Alfiya Ibn Malik -

Ibn Malik died in Cairo in 1274 CE. He is buried near the famous Sufi saint Ibn ‘Ata’ Allah. But his voice never stopped.

It is not a love sonnet, nor a epic of war. It is a grammar book. alfiya ibn malik

Why poetry? Memory.

The next time you struggle with why a fatha became a damma , remember: Somewhere, a student is chanting: وَأَخَذَ الْعِلْمَ عَنِ الأَمَاجِدِ مِنْ قَبْلِ تَدْوِينِ الْكِتَابِ الْوَاحِدِ ("And he took knowledge from the noble ones, before the writing of a single book.") Ibn Malik died in Cairo in 1274 CE