Surah Al-Anbiya 21:18 — translation and meaning

الأنبياء · Verse 18 / 112 · Page 323

ۚ بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِالْحَقِّ عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌ وَلَكُمُ الْوَيْلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ

Word by Word

ۚ
بَلْ
bal
Nay
نَقْذِفُ
naqdhifu
We hurl
بِالْحَقِّ
bil-haqi
the truth
عَلَى
ala
against
الْبَاطِلِ
al-batili
[the] falsehood
فَيَدْمَغُهُ
fayadmaghuhu
and it breaks its head
فَإِذَا
fa-idha
behold
هُوَ
huwa
it (is)
زَاهِقٌ
zahiqun
vanishing
وَلَكُمُ
walakumu
And for you
الْوَيْلُ
al-waylu
(is) destruction
مِمَّا
mimma
for what
تَصِفُونَ
tasifuna
you ascribe

Transliteration

Bal naqzifu bilhaqqi 'alal baatili fa yadmaghuhoo fa izaa huwa zaahiq; wa lakumul wailu mimmaa tasifoon

Translation

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.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

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.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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