Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi
# Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi

Abu ‘Abd ar-Raḥmān al-Khalīl ibn Aḥmad ibn ‘Amr ibn Tammām al-Farāhīdī al-Azdī al-Yaḥmadī ( أبو عبدالرحمن الخليل بن أحمد الفراهيدي) (718 – 786 CE) conhecido como Al-Farāhīdī ou ou Al-Khalīl, foi um filólogo árabe, lexicógrafo e importante gramático de Basra baseado no Iraque.
       - When Khalil the prosodist was one day asked his opinion about Ibn Al - Mukaffa , he said, “His learning is greater than his wit"; ' and the latter , being asked the same question concerning Khalil, replied, “His wit is greater than his learnig".
          - Arabic Authors: A Manual of Arabian History and Literature - Página 93, F. F. Arbuthnot · W. Heinemann, 1890, ISBN: 9781465510808, 146551080X