Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:18

21:18

بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِٱلْحَقِّ عَلَى ٱلْبَـٰطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُهُۥ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌ ۚ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْوَيْلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ

bal naqdhifu bil-ḥaqi ʿalā l-bāṭili fayadmaghuhu fa-idhā huwa zāhiqun walakumu l-waylu mimmā taṣifūna

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.

— Saheeh International

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!

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Nay, We fling (send down) the truth (this Qur’ân) against the falsehood (disbelief), so it destroys it, and behold, it (falsehood) is vanished. And woe to you for that (lie) which you ascribe (to Allâh by uttering that Allâh has a wife and a son).

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

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Word by Word

بَلْbalNay
نَقْذِفُnaqdhifuWe hurl
بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqithe truth
عَلَىʿalāagainst
ٱلْبَـٰطِلِl-bāṭili[the] falsehood
فَيَدْمَغُهُۥfayadmaghuhuand it breaks its head
فَإِذَاfa-idhābehold
هُوَhuwait (is)
زَاهِقٌۭۚzāhiqunvanishing
وَلَكُمُwalakumuAnd for you
ٱلْوَيْلُl-waylu(is) destruction
مِمَّاmimmāfor what
تَصِفُونَtaṣifūnayou ascribe