Arabic language Classical texts

NAHW (roughly in order of difficulty, i.e. Basic texts towards the beginning and most advanced at the
end).
1) Ajrumiyyah
2) Mulhat il Irab
3) Matammat al Ajrumiyyah
4) Hidaayat an Nahw
5) Qatru an Nada
6) al Kafiyah
7) Alfiyyah ibn Malik
8) Shudhur adh Dhahab
9) Mughni al Labib
(You may want to add Nahw Mir and Kitab al Awaamil and Sharh Miata Amil here as well, but I have not
heard it used much outside of the Indian Subcontinent during the present day)
NAHW reference texts (rather than teaching/study texts)
1) al Kitab (of Sibaway)
2) al Mufassal of Zamakhshari
(some would list al Kafiyah as a reference text as well)
SARF
1) al Bina al Afal
2) al Maqsud (attributed to Imam Abu Hanifa)
3) Lamiyat al Af'al
4) Tasrif i Zanjani (Izz al Din Zanjani, i.e. "al-Izzi")
5) Marah al Arwah (Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Masud)
6) Shafiyyah (Ibn al Hajib)
7) Shadh al Arf
BALAGHAH
1) Mukhtasar al Ma'ani (and its commentaryTalkhis ul Miftah)
2) Jawahir al Balaghah
3) Miftah ul Ulum
4) Uqood ul Jumaan (Suyuti)
5) Jawhar Al Maknun (al Akhdari)
The above is just based off what I've been able to glean from comparing the cirriculums,
recommendations, etc. of scholars, darul ulooms, etc. from times past as well as the present and
identifying which of these texts has widespread popularity and/or has withstood the test of time.
I hope that this helps as starting point.
SOURCES USED:
http://darululoom-deoband.com/english/index.htm
http://eprints.rhul.ac.uk/331/1/Madrasa.pdf (Ottoman-Safavid-and Mogul educational models
compared)
http://www.zaytuna.org/academy.asp
http://www.isim.nl/files/Dissertation_Winkelmann.pdf (page 146 onward)
http://arabicgems.wordpress.com/category/on-the-arabic-bookshelf/
http://www.isim.nl/files/Dissertation_Winkelmann.pdf
http://www.esnips.com/doc/8287e5c8-c80b-49fe-b590-974a8a244173/Information-about-DaarHadeeth,-Yemen
http://www.hum.uu.nl/medewerkers/m.vanbruinessen/publications/Bruinessen_Pesantren_and_kitab_k

uning.pdf (Malay/Indonesian educational system)

http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5788
http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10324 (Classical Sarf Texts)
http://lisanularab.org/forums/showthread.php?t=29 [this website is a true gold mine of information]

http://attahawi.com/2009/12/06/kitab-fiqh-al-lughah-wa-asrar-al-arabiyyah-by-imam-abu-mansural-thaalabi/

For students of Arabic who enjoy the subtle differences between apparent synonyms, Imam
Thaalabis Fiqh al-Lughah and Asrar al-Arabiyyah are must-reads. You can download the
book, both published together by Al-Maktabah al-Asriyyah and edited by Yasin al-Ayyubi,
at the following link:
Fiqh al-Lughah wa Asrar al-Arabiyyah
http://attahawi.com/2010/01/21/treasures-of-arabic-morphology-min-kunuz-al-sarf-by-shaykhebrahim-muhammad/

Treasures of Arabic Morphology (Min

Kunuz al-Sarf) by Shaykh
Ebrahim Muhammad
Attached is the now widely-used English book of Arabic morphology, compiled by Shaykh
Ebrahim Muhammad of Camperdown, South Africa. It is used as the main text for Sarf in
many madrasahs today. The book has been published by ZamZam Publishers in Karachi,
albeit with poor printing. The margins are missing and the pages/binding are small and of
poor quality. Students tend to prefer to print out the pdf and bind the book themselves. This
gives them large margins to write notes on and allows for easier reading because of the larger
pages.
The students at the Institute of Islamic Education, however, were given permission by the
author to print these copies instead of buying the published book. I suggest that anyone who
wishes to do the same obtain permission from the author.
Treasures of Arabic Morphology