وَمَثَلُ كَلِمَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ كَشَجَرَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ اجْتُثَّتْ مِنْ فَوْقِ الْأَرْضِ مَا لَهَا مِنْ قَرَارٍ
Ahmed Ali
An evil act is like a rotten tree torn out of the earth with no (base or) firmness.
Ahmed Raza Khan
And the example of a bad saying is like a filthy tree, which is cut off above the ground, therefore not having stability.
Arberry
And the likeness of a corrupt word is as a corrupt tree -- uprooted from the earth, having no stablishment.
Asad
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.
Daryabadi
And the similitude of the foul word is as a foul tree, uprooted from upon the earth, and there is for it no stability.
Hilali & Khan
And the parable of an evil word is that of an evil tree uprooted from the surface of earth having no stability.
ClearQuran - God
And the parable of a bad word is that of a bad tree—it is uprooted from the ground; it has no stability.
ClearQuran - Allah
And the parable of a bad word is that of a bad tree—it is uprooted from the ground; it has no stability.
Community - God
And the parable of a bad word is that of a bad tree: it is uprooted from the ground; it has no stability.
Community - Allah
And the parable of a bad word is that of a bad tree: it is uprooted from the ground; it has no stability.
Khattab
And the parable of an evil word is that of an evil tree, uprooted from the earth, having no stability.
Maududi
And the example of an evil word is that of an evil tree, uprooted from the surface of the earth, wholly unable to endure.
Mubarakpuri
And the parable of an evil word is that of an evil tree uprooted from the surface of earth, having no stability.
Pickthall
And the similitude of a bad saying is as a bad tree, uprooted from upon the earth, possessing no stability.
Qarai
And the parable of a bad word is that of a bad tree: uprooted from the ground, it has no stability.
Qaribullah & Darwish
The likeness of a corrupt word is like a corrupt tree uprooted from the earth having no stability.
Saheeh International
And the example of a bad word is like a bad tree, uprooted from the surface of the earth, not having any stability.
Sarwar
An evil word is compared to an evil tree with no firm roots in the land and thus has no stability.
Shakir
And the parable of an evil word is as an evil tree pulled up from the earth's surface; it has no stability.
Transliteration
Wamathalu kalimatin khabeethatin kashajaratin khabeethatin ijtuththat min fawqi alardi ma laha min qararin
Transliteration 2
wamathalu kalimatin khabīthatin kashajaratin khabīthatin uj'tuthat min fawqi l-arḍi mā lahā min qarārin
Wahiduddin Khan
but an evil word is like an evil tree torn out of the earth; it has no foothold.
Yusuf Ali
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.
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