The Emergence, Growth, and Maturation of the Arabic Language

The writer had heard about Al-Karmali before reading him or anyone who wrote about him. He motivated me to choose this book from among what he had written, and it fell into my hands. I began to look at it repeatedly and examine its thirty-nine chapters. I am not one of those whose hearts are consumed by envy, hatred, or grudges. According to what Al-Karmali mentioned. Rather, I read it in a beneficial manner, as he said: “With an open heart and a grateful heart[i].” A passionate observer meant for me the opportunity provided by “The Iraqi Academy Papers” to commemorate him and explain his role in serving Arabic: as a council, lecturer, and author. Among his extensive linguistic efforts, which were monitored by our Professor Ibrahim Al-Samarrai (may God have mercy on him), who said about these efforts: “The word fascinates him, so he researches its construction, origin, derivation, and its closeness to another Semitic language, or a non-Semitic language, he does not miss using it, the aspect of eloquence in that usage, the widespread error in its use by the public, and how it moved away from eloquence, becoming a disgraced colloquialism”.[ii]