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Ibrahim 26

Ayah 26 of 52 · Meccan

وَمَثَلُ كَلِمَةٍ خَبِيثَةٖ كَشَجَرَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ ٱجۡتُثَّتۡ مِن فَوۡقِ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مَا لَهَا مِن قَرَارٖ ٢٦

And the example of a bad word is like a bad tree, uprooted from the surface of the earth, not having any stability.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمَثَلُAnd (the) examplewamathalu
  2. كَلِمَةٍ(of) a wordkalimatin
  3. خَبِيثَةٖevilkhabīthatin
  4. كَشَجَرَةٍ(is) like a treekashajaratin
  5. خَبِيثَةٍevilkhabīthatin
  6. ٱجۡتُثَّتۡuprooteduj'tuthat
  7. مِنfrommin
  8. فَوۡقِthe surfacefawqi
  9. ٱلۡأَرۡضِ(of) the earthl-arḍi
  10. مَاnotmā
  11. لَهَاfor itlahā
  12. مِن(is) anymin
  13. قَرَارٖstabilityqarārin

Tafsir

The example of the bad word of disbelief is that of a bad tree, the colocynth. It is removed from its foundation with no stability on the earth. Nor does it extend into the sky, so it dies and is scattered by the wind. The word of disbelief results in ruin, and its owner’s good deeds will not reach Allah.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran