Debilatation of Arabic
Imperialist cadresusetheir powersentirelyforenfeeblingthe stand-
ardArabic,inwhichtheQuranwasrevealed,andenliveningthecollo-
quial.TheyaimatdraggingtheMuslimsawayfromthehugeconceptual
wealthandmaskingthemarvelouseloquencethatdrawspeople’satten-
tion towardsthe Quran.Mohammed Saeed says,“The mostimportant
purpose beyond the colonialists’ opposing the Islamic education and
preventingthenewgenerationsfromreachingit,istheirintendmentto
construct barriers between the generations andthe Quran. They want
thesegenerationstomisunderstandandmisstatetheQurananditselo-
quence.Then they would affirm that the nowadays generations refute
eloquenceandheavinessoftheancientheritage;therefore,theyneedre-
newal and simplification. This renewal and simplification is the very
holefrom whichthe imperialists intendto push theirdaggers into the
bodyofArabiclanguage.Hence,thelasthopeofthisgeneration’sreturn
to the Quran and its guidance would be unattainable.”.
Satti al-Hissari poses another reason:
“TheimperialistsconceivedthatthestandardArabichasbeentheonly
meansoftheArabs’communicationthroughwhichideasandtendencies
aretransferredamongthe Arabcountries.They alsothoughthat when
themovementsofpublicizingthestandardArabicintheArabcountries
areabortedandsupplantedbyotherssupportingthecolloquialaccents,
onlytheneachcountrywouldhaveitsown accent.Thiswould remove
the idea of independence or any notion calling for unity of the Arab
countries.EnglishandFrenchassembliesfavoredthisthoughtandbegan
tobroadcastcolloquialaccentsintheArabcountriesespeciallytheinde-
pendent.AgoodnumberoffamedpersonalitiesandOrientalistssuppor-
tedthethoughtthatincitedsomeArabsonpublicizingitignoringitsori-
gin source and intendment and menacing consequences.
SomeEuropeanindividualscalledforthisideaandclaimedthatwire-
lessradiobroadcasting,partiesofsinging,theatreandthecinemawould
sustain centers of colloquial accents all over the Arab countries since
theycommunicatemorethanthestandard.Theyalsoclaimedthatplays
of colloquial accents attract more audience. All these elements will fi-
nally give victory to the colloquial accent to overcome the standard.”.
Thisisthe teachingandeducationaltrendofthe Westerncolonialists
whohavesparednoeffortsforexecutingthisnationanderadicatingits
conceptual and mental constituents.