سَلَفٌ predecessors in Arabic
سَلَفٌ is how you say “predecessors” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
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.
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More example sentences
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.