Surah Al-Anbya, Ayah 18 (21:18)

ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء

بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِٱلْحَقِّ عَلَى ٱلْبَٰطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُهُۥ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌ ۚ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْوَيْلُ مِمَّا …

Quran 21:18 is ayah 18 of Surah Al-Anbya (“The Prophets”), a Meccan surah of 112 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 323 of the Madani Mushaf.

21:18
بَلْنَقْذِفُبِٱلْحَقِّعَلَىٱلْبَٰطِلِفَيَدْمَغُهُۥفَإِذَاهُوَزَاهِقٌ ۚوَلَكُمُٱلْوَيْلُمِمَّاتَصِفُونَ١٨
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.(18)

Word by word

  1. بَلْbalNay
  2. نَقْذِفُnaqdhifuWe hurl
  3. بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqithe truth
  4. عَلَىʿalāagainst
  5. ٱلْبَٰطِلِl-bāṭili[the] falsehood
  6. فَيَدْمَغُهُۥfayadmaghuhuand it breaks its head
  7. فَإِذَاfa-idhābehold
  8. هُوَhuwait (is)
  9. زَاهِقٌ ۚzāhiqunvanishing
  10. وَلَكُمُwalakumuAnd for you
  11. ٱلْوَيْلُl-waylu(is) destruction
  12. مِمَّاmimmāfor what
  13. تَصِفُونَtaṣifūnayou ascribe

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