Arabic vocabulary
مُرِيدٌ is how you say “aspirant” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
أما بعد فإِنك الطالب الصادق، والمريد المحقق
As for what follows, indeed you are the sincere seeker and the true aspirant.
وَالْمُرِيدُ — and the aspirant. The connector 'and' joined to a second definite noun, 'the aspirant', carrying the attached 'the'. It extends the praise with a parallel title, matched in form to the earlier 'the seeker'.
From: Gaps in a Collection of Pious Lives →مُرِيدًا لِسُلُوكِ طَرِيقٍ مُرَافِقُهُ فِيهَا فِي غَايَةِ الْقِلَّةِ وَالْعِزَّةِ،
seeking to follow a path whose companion in it is in the utmost scarcity and honor,
مُرِيدًا — seeking. An active participle, 'desiring / intending', used as a state-description of the seeker and marked accusative for that role, 'while desiring to...'. It adds a circumstance to the main figure, telling in what frame of mind he pursues the path. It governs the purpose-phrase that follows.
From: Choosing Good Companions →OpenArabic teaches words like مُرِيدٌ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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