قال مالك رحمه الله : لا أوتي برجل،غير عالم بلغة العرب، يفسر كتاب الله إلا جعلته نكالا
Imam Malik (R) said:
No man can come to me explaining the book of Allah, while not being a scholar of the Arabic language. Except I shall make an example of him.
مجاهد :” لايحل لأحد يؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر أن يتكلم في كتاب الله إن لم يكن عالماً بلغات العرب
Mujaahid (R) said:
It is not allowed for anyone who believes in Allah and the last day to speak about the book of Allah, except him being a scholar of the Arabic dialects.
قال الزهري إنما أخطأ الناس في كثير من تأويل القران لجهلهم بلغة العرب
Imam Zuhri (R) said: The people only erred in many of their explanations of the Quran, due to their ignorance of the Arabic language.
The above are quotes I took from Shaykh Saalih Munajjid’s series: منهج السلف في الاستدلال و التلقي
Mohammad Awan 
abdullah said,
June 24, 2012 at 4:25 pm
May Allah make us learn Arabic language as early as possible. Ameen.