سَلَفٌpredecessors

Example sentences

• فما كان السلف يحطون على سالكه ويبدعونه،

  The predecessors used to condemn those who followed this path and declare them innovators,

  السَّلَفُ — the predecessors. This is the subject of 'to be', nominative — a collective name for the early generations. It is the doer whose customary practice the 'kana plus verb' frame describes. Its plain ending marks the subject role.

  From: Scripture Over Speculation →

• فما كان السلف يحطون على سالكه ويبدعونه،

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

  السَّلَفُ — the pious predecessors. This noun, the predecessors, is the subject of 'were', carrying the nominative ending and made definite by 'al-'. It names the early generations as the ones who were not habitually doing the criticizing.

  From: Unity Over Partisanship →