Quran 14:26 — Ibrahim, verse 26
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
but an evil word is like a rotten tree, uprooted from the surface of the earth, with no power to endure.
وَمَثَلُ كَلِمَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ كَشَجَرَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ اجْتُثَّتْ مِنْ فَوْقِ الْأَرْضِ مَا لَهَا مِنْ قَرَارٍ
wamathalu kalimatin khabīthatin kashajaratin khabīthatin uj'tuthat min fawqi l-arḍi mā lahā min qarārin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And the likeness of a corrupt word is as a corrupt tree -- uprooted from the earth, having no stablishment.
- Muhammad Asad
- And the parable of a corrupt word is that of a corrupt tree, torn up [from its roots] onto the face of the earth, wholly unable to endure.
- Sahih International
- And the example of a bad word is like a bad tree, uprooted from the surface of the earth, not having any stability.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَثَلُwamathalu | And (the) example | مثل |
| 2 | كَلِمَةٍkalimatin | (of) a word | كلم |
| 3 | خَبِيثَةٍۢkhabīthatin | evil | خبث |
| 4 | كَشَجَرَةٍkashajaratin | (is) like a tree | شجر |
| 5 | خَبِيثَةٍkhabīthatin | evil | خبث |
| 6 | ٱجْتُثَّتْuj'tuthat | uprooted | جثث |
| 7 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 8 | فَوْقِfawqi | the surface | فوق |
| 9 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | (of) the earth | أرض |
| 10 | مَاmā | not | — |
| 11 | لَهَاlahā | for it | — |
| 12 | مِنmin | (is) any | — |
| 13 | قَرَارٍۢqarārin | stability | قرر |