An-Nahl
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An-Nahl · Ayah 75

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Translation

Allah sets forth

Word Breakdown

۞ ضَرَبَ

Allah sets forth

Word Breakdown

ضربFi'l · Verb
3rd personMasculineSingularPast
Rootضرب
Common

to strike, set forth (examples), travel

Lemmaضَرَبَ

Verb (form I) - to strike, to set forth

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Grammar Rules

Past tense verb
۞ ضَرَبَ (Allah sets forth) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

Sahih International

Allāh presents an example: a slave [who is] owned and unable to do a thing and he to whom We have provided from Us good provision, so he spends from it secretly and publicly. Can they be equal? Praise to Allāh! But most of them do not know.

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