Quran 36:13: The Last Testament

Cite for them the example of the people of the town, when the messengers came to it.

36:13Verse 3751 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

وَاضْرِبْ

wa-iḍ'rib

And set forth

General Arabic dictionary

Corpus form ضرب. Dictionary lookup may use a verified citation form when the corpus form is inflected.

Meaning in this ayah

And set forth

Letter-by-letter reading

وَwaاāضْḍرِriبْb

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ROOTض ر ب

WHAT THIS ISAn action or state word (a verb) with one attached part

What this word is doing

“وَ” (wa)a joining word meaning “and.” It connects this word to what came before.Corpus grammarCONJ — prefixed conjunction wa (and).

“اضْرِبْ” (aḍrib)means “And set forth” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is second person — masculine — singular.Corpus grammarV — second person masculine singular imperative verb.