Quran 21:18 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 18
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
No! We hurl the truth against falsehood, and truth obliterates it- see how falsehood vanishes away! Woe to you [people] for the way you describe God!
بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِالْحَقِّ عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌ ۚ وَلَكُمُ الْوَيْلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ
bal naqdhifu bil-ḥaqi ʿalā l-bāṭili fayadmaghuhu fa-idhā huwa zāhiqun walakumu l-waylu mimmā taṣifūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Nay, but We hurl the truth against falsehood and it prevails over it, and behold, falsehood vanishes away. Then woe to you for that you describe!
- Muhammad Asad
- Nay, but [by the very act of creation] We hurl the truth against falsehood, and it crushes the latter: and lo! it withers away. But woe unto you for all your [attempts at] defining [God] –
- Sahih International
- Rather, We dash the truth upon falsehood, and it destroys it, and thereupon it departs. And for you is destruction from that which you describe.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | بَلْbal | Nay | — |
| 2 | نَقْذِفُnaqdhifu | We hurl | قذف |
| 3 | بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqi | the truth | حقق |
| 4 | عَلَىʿalā | against | — |
| 5 | ٱلْبَـٰطِلِl-bāṭili | [the] falsehood | بطل |
| 6 | فَيَدْمَغُهُۥfayadmaghuhu | and it breaks its head | دمغ |
| 7 | فَإِذَاfa-idhā | behold | — |
| 8 | هُوَhuwa | it (is) | — |
| 9 | زَاهِقٌۭ ۚzāhiqun | vanishing | زهق |
| 10 | وَلَكُمُwalakumu | And for you | — |
| 11 | ٱلْوَيْلُl-waylu | (is) destruction | — |
| 12 | مِمَّاmimmā | for what | — |
| 13 | تَصِفُونَtaṣifūna | you ascribe | وصف |