Ya-Sin
36:13

Ya-Sin · Ayah 13

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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: the people of the city, when the messengers came to it -

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