From Dar al-Nafaes this Arabic lexicon has been shortened from the great lexicon, to fill a general need for scholars, students and others. It maintains the heritage with the addition of Arabized words and terms. It corrects vague explanations and reinforces meanings with explanations and examples from the Qur'an and Hadith, governance and proverbs, poems and texts. Contains color illustrations of animals, plants and machinery. Printed with 2 color text on chamois color paper