As part of Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University's celebration of World

Arabic Language Day, represented by the College of Arabic Language, the College

organized on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, via the WebEx platform, a scholarly

meeting titled “The Role of Non-Arabs in the History of Arabic language". The

meeting was delivered by Prof. Ibrahim Al-Matrudi, a faculty member at the College,

and was attended by a number of academics, researchers, and specialists in

linguistic studies.

The meeting aimed to highlight the most prominent contributions of non-Arabs to the

service, transmission, and development of the Arabic language and its sciences

across various historical periods, while emphasizing the status of Arabic as a

language of human civilization, shaped by scholars and thinkers from different

nations.

     The session addressed the historical beginnings of non-Arabs' engagement with the

Arabic language and culture, as well as the civilizational and scientific circumstances

that contributed to its spread beyond the Arab context. It also discussed the

religious, scholarly, and cultural motivations that led non-Arabs to learn Arabic and

delve deeply into its sciences, and the resulting flourishing of disciplines such as

grammar, rhetoric, Qur'anic exegesis, and Hadith.

     In addition, the meeting reviewed accounts by non-Arabs about Arabs as recorded in

historical and literary sources, and the cultural and social images they reflected,

demonstrating the depth of civilizational interaction. It also shed light on the scholarly

and intellectual legacy left by non-Arabs in serving the Arabic language, including

their pioneering contributions to documenting its sciences, codifying its rules, and the

fields in which they excelled.

     The meeting further discussed the role of non-Arabs in the fields of literature and

poetry, their involvement in judging poets and critiquing literary production, and the

accompanying manifestations of scholarly and literary competition during that period,

and its impact on enriching cultural and intellectual life.

     This meeting comes as part of the efforts of the College of Arabic Language to

enhance awareness of the importance of the Arabic language and to highlight its

civilizational and human dimension, in line with the University's mission to serve the

Arabic language and advance its scholarly studies.​