Why is the quran in arabic?

The Quran is in Arabic because that was the language of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, and the people to whom it was first revealed. Islamic scholarship regards Arabic as more than a medium: the scholar Ibn Taymiyyah called it the symbol of Islam and the language of the Quran, and considered it disliked for Muslims to abandon it as their habitual tongue, noting that early Muslims who settled in Syria, Egypt, Iraq and North Africa kept Arabic alive there. The Quran’s own eloquence is part of the reason; its style is regarded as inimitable, a quality that translation cannot carry. Muslims everywhere therefore recite it in Arabic and learn at least the short passages used in prayer, while reading translations for meaning. The articles “The Status of the Arabic Language in Islam” and “The Beauty and Eloquence of the Quran” explain further.