ara ▁fi ▁' l - L ug hat ▁() ▁( The ▁Main ▁Part , ▁The ▁Collection ) ▁on ▁the ▁science ▁of ▁language , ▁or ▁ ▁Arab ic ▁Language ▁dictionary , ▁ ▁O wing ▁to ▁the ▁fragment ed ▁process ▁of ▁the ▁text ' s ▁dict ation , ▁the ▁early ▁ ▁parts ▁made ▁in ▁Pers ia ▁and ▁later ▁parts ▁from ▁memory ▁in ▁Bag hd ad , ▁with ▁frequent ▁add itions ▁and ▁delet ions ▁▁▁ ▁evol ved ▁from ▁a ▁divers ity ▁of ▁trans cri ptions , ▁add itions ▁and ▁delet ion , ▁led ▁to ▁incons isten cies . ▁ ▁The ▁grammar ian ▁Ab ū ▁al - F at ḥ ▁' U bay d ▁All ā h ▁ibn ▁A ḥ mad ▁collected ▁several ▁of ▁the ▁various ▁manuscript s ▁and ▁produced ▁a ▁corrected ▁copy ▁which ▁ibn ▁D ura id ▁read ▁and ▁approved . ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁Origin ally ▁in ▁three ▁manuscript ▁volumes , ▁the ▁third ▁largely ▁compr ised ▁an ▁extensive ▁index . ▁Pub lished ▁in ▁Hy der abad , ▁India ▁in ▁four ▁volumes ▁( 1 9 2 6 , ▁ 1 9 3 0 ). ▁ ▁The ▁historian ▁Al - M as udi ▁pra ised ▁I bn ▁D ura id ▁as ▁the ▁intellectual ▁he ir ▁of ▁Al - K hal il ▁ibn ▁A hm ad ▁al - F ar ah idi , ▁the ▁compiler ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁Arab ic ▁dictionary , ▁the ▁Kit ab ▁al - ' A yn ▁( ), ▁i . e . ▁" The ▁Source ▁Book ". ▁in ▁his ▁Kit ā b ▁al - Fi hr ist