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yeah i should have picked that up.
there are arabs (especially those that live outside the middle east) that have little command over the arabic language. But i have also met non arabs - indonesians, turks and anglo saxons that speak it better than i do. to understand the Quran at a basic and literary level you need a reasonable level of arabic. if you wanted to really delve into it, it would take years of research. its easy to learn, but hard to master; if that makes sense.
but yeah like you said, you do need to know some arabic, and the history behind what you are reading to fully grasp the context.
On the topic of watering down of the arabic language, this becoming a major concern especially with the introduction of english words into the arabic language as a result of technology. words like 'computer' for example have no equivelant in the arabic language, so there's a current debate on the future of the arabic language with all the new vocabulary. The argument for the traditionalists is that the Quran being the guide and source for the muslim world is the saviour of the arabic language. you'll find that the emphasis of the arabic language in saudi si so much more than anywhere else in the arab world. no street signs are in english. this is quite the opposite in dubai where more things are in english than arabic. in fact the level of arabic here i find it quite low for an arabic speaking country
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