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verb
ضَرَبَ
Rootض ر ب
English Translationto strike, to set forth
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Surah Al-Baqarah (2:73) Quran.com
فَقُلْنَا اضْرِبُوهُ بِبَعْضِهَا كَذَٰلِكَ يُحْيِي اللَّهُ الْمَوْتَىٰ So, We said, "Strike the slain man with part of it." Thus does Allah bring the dead to life, and He shows you His signs that you might reason. (Sahih International)
Surah At-Tahrim (66:11) Quran.com
وَضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا امْرَأَتَ فِرْعَوْنَ And Allah presents an example of those who believed: the wife of Pharaoh, when she said, "My Lord, build for me near You a house in Paradise and save me from Pharaoh and his deeds and save me from the wrongdoing people." (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Hashr (59:21) Quran.com
وَتِلْكَ الْأَمْثَالُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ If We had sent down this Qur'an upon a mountain, you would have seen it humbled and coming apart from fear of Allah. And these examples We present to the people that perhaps they will give thought. (Sahih International)
Surah Muhammad (47:27) Quran.com
فَكَيْفَ إِذَا تَوَفَّتْهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ يَضْرِبُونَ وُجُوهَهُمْ وَأَدْبَارَهُمْ Then how [will it be] when the angels take them in death, striking their faces and their backs? (Sahih International)
Surah Muhammad (47:3) Quran.com
كَذَٰلِكَ يَضْرِبُ اللَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ أَمْثَالَهُمْ That is because those who disbelieve follow falsehood, and those who believe follow the truth from their Lord. Thus does Allah present to the people their comparisons. (Sahih International)
Surah Az-Zukhruf (43:57) Quran.com
وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ مَثَلًا إِذَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْهُ يَصِدُّونَ And when the son of Mary was presented as an example, immediately your people laughed aloud. (Sahih International)
Surah Az-Zukhruf (43:17) Quran.com
وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُمْ بِمَا ضَرَبَ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ مَثَلًا ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُ مُسْوَدًّا And when one of them is given good tidings of that which he attributes to the Most Merciful in comparison, his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief. (Sahih International)
Surah Az-Zumar (39:29) Quran.com
ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا رَجُلًا فِيهِ شُرَكَاءُ مُتَشَاكِسُونَ Allah presents an example: a slave owned by quarreling partners and another belonging exclusively to one man - are they equal in comparison? Praise be to Allah! But most of them do not know. (Sahih International)
Surah Yasin (36:13) Quran.com
وَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ مَثَلًا أَصْحَابَ الْقَرْيَةِ إِذْ جَاءَهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ And present to them an example: the people of the city, when the messengers came to it - (Sahih International)
Surah Ar-Rum (30:28) Quran.com
ضَرَبَ لَكُمْ مَثَلًا مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ He presents to you an example from yourselves. Do you have among those whom your right hands possess any partners in what We have provided for you so that you are equal therein [and] would fear them as your fear of one another [within a partnership]? Thus do We detail the verses for a people who use reason. (Sahih International)
Surah Ash-Shuara (26:63) Quran.com
فَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ أَنِ اضْرِبْ بِعَصَاكَ الْبَحْرَ Then We inspired to Moses, "Strike with your staff the sea," and it parted, and each portion was like a great towering mountain. (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Furqan (25:39) Quran.com
وَكُلًّا ضَرَبْنَا لَهُ الْأَمْثَالَ وَكُلًّا تَبَّرْنَا تَتْبِيرًا And for each We presented examples [as warnings], and each We destroyed with [total] destruction. (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Kahf (18:45) Quran.com
وَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ مَثَلَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا كَمَاءٍ أَنْزَلْنَاهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ And present to them the example of the life of this world, [its being] like rain which We send down from the sky, and the vegetation of the earth mingles with it and [then] it becomes dry remnants, scattered by the winds. And Allah is ever, over all things, Perfect in Ability. (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Kahf (18:11) Quran.com
فَضَرَبْنَا عَلَىٰ آذَانِهِمْ فِي الْكَهْفِ سِنِينَ عَدَدًا So We cast [a cover of sleep] over their ears within the cave for a number of years. (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Isra (17:48) Quran.com
انْظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا لَكَ الْأَمْثَالَ فَضَلُّوا فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًا Look how they strike for you comparisons; but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a way. (Sahih International)