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Surah 14. Ibrahim, Ayah 26

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

Wamathalu kalimatin khabeethatin kashajaratin khabeethatin ijtuththat min fawqi alar d i m a lah a min qar a r in

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.³⁸

- Mohammad Asad

But the example of an evil word is that of an evil tree, which is torn out from the earth and has no stability.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

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

- Mustafa Khattab

And the similitude of a bad saying is as a bad tree, uprooted from upon the earth, possessing no stability.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

And the parable of an evil Word is that of an evil tree. It is torn up by the root from the surface of the earth: it has no stability. ¹⁹⁰²

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali