THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ARABIC LANGUAGE TO LITERACY INSOUTH-WESTERN NIGERIA
Rightfrominception,Arabichasdemonstrateditspotentialityasalanguagewelladequatetoprovidethereligious,economic,politicalandsocialneedsoftheNigeriannation.ItwasinthesameveinthatthefirstNigeriantowritehadtoemployArabictodosobecauseitwastheonlymeansofliteracyinNigeriauntiltheintroductionofChristianityint...
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| Language: | English |
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2021
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Religions' educator
Year: 2021, Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Pages: 78-89 |
| Further subjects: | B
Arabic Language
B Nigeria B Arab Civilization B Literacy B South-west |
| Summary: | Rightfrominception,Arabichasdemonstrateditspotentialityasalanguagewelladequatetoprovidethereligious,economic,politicalandsocialneedsoftheNigeriannation.ItwasinthesameveinthatthefirstNigeriantowritehadtoemployArabictodosobecauseitwastheonlymeansofliteracyinNigeriauntiltheintroductionofChristianityinthe19thcentury.Arabic,beingthelanguageoftheQur’an,hasalwaysbeenconsideredasanimmanentpartofIslamiceducationwithspiritualquintessence.ItisconsideredasareligiousobligationbyMuslimstolearnhowtoreadtheQur’anandteachittoothersinitsoriginallanguage-Arabic.TheProphetMuhammad(S.A.W.)said:"thebestofyouishewholearnstheQur’anandteachesittoothers"Hence,thezealtoacquireliteracyskillsinthelanguagewiththeaimofreadingtheQur’anandteachingitisasocialrequirementandatthesametime,afulfillmentofreligiousduty.Theeffortsoftheitinerantandindigenousscholarscontributedto the development of Arabic literacy in West Africa, especially in South-western Nigeria.Arabic,beingalanguagespokenbyalargenumberofspeakersspreadallovertheworld,isnotonlyvitalforanyexternalglobalbusinesswithAraborganisationsandconsumers,butalsoforeducationandacademics.QuranicschoolsthatwereestablishedpavedwayforcreationofmanyfacilitiesforthestudyofArabicatsecondaryandtertiarylevels.ThispaperappraisesthecontributionofArabiclanguagetoliteracyinSouth-west,NigeriaandtheeffortsofMuslimscholarsintheattempttodevelopliteracyinNigerianinstitutionsoflearning.Datawerederivedfrombooksandjournalarticlesandwereclassifiedandsubjectedtoqualitativeanalysiswithhistoricalresearchmethod.ThisstudyintendstofillthegapintheestablishmentofmodernizedQuranic/ArabicschoolsalsoknownasmodernArabicinstitutionsandformalWesterninstitutionswhichgaverisetochangeinthesystemofArabicliteracyfrominformaltoformal.Thefindingsandsuggestionsprovidedinthiswork,ifproperlystudiedandadequatelyincorporatedintothecountry’seducationalplan,willnotonlyenhancethedevelopmentofeducationinNigeriabutbettertheroleofthelanguageforthe purpose of social integration. |
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| ISSN: | 1115-5035 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: National Association for the Study of Religions and Education, Religions' educator
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