The first word of verse (18:45) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A conjunction and verb. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The imperative verb (فعل أمر) is second person masculine singular. The verb's triliteral root is ḍād rā bā (ض ر ب).

Chapter (18) sūrat l-kahf (The Cave) (18:45:1) wa-iḍ'rib And present
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) V – 2nd person masculine singular imperative verb	الواو عاطفة فعل أمر

Verse (18:45)

The analysis above refers to the 45th verse of chapter 18 (sūrat l-kahf):

Sahih International: 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.

See Also

• English Translations
• Imperative Verbs
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root ḍād rā bā

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