(ض) ضَرَبَ يَضْرِبُ ضَرْبًاḍaraba yaḍribu ḍarban: to strike, to hit; a verb of very wide usage, yielding several meanings according to context: (1) to strike. ﴿فَاضْرِبُوْا فَوْقَ الْاَعْنَاقِ﴾ (Al-Anfāl 8:12) (2) to cast something over something, to spread (ضَرَبَ الْخِمَارَ عَلَي الْجَيْبِḍaraba al-khimāra ʿalā al-jayb); [وَلْيَضْرِبْنَwalyaḍribna]: and let them draw (their covers) over (an-Nūr 24:31). ﴿وَضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الذِّلَّةُ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:61) (3) to travel (ضَرَبَ فِي الْاَرْضِḍaraba fī al-ʾarḍ). ﴿وَاِذَا ضَرَبْتُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ﴾ (An-Nisāʾ 4:101) (4) to set forth a parable (ضَرَبَ مَثَلًاḍaraba mathalan). ﴿اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يَسْتَحْيِۦٓ اَنْ يَّضْرِبَ مَثَلًا مَّا﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:26) (5) to mint coins.
Form VIII (iftiʿāl) اِضْطَرَبَ يَضْطَرِبُ اِضْطِرَابًاiḍṭaraba yaḍṭaribu iḍṭirāban: to shake and sway; to be restless and agitated (this verb is not used in the Quran).