CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PERIODIZATION OF KUFAH NAHWU SCHOLARS: A STUDY OF ARABIC LITERATURE

Abstract

This study aims to reveal the uniqueness and character of the periodization of the nahwu Kufah expert figures. The data obtained were collected using reading and note-taking techniques, then analyzed using a qualitative descriptive approach. The results of this study indicate that the Kufa school is a school that was born two years after the founding of the nahwu school in the city of Basra in 16-17 H, and the nahwu period of the Kufa school is divided into five generations, while the first generation figures are al-Ru’asi and al- Harra’ which is characterized by the results of thinking that still follow the nahwu flow of Basra, the second generation figure is al-Kisa’i who uses tactics in expressing the mindset of Basra, third generation figures al-Ahmar, al-Farra’, al-Dharir, al-Lihyani which is characterized by the separation of grammatical knowledge of nahwu and sharf sciences as well as the occurrence of debates between the two schools of Kufa and Basra which is characterized by a lack of development of nahwu science because it is still considered in the previous generation, the fourth generation figure is Ibnu Sa’dan, al-Thuwal, Ibn Qadim, and the fifth generation figure is Tsa’lab which is characterized by the emergence of various linguistic scholarships apart from nahwu and sharf such as balagah.