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Arabic root

ض-ر-ب

Dad-Ra-Ba

2 words from this root family

About this root

Dad-Ra-Ba (ض-ر-ب) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: ḍarība (tax), iḍṭirāb (disorder / disturbance).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 58 times in 54 verses, across 28 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:26.

Themes: Law Economics, Science Medicine

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeTaught in
ضَرِيبَة
ḍarība
taxnoun, B2Crime & Justice
اِضْطِرَاب
iḍṭirāb
disorder / disturbancenoun, B2Diseases & Epidemics

In the Quran

۞ وَإِذِ ٱسْتَسْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِۦ فَقُلْنَا ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْحَجَرَ ۖ فَٱنفَجَرَتْ مِنْهُ ٱثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْنًا ۖ قَدْ عَلِمَ كُلُّ أُنَاسٍ مَّشْرَبَهُمْ ۖ كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ مِن رِّزْقِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ

And when Moses asked for water for his people, We said: Smite with thy staff the rock. And there gushed out therefrom twelve springs (so that) each tribe knew their drinking-place. Eat and drink of that which Allah hath provided, and do not act corruptly, making mischief in the earth.

Quran 2:60
فَقُلْنَا ٱضْرِبُوهُ بِبَعْضِهَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُحْىِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَيُرِيكُمْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

And We said: Smite him with some of it. Thus Allah bringeth the dead to life and showeth you His portents so that ye may understand.

Quran 2:73
فَرَاغَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضَرْبًۢا بِٱلْيَمِينِ

Then he attacked them, striking with his right hand.

Quran 37:93

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

B2noun
ضَرِيبَة
ḍarība

tax

Example
فَرَضَتِ الحُكومَةُ ضَريبَةً جَديدَةً عَلى الدَّخل.
faraḍati l-ḥukūmatu ḍarībatan jadīdatan ʿalā d-dakhl.
The government imposed a new income tax.
B2noun
اِضْطِرَاب
iḍṭirāb

disorder / disturbance

Example
يُعالَجُ اِضطِرابُ النَّومِ بِتَغييرِ نَمَطِ الحَياة.
yuʿālaju ḍṭirābu n-nawmi bi-taghyīri namaṭi l-ḥayāt.
Sleep disorders are treated by changing lifestyle.

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