Al-Kahf
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Al-Kahf · Ayah 32

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Translation

And set forth

Word Breakdown

۞ وَٱضْرِبْ

And set forth

Word Breakdown

وHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

اضْربْFi'l · Verb
2nd personMasculineSingularImperative
Rootضرب
Common

to strike, set forth (examples), travel

Lemmaضَرَبَ

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

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Grammar Rules

Command verb
۞ وَٱضْرِبْ (And set forth) is a command — it's telling someone to do something.
We translate it as a direct command — "[Do this]!"
Conjunction وَ (and)
۞ وَٱضْرِبْ (And set forth) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

Sahih International

And present to them an example of two men: We granted to one of them two gardens of grapevines, and We bordered them with palm trees and placed between them [fields of] crops.

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