Al-Kahf
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Al-Kahf · Ayah 45

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Translation

And present

Word Breakdown

وَٱضْرِبْ

And present

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 present) is a command — it's telling someone to do something.
We translate it as a direct command — "[Do this]!"
Conjunction وَ (and)
وَٱضْرِبْ (And present) 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 the example of the life of this world, [its being] like rain which We send down from the sky, and the vegetation of the earth mingles with it and [then] it becomes dry remnants, scattered by the winds. And Allāh is ever, over all things, Perfect in Ability.

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