← Az-Zumar
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Az-Zumar · Ayah 29
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Translation
Allah sets forth
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Grammar Rules
Past tense verb
ضَرَبَ (Allah sets forth) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.
Sahih International
Allāh presents an example: a man [i.e., slave] owned by quarreling partners and another belonging exclusively to one man - are they equal in comparison? Praise be to Allāh! But most of them do not know.
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