Irregularity in the Grammatical Poetic Evidences of al-Akbari in his Book: Al-Lubab fi Ilal al-Bina' wa al-I'rab: A descriptive and analytical study
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Al-Akbari (d. 616 AH) is considered one of the most famous grammarians of the sixteenth century A.H. He devotes considerable attention to grammar, paying particular attention to inflection. The present paper examines his book, *Al-Lubab fi Ilal al-Bina' wa al-I'rab* (The Essence of the Reasons for Construction and Inflection), focusing specifically on irregularities in poetic grammatical examples. It also employs a descriptive analytical approach to these examples, comparing them with those of earlier and later scholars. The nature of the paper necessitates its division into three sections, preceded by an introduction and followed by a conclusion and bibliography. The first section provides a definition of al-Akbari, the second defines irregularity linguistically and technically, and the third examines the examples deemed irregular in *Al-Lubab*. The study demonstrates that al-Akbari judged some evidences as irregular, thus removing them from the realm of authoritative proof, even though it is used by others. Sometimes, it is simply labeled as irregular without any explanation of the reasons for its irregularity. This makes it difficult for researchers to interpret or accurately judge it. Despite al-Akbari's extensive knowledge, he was quite lenient in not attributing verses to their authors; most of these verses appear without attribution in his book, al-Lubab.
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