Quran 14:18 — Ibrahim, verse 18
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The deeds of those who reject their Lord are like ashes that the wind blows furiously on a stormy day: they have no power over anything they have gained. This is to stray far, far away.
مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِرَبِّهِمْ ۖ أَعْمَالُهُمْ كَرَمَادٍ اشْتَدَّتْ بِهِ الرِّيحُ فِي يَوْمٍ عَاصِفٍ ۖ لَا يَقْدِرُونَ مِمَّا كَسَبُوا عَلَىٰ شَيْءٍ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الضَّلَالُ الْبَعِيدُ
mathalu alladhīna kafarū birabbihim aʿmāluhum karamādin ish'taddat bihi l-rīḥu fī yawmin ʿāṣifin lā yaqdirūna mimmā kasabū ʿalā shayin dhālika huwa l-ḍalālu l-baʿīdu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- The likeness of those who disbelieve in their Lord: their works are as ashes, whereon the wind blows strong upon a tempestuous day; they have no power over that they have earned - that is the far error!
- Muhammad Asad
- [This, then, is] the parable of those who are bent on denying their Sustainer: all their works are as ashes which the wind blows about fiercely on a stormy day: [in the life to come,] they cannot achieve any benefit whatever from all [the good] that they may have wrought: for this [denial of God] is indeed the farthest one can go astray.
- Sahih International
- The example of those who disbelieve in their Lord is [that] their deeds are like ashes which the wind blows forcefully on a stormy day; they are unable [to keep] from what they earned a [single] thing. That is what is extreme error.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | مَّثَلُmathalu | (The) example | مثل |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (of) those who | — |
| 3 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieve | كفر |
| 4 | بِرَبِّهِمْ ۖbirabbihim | in their Lord | ربب |
| 5 | أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْaʿmāluhum | their deeds | عمل |
| 6 | كَرَمَادٍkaramādin | (are) like ashes | رمد |
| 7 | ٱشْتَدَّتْish'taddat | blows furiously | شدد |
| 8 | بِهِbihi | on it | — |
| 9 | ٱلرِّيحُl-rīḥu | the wind | روح |
| 10 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 11 | يَوْمٍyawmin | a day | يوم |
| 12 | عَاصِفٍۢ ۖʿāṣifin | stormy | عصف |
| 13 | لَّاlā | No | — |
| 14 | يَقْدِرُونَyaqdirūna | control (they have) | قدر |
| 15 | مِمَّاmimmā | of what | — |
| 16 | كَسَبُوا۟kasabū | they have earned | كسب |
| 17 | عَلَىٰʿalā | on | — |
| 18 | شَىْءٍۢ ۚshayin | anything | شيأ |
| 19 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That | — |
| 20 | هُوَhuwa | [it] | — |
| 21 | ٱلضَّلَـٰلُl-ḍalālu | (is) the straying | ضلل |
| 22 | ٱلْبَعِيدُl-baʿīdu | far | بعد |