Dictionary of The Holy Quran — Page 504
ضرب لک = or it with it. اِضْرِبْ بَعَصَاكَ الْبَحْرَ : Strike the sea with thy rod )266( ارْبُ : According to Raghib, it signifies the making of a thing to fall upon another thing or to fall with violence. ضَرَبْتُ عُنُقَهُ : I struck off his head فَضَرْبَ الرِّقَابِ : Then smite )their) necks; smiting of the necks )47:5( ضَرَبَ مَثَلاً : He set forth, framed, propounded etc a parable or similitude. يَضْرِبُ الله الْأَمْثَالَ : Allah sets forth similitudes )14:26( ضَرَبَ بِهِ مَثَلاً : He made him or it the subject of a parable or a proverb, or he propounded or set forth a parable respecting him. گذلِكَ يَضْرِبُ اللَّهُ الْحَقَّ وَالْبَاطِلَ : Thus does Allah illustrate or compare truth and falsehood )13:18( وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ مَثَلاً : And when the son of Mary is quoted as an example )3:58( ضَرَبَ لَهُ اَجَلاً : He specified or fixed for him a term )ضَرَبَ لَهُمْ طَرِيقًا جَعَلَ : He made a way for them. فَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ طَرِيْقًا : And make or strike for them a way )20:78( ضَرَبَ الْخَيْمَةَ : He set up or pitched the tent. وَلَا يَضْرِبْنَ بِأَرْجُلِهِنَّ : And they should not strike their feet )24:32( ضُرِبَ بَيْنَهُمْ : A barrier was set up between them. ضُرِبَ بَيْنَهُمْ بِسُوْرٍ : There will be set up between them a wall )57:14( ضَرَبَ الْجِزْيَةَ عَلَيْهِمْ : He imposed poll-tax upon them. ضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الذِّلَّةُ : Disgrace was imposed upon them or was made to cleave to them or to encompass them (2:62) or they were smitten with abasement He went forth in : ضَرَبَ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَوْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ غَازِيًا أَوْ تَاجِرًا (3:113) ضَرَبَ عَنْهُ صَفْحًا the way of God as a fighter and he travelled in the land as a merchantman إِذَا ضَرَبْتُمْ فِي سَبِيْلِ اللَّهِ : When you go forth in the cause of Allah )4:95( ضَرَبَ عَنْهُ : He turned away from him or it. : He turned away from him and left him. أَفَنَضْرِبُ عَنْكُمُ الذِّكْرَ صَفْحًا : Shall We then take away the Reminder from you neglecting you (See also under صَفَحَ( : shall We then take away the Reminder from you, and leave you turning away Ourselves from you or shall We utterly ignore you or shall We turn away altogether the Remembrance from you )436( ضَرَبَ عَلَى أُذُنِهِ : He prevented him from hearing. ضَرَبْنَا عَلَى آذَانِهِمْ : We prevented them from listening or hearing. ضَرَبَ عَلَى اذَانِهِمْ أَوْ ضَرَبَ النَّوْمَ عَلَى اذَانِهِمْ : He poured upon them sleep by closing their ears, so that they slept and did not awake. ضَرَبْنَا عَلَى آذَانِهِمْ : We 504 ضرب