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Al-Kahf · 18:45
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.
Sahih International
Word 1 of 23
وَٱضْرِبْ
wa-iḍ'rib
And present
Word breakdown
و
Harf · Conjunctionand
اضْربْ
Fi'l · VerbAnd present
RootضربDrb
to strike, set forth (examples), travel
58× in the Quran · Occasional
LemmaضَرَبَVerb (form I) - to strike, to set forth
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]!"
Lesson 10 · Commands & FutureConjunction 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.
Lesson 4 · Particles