Quranic Arabic – The Language Of Quraish
Every scripture is revealed in the language of its primary audience. The primary audience of the Quran were the Quraish of Makkah. فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَاهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لِتُبَشِّرَ بِهِ الْمُتَّقِينَ وَتُنذِرَ بِهِ قَوْمًا لُّدًّا (97:19) Thus We have made this [Quran] very easy and apt in your own tongue that through it you may proclaim glad tidings to the upright and fully warn the stubborn. (19:97) The language of Madina was also Arabic and they could understand the Quran. However, the stylistics of every language somewhat vary in different places. For example, Urdu is spoken in Karachi as well as Lahore. While people in either city can understand each other, they each may have slightly different idioms. When we try to understand any historical texts, it’s important that we know their origins and are familiar with the style of language in that place around the time that those texts were written.