Quran 43:5: The Last Testament

Shall We take away the reminder from you, because you are a transgressing people?

43:5Verse 4369 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

اَفَنَضْرِبُ

afanaḍribu

Then should We take away

General Arabic dictionary

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

Meaning in this ayah

Then should We take away

Letter-by-letter reading

اَaaفَfaنَnaضْḍرِriبُbu

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ROOTض ر ب

WHAT THIS ISAn action or state word (a verb) with 2 attached parts

What this word is doing

“أَ” (ʾaa)This word asks a question, like “is?” or “do?”Corpus grammarINTG — prefixed intg particle.

“فَ” (fa)This is an extra supporting word used for Arabic grammar or emphasis.Corpus grammarSUP — prefixed sup particle.

“نَضْرِبُ” (naḍribu)means “Then should We take away” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is imperfect verb.Corpus grammarV — first person plural imperfect verb.