Qur'ān/Ibrahim/Āyah 26

Ibrahim 14:26

إِبۡرَاهِيمَ
Abraham Meccan Āyah 26 of 52
14:26

وَمَثَلُ كَلِمَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍۢ كَشَجَرَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ ٱجْتُثَّتْ مِن فَوْقِ ٱلْأَرْضِ مَا لَهَا مِن قَرَارٍۢ

And the example of a bad word is like a bad tree, uprooted from the surface of the earth, not having any stability.

Translation · Saheeh International

Tafsir

Ibn Kathīr (abridged)

The Parable of the Word of Islam and the Word of Kufr

`Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that `Abdullah bin `Abbas commented that Allah's statement,

مَثَلاً كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً

(a parable: a goodly word), refers to testifying to La ilaha illallah, (none has the right to be worshipped but Allah) while,

كَشَجَرةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ

(as a goodly tree), refers to the believer, and that,

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