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After reading the first two volumes of “arabic tutor” and “Arabic Verbs and Essentials of Grammar 2nd Ed”, I feel I have covered the fundamentals of grammar. Now its time to put the rules to practice. For this purpose, I have started doing the syntax analysis of Quranic Ayats.

Today I came across an awesome site that lists the roots in Quran. We can type in the Sura number and Aya number and it shows all the roots involved. I am so relieved to find it : http://www.studyquran.co.uk/PRLonline.htm

The reason for my coming to python is bash. I liked the idea of automating repetitive tasks using bash. I was new to Linux command line and its power looked awesome, still does. well, bash is cryptic and I couldn’t remember its weird syntax. I wrote a very basic script in Python one day that found, shrank and cleaned up video files on my hard disk and it was so elegant. So, i decided to dig it deeper and got into Oreilly’s Learning Python.

Done with the major part of this book that taught me verb types, conjugation, derivation, moods, verbal nouns, active and passive participle. Feel good. Now the rest is noun, noun sentences and compounds. Should be completing in a week or so. InshAllah.

This is a condensed yet a readable book. I stepped on chapter 15 today. The rules appear simple but will escape me if i dint drill. I am going to practice on Barrons’501 Arabic Verbs.