Ya-Sin
36:78

Ya-Sin · Ayah 78

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Translation

And he sets forth

Word Breakdown

وَضَرَبَ

And he sets forth

Word Breakdown

وHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

ضربFi'l · Verb
3rd personMasculineSingularPast
Rootضرب
Common

to strike, set forth (examples), travel

Lemmaضَرَبَ

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

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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.
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.

Sahih International

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

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