Az-Zumar
39:29

Az-Zumar · Ayah 29

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Translation

Allah sets forth

Word Breakdown

ضَرَبَ

Allah sets forth

Word Breakdown

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
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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