Surah Ibrahim (ابراهيم) • Abraham

Quran 14:26

14:26

وَمَثَلُ كَلِمَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ كَشَجَرَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ ٱجْتُثَّتْ مِن فَوْقِ ٱلْأَرْضِ مَا لَهَا مِن قَرَارٍ

wamathalu kalimatin khabīthatin kashajaratin khabīthatin uj'tuthat min fawqi l-arḍi mā lahā min qarārin

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

— Saheeh International

but an evil word is like a rotten tree, uprooted from the surface of the earth, with no power to endure.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And the parable of an evil word is that of an evil tree uprooted from the surface of earth, having no stability.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَمَثَلُwamathaluAnd (the) example
كَلِمَةٍkalimatin(of) a word
خَبِيثَةٍۢkhabīthatinevil
كَشَجَرَةٍkashajaratin(is) like a tree
خَبِيثَةٍkhabīthatinevil
ٱجْتُثَّتْuj'tuthatuprooted
مِنminfrom
فَوْقِfawqithe surface
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi(of) the earth
مَاmānot
لَهَاlahāfor it
مِنmin(is) any
قَرَارٍۢqarārinstability