Surah Al-Anbya, ayah 18
بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِٱلْحَقِّ عَلَى ٱلْبَـٰطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُهُۥ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌ ۚ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْوَيْلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ
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.
Al-Anbya · 21:18
Word by word
- بَلْbalNay
- نَقْذِفُnaqdhifuWe hurl
- بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqithe truth
- عَلَىʿalāagainst
- ٱلْبَـٰطِلِl-bāṭili[the] falsehood
- فَيَدْمَغُهُۥfayadmaghuhuand it breaks its head
- فَإِذَاfa-idhābehold
- هُوَhuwait (is)
- زَاهِقٌۭ ۚzāhiqunvanishing
- وَلَكُمُwalakumuAnd for you
- ٱلْوَيْلُl-waylu(is) destruction
- مِمَّاmimmāfor what
- تَصِفُونَtaṣifūnayou ascribe
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