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Al-Anbya 18

Ayah 18 of 112 · Meccan

بَلۡ نَقۡذِفُ بِٱلۡحَقِّ عَلَى ٱلۡبَٰطِلِ فَيَدۡمَغُهُۥ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٞۚ وَلَكُمُ ٱلۡوَيۡلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ ١٨

Rather, We dash the truth upon falsehood, and it destroys it,1 and thereupon it departs. And for you is destruction from that which you describe.2

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Literally, "strikes its brain," disabling or killing it.

2 Of untruth concerning Allāh, particularly here, the claim that He has a son or other "partner" in divinity.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. بَلۡNaybal
  2. نَقۡذِفُWe hurlnaqdhifu
  3. بِٱلۡحَقِّthe truthbil-ḥaqi
  4. عَلَىagainstʿalā
  5. ٱلۡبَٰطِلِ[the] falsehoodl-bāṭili
  6. فَيَدۡمَغُهُۥand it breaks its headfayadmaghuhu
  7. فَإِذَاbeholdfa-idhā
  8. هُوَit (is)huwa
  9. زَاهِقٞۚvanishingzāhiqun
  10. وَلَكُمُAnd for youwalakumu
  11. ٱلۡوَيۡلُ(is) destructionl-waylu
  12. مِمَّاfor whatmimmā
  13. تَصِفُونَyou ascribetaṣifūna

Tafsir

But rather, I throw the truth I reveal to My messengers upon the falsehood of the disbelievers, and it destroys it, and then their falsehood goes and finishes. And for you, O you who say Allah has taken a wife or son, is destruction, due to your describing Him with what is inappropriate for Him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran