Dharaba (ضَرَبَ)

ضَرَبَ

Dharaba

He struck / Gave example

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Grammar

Part of SpeechVerb (Fi‘l Māḍī)

Root (Arabic)ض ر ب

Root Transliterationḍ-r-b

Tajweed & Pronunciation

Phonetic SpellingḌa-ra-ba

Common MistakePronouncing the heavy Ḍād (ض) as a plain Dāl (د) ('Daraba') or a Zāy (ز) sound, or thinning the heavy Rā (ر).

Learning Notes

Micro Tafsir

In Quranic discourse, *Ḍaraba* is most frequently used to introduce vivid parables (*Ḍaraba Allāhu mathalan* - 'Allah presents an example'). Divine parables simplify complex spiritual realities, forcing humans to reflect and understand Allah's message.

Memory Hook

Associate *Ḍaraba* with *Ḍarb al-Mathal* (setting forth a parable or metaphor).

Audio Pronunciation

Contextual Verse

Ibrahim (14:24)

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَاءِ

Have you not considered how Allah presents an example, [making] a good word like a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches [high] in the sky?

Common Combinations

ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا

Ḍaraba Allāhu mathalan

ضَرَبَ (set forth) + اللَّهُ (Allah) + مَثَلًا (an example/parable)

Allah sets forth an example / Allah presents a parable

Freq: 11

Have you not considered how Allah presents an example, [making] a good word like a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches [high] in the sky?

ضَرَبْتُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ

Ḍarabtum fī al-arḍ

ضَرَبْتُمْ (you travel/march) + فِي (in/through) + الْأَرْضِ (the earth/land)

You travel through the land / You march forth

Freq: 4

وَإِذَا ضَرَبْتُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ أَن تَقْصُرُوا مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ إِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَن يَفْتِنَكُمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِنَّ الْكَافِرِينَ كَانُوا لَكُمْ عَدُوًّا مُّبِينًا

And when you travel throughout the land, there is no blame upon you for shortening the prayer, [especially] if you fear that those who disbelieve may disrupt [or attack] you. Indeed, the disbelievers are ever to you a clear enemy.

Forms

ضَرَبَضَرَبْنَايَضْرِبُيَضْرِبُونَاضْرِبضَرْب

Related Words

يضربضربنامثلااضرب

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