Nouns are names of things...

فلذلك سُميَّ النحو. I wrote two chapters on conjunctions and attributes then two chapters on exclamation and interrogatives. Then I wrote about إنَّ واخواتها and I skipped لکنَّ . When I showed that to him (Peace be upon him), he ordered me to add لکنَّ . Therefore, every time I finish a chapter I showed it to him (May God be satisfied with him), until I covered what I thought to be enough.

He said, "How beautiful is the approach you have taken!" From there the concept of grammar النحو came to exist. Following Abu Al-Aswad Al-Du'ali came a group of grammarians that we know most of by their names, not their works.

The list includes: Ibn ‘AaSim**‚** نصر بن عاصم ** ,** Al-Mahry عنبسة بن معدان المهري ** ,** Al-Aqran ميمون الاقرن , Al-‘Adwaany يحيی بن يعمر العدواني , Al-Akhfash الاخفش الاکبر , Al-‘Araj ** ** , Al-Hadhramy عبد الله بن ابي اسحق الحضرمي , Ibn Al-‘Alaa' أبو عمرو بن العلاء , Al-Thaqafy عيسی بن عمر الثقفي , who wrote two famous books, الإکمال and الجامع Waafi credited Al-Thaqafy الثقفي for transferring the interest from Basrah to Kuufa, because he began his work there, and Al-Khalil was his student.

Among the other Kuufic grammarians were Al-Tamiimy ** أبو معاوية شيبان بن عبد الرحمن التميمي** and Al-Harraa' أبو مسلم معاذ الهراء and Al-Ru'aasy أبو جعفر الرؤاسي who wrote الفيصل) ) . If Siibawayh was considered the 'Imaam of grammar in Basrah, the Kuufic version was Al-Kisaa'y** أبو الحسن علي بن حمزة بن فيروز الکسائي** ** ** who studied under Al-Harraa'** الهرَّاء** and Al-Ru'aasy . الرؤاسي Unfortunately, Al-Kisaa'y did not author any major work in Arabic grammar.

However, he became one of the best seven readers of the Quran. The framework of the Arab grammarians served exclusively for the analysis of Arabic and, therefore, has a special relevance for the study of the language. From the period between 750 and 1500 we know the names of more than 4000 grammarians who developed a truly comprehensive body of knowledge on their own language.