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Ya-Sin · 36:78

And he presents for Us an example and forgets his [own] creation. He says, "Who will give life to bones while they are disintegrated?"

Sahih International

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وَضَرَبَ

waḍaraba

And he sets forth

Word breakdown

و

Harf · Conjunction

and

ضرب

Fi'l · Verb

And he sets forth

RootضربDrb

to strike, set forth (examples), travel

58× in the Quran · Occasional

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

Grammar rules

Past tense verb

وَضَرَبَ (And he sets forth) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

Lesson 8 · Verbs — Past & Present
Conjunction وَ (and)

وَضَرَبَ (And he sets forth) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

Lesson 4 · Particles