Stars on the Path — Al-Farahidi: Master of Grammar and Pioneer of Prosody

Join Buraq on adventures through mountains and valleys, following historical heroes and scholars. This time the journey reaches Basra, where readers discover an ingenious master of Arabic grammar.

Poet, grammarian, thinker, innovator and distinguished scholar, Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi came from Basra and the Azd tribe. He developed the study of Arabic poetic metre, an early dictionary plan and principles of cryptography. His knowledge only deepened his humility, piety and richness of spirit.

Buraq greets readers from Damascus, Basra, Baghdad and Al-Andalus to share the lives of those who became beacons of knowledge and goodness along the path.