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سَالِك follower in Arabic

سَالِك is how you say “follower” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

فما كان السلف يحطون على سالكه ويبدعونه،

So the pious predecessors did not criticize the one who followed it and accuse him of innovation.

سَالِكِهِ its follower

This noun, its follower, is in the genitive governed by the preposition, with the possessor attached pointing back to the path mentioned earlier. The suffix tracks the way being followed, so it reads 'the one who follows it'.

From Unity Over Partisanship

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وإنما يراد من ذكرهم شرْح أحوالهم وأخلاقهم ليقتدي بها السالك،

The purpose of mentioning them is to explain their states and morals, so that the seeker may emulate them.

السَّالِكُ the seeker

A definite noun, 'the seeker', the subject of 'may emulate', arriving after its verb as Arabic allows. Its 'the' makes it the seeker in general, the one for whom the examples are set out.

From Gaps in a Collection of Pious Lives

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