Al-Seikh İbrahim al-Yaziji's life, books and contributions to Arabic language

His full name was Ibrahim b. Nasif b. 'Abdullah b. Nasif b. Janbulad b. Sa'd al-Yaziji al-Himsi, and he was born in Beirut on March 2, 1847. Being born and raised in a family containing many men of letters, he received a good education from his early childhood onwards. After starting to write poetry in his childhood and as a teenager, he gave it up to focus on studies of the Arabic language and literature. The versatility of this person, who can be described as an author, poet, linguist, critic, teacher, journalist, scientist (explorer and astronomer) and artist, was topped by his studies of the Arabic language. al-Yaziji devoted almost his entire life to Arabic and has made significant efforts to resolve the problems encountered in the language, while making comments and recommendations for its correct use and preservation. Arabic had always been known to have a rich reservoir of words, expressions and descriptions, but as Arab society had failed to adopt new technologies, the words generated related to the innovations in such fields as science and industry had no Arabic equivalents, leading to a need for systematic efforts to bring Arabic up date with modern life. According to al-Yaziji, this could first be done with ishtiqaq, through which equivalents can be derived for foreign words from existing Arabic words. When ishtiqaq was not possible, ta'rib was be the next course of action, meaning Arabization or Arabicization. Key words: Ibrahim al-Yaziji, Ishtiqaq, Ta'rib, Naht, Arabic Language and Literature, Ebhas Lugaviyye