سَائِقٌdriver

Example sentences

• 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 →