Quran 36:78: The Last Testament

He cites an example for Us, while forgetting his own creation! He says: "Who can resurrect the bones while they are dust?"

36:78Verse 3816 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

وَضَرَبَ

waḍaraba

And he sets 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 he sets forth

Letter-by-letter reading

وَwaضَḍaرَraبَba

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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).

“ضَرَبَ” (ḍaraba)means “And he sets forth” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is perfect verb, third person — masculine — singular.Corpus grammarV — third person masculine singular perfect verb.