Sources
The words, expressions and example sentences come from the poetry, proverbs and speeches of the Arabs. The texts come from Arabic Wikisource under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; this list therefore falls under the same licence.
| Work | Author | Period | Items | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| معلقة امرئ القيس | Imru' al-Qays | pre-Islamic | 1 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| معلقة طرفة بن العبد | Tarafa b. al-Abd | pre-Islamic | 1 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| معلقة زهير بن أبي سلمى | Zuhayr b. Abi Sulma | pre-Islamic | 1 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| معلقة لبيد بن ربيعة from the pre-Islamic Mu'allaqa of Labid b. Rabi'a |
Labid b. Rabi'a | pre-Islamic | 1 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| معلقة عمرو بن كلثوم | Amr b. Kulthum | pre-Islamic | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| معلقة عنترة بن شداد | Antara b. Shaddad | pre-Islamic | 1 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| المفضليات | al-Mufaddal al-Dabbi (anthology) | pre- and early Islamic, collected 2nd c. AH | 0 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| العقد الفريد | Ibn 'Abd Rabbih | 4th c. AH, collects older proverbs and speeches | 21 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| البيان والتبيين | al-Jahiz | 3rd c. AH | 11 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| الكامل في اللغة | al-Mubarrad | 3rd c. AH | 25 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| الأمالي (القالي) | Abu Ali al-Qali | 4th c. AH | 18 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| لسان العرب | Ibn Manzur | 7th c. AH, from older dictionaries | — | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Labid, Hassan b. Thabit, Ka'b b. Zuhayr and al-Khansa' later became companions. From their poems composed before Islam we take only words and turns of phrase, never sayings by or about them.
Qur'an text for the language analysis: Tanzil Project, tanzil.net. The Qur'an is never quoted. For the language analysis, seven hadith collections were also used (fawazahmed0/hadith-api), only for counting, never for quoting.
Lisan an-Nabi is a language method, not a religious lesson and not a fatwa.