Arabic vocabulary
سَائِقٌ is how you say “driver” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
وَالْعَمَلَ سَائِقٌ وَالنَّفْسَ حَرُونٌ
And action is a driver, and the soul is stubborn.
سَائِقٌ — a driver. 'sa'iq' = 'a driver, one who drives from behind'. No 'al-', so 'a driver'.
From: Faith as Light →فَإِنْ فَتَرَ سَائِقُهَا ضَلَّتْ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ
If its driver weakens, it strays from the path.
سَائِقُهَا — its driver. 'sa'iq' = 'driver'; the ending '-ha' = 'its', pointing back to the soul.
From: Faith as Light →فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ هَذَا السَّائِقُ
Then the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said, "Who is this driver?"
السَّائِقُ — the driver. The al- prefix makes this noun definite, the specific driver in view, and its final -u marks it as standing in the subject/identified role of the question, the one whose name is being asked. So it names the figure the demonstrative pointed at.
From: The Martyr's Reward →OpenArabic teaches words like سَائِقٌ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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