Naṣr bn ʿĀṣim al-Laythī or al-Duʾalī (; died 708/709) was an Arabic grammarian from Basra.

Theodor Nöldeke Theodor Nöldeke (; born 2 March 1836 – 25 December 1930) was a German orientalist and scholar. His research interests ranged over Old Testament studies, Semitic languages and Arabic, Persian and Syriac literature. Nöldeke translated several ...

, Friedrich Schwally,

Gotthelf Bergsträsser Gotthelf Bergsträsser (5 April 1886, in Oberlosa, Plauen – 16 August 1933, near Berchtesgaden) was a German linguist specializing in Semitic studies, generally considered to be one of the greatest of the twentieth century. Bergsträsser was ...

and Otto Pretzl, ''The History of the Qurʾān'', trans. Wolfgang H. Behn (Brill, 2013). p. 592. He is known as one of the first Arabic grammarians. Nasr ibn 'Asimm along with another famous Arabic grammarian from Basra, Yahya ibn Ya'mar, were asked to solve problems within the language. Nasr and Yahya invented a system of dots to distinguish each of these letters. Regarding who is the father of Arabic grammar: most scholars are of the view that Arabic grammar was invented by Abu al-Aswad al-Duʾalī, and that he had been taught by the Commander of the Faithful, Ali ibn Abi Talib. Others say that Naṣr ibn 'Āṣim developed grammar.

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