وَمَثَلُ
كَلِمَةٍ
خَبِيثَةٖ
كَشَجَرَةٍ
خَبِيثَةٍ
ٱجۡتُثَّتۡ
مِن
فَوۡقِ
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
مَا
لَهَا
مِن
قَرَارٖ
٢٦
And the parable of an evil word is that of an evil tree, uprooted from the earth, having no stability.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
And the example of a bad word is like a bad tree, uprooted from the surface of the earth, not having any stability.
— Saheeh International
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Ibn Kathir (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,
كَشَجَرة
…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 ك
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