Really? @aliamjadrizvi @SecularlyYours @ArminNavabi ..you guys have all known Classical Arabic since you were 4 and never mentioned it? 
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How can modern Arabic speakers understand the 7th century Koran, when English speakers have trouble reading 16th century Shakespeare?
Because Arabic is not like English. English is an ever-evolving mix of diff langs. Classical Arabic is used in academia -just not colloquial
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Same scenario as if Christendom had kept on using Latin in the universities and in the Church?
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Possibly. Classical Arabic is what's used in all books. So ppl read/write it all the time. No one writes in colloquial-it's spoken only.
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