Alfiya Ibn: Malik

Muhammad is the servant of Allah, the one who hopes for His pardon... And I have summarized in it the science of grammar, making it easy to memorize and understand.

The Alfiyya is formally titled Al-Khulasa al-Alfiyya (The Thousand-Line Summary). It is written in the Rajaz meter, a poetic form often used for didactic purposes in the Arab world. The text consists of roughly 1,002 lines (though manuscripts vary slightly) and covers two main disciplines: alfiya ibn malik

("Muhammad, the son of Malik, says: I praise my Lord, the best of Masters...") Muhammad is the servant of Allah, the one

("And he took knowledge from the noble ones, before the writing of a single book.") Muhammad is the servant of Allah