bal naqdhifu bil-ḥaqi ʿalā l-bāṭili fayadmaghuhu fa-idhā huwa zāhiqun walakumu l-waylu mimmā taṣifūna
Translation
Rather, We dash the truth upon falsehood, and it destroys it,879 and thereupon it departs. And for you is destruction from that which you describe.880
Notes
[879] Literally, "strikes its brain," disabling or killing it.
[880] Of untruth concerning Allāh, particularly here, the claim that He has a son or other "partner" in divinity.
Verse 18 of Surah Al-Anbya (21:18), a Meccan surah, is in juz 17, on page 323 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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But rather, I throw the truth I reveal to My messengers upon the falsehood of the disbelievers, and it destroys it, and then their falsehood goes and finishes. And for you, O you who say Allah has taken a wife or son, is destruction, due to your describing Him with what is inappropriate for Him.
Rather, We hurl the truth at falsehood, and it crushes it10, so it vanishes. Woe to you for what you falsely ascribe [to Allah]11!
Notes
[10] Lit. "strikes its brain," disabling or killing it.
[11] Claiming that He has a son, a wife, or a partner.
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).
Nay, but We hurl the true against the false, and it doth break its head and lo! it vanisheth. And yours will be woe for that which ye ascribe (unto Him).
Nay, We hurl the Truth against falsehood, and it knocks out its brain, and behold, falsehood doth perish! Ah! woe be to you for the (false) things ye ascribe (to Us).
Nay! We cast the truth against the falsehood, so that it breaks its head, and lo! it vanishes; and woe to you for what you describe;
No indeed, We hurl the Truth against the untruth; so (Truth) smashes it; then, only then does (untruth) expire. And woe to you for whatever you describe!
