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Arabic is a name applied to a group of dialects of the Central Semitic languages, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages such as Hebrew and the Neo-Aramaic languages. Spoken Arabic varieties have more speakers than any other language in the Semitic language family.

Medieval

Qur'an

Qur'an, the central religious text of Islam, 610-632 by the Prophet Muhammad; multiple translations available

Mu'allaqat

Seven "hanging poems" that were hung at the Kaaba

See also "Mo'allakāt," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Letters of Al-Ghazali

Al-Ghazali letter to Abdul Hassan Mas'ud bin Muhammad bin Ghanam, 11th-12th century letter
Al-Ghazali letter to Administrative Heads of all Government Departments, 11th-12th century letter
Al-Ghazali letter to all Prominent Theologians, 11th-12th century letter
Al-Ghazali letter to all those who wishing to achieve a peaceful and pious life, 11th-12th century letter
Al-Ghazali letter to an Emir, 11th-12th century letter
Al-Ghazali letter to Ibn Ul Amil, 11th-12th century letter
Al-Ghazali letter to Khwaja Abbas Khwarzam, 11th-12th century letter
Al-Ghazali letter to Khwaja Imam Abbasi, 11th-12th century letter
Al-Ghazali letter to Mu'inul Mulk, 11th-12th century letter
Al-Ghazali letter to Muhir-ud-Deen, 11th-12th century letter
Al-Ghazali letter to Nizamuddin Ahmed bin Ishak, 11th-12th century letter
Al-Ghazali letter to Qazis of Maghrib-i-Aqsa, 11th-12th century letter
Al-Ghazali letter to Sa'adat Khan, 11th-12th century letter
Al-Ghazali letter to Sa'eed Imadud-din Muhammad Al Wazzan, 11th-12th century letter
Al-Ghazali letter to Shahabul-Islam, 11th-12th century letter
Al-Ghazali letter to Shihab-ul-Islam, 11th-12th century letter
Al-Ghazali letter to Sultan Sanjar Seljuki, 11th-12th century letter
Al-Ghazali letters to Mujir-ud-Deen, 11th-12th century letter
Al-Ghazali letters to Nizamuddin Fakhrul Mulk, 11th-12th century letter
Open letter by Al-Ghazali, 11th-12th century letter

Jewish literature written in Arabic

Kitab al Khazari, by Judah Halevi, translated by Hartwig Hirschfeld, 1905.

Renaissance

The Perfumed Garden, 1410-1434 by Muhammad al-Nafzawi, 1886 translation by Richard Francis Burton