddle Eastern and Mediterranean Language Institute (MEDLI) – Arabic
University of Wisconsin–Madison (WISLI)
Online
UniversityLinguistic Qualification Diploma
Umm Al-Qura University — Institute for Teaching Arabic to Non-Native Speakers
Saudi Arabia · Makkah
UniversityArabic Language Intensive Program (ALIN)
The American University in Cairo — Department of Arabic Language Instruction
Egypt · Cairo
UniversityIHU Summer Language School — Arabic, Ibn Haldun University
Ibn Haldun University
Türkiye · Istanbul
National bodyAhlan wa Sahlan platform — King Salman Global Academy for Arabic Language
King Salman Global Academy for Arabic Language
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