Surah 21. Al-Anbiyaa, Ayah 18
| بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِالْحَقِّ عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌ ۚ وَلَكُمُ الْوَيْلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ |
| Transliteration | : | bal naqdhif bi- al- h.aqq calaa al- baat.il fa- yadmagh -hu fa- 'idhaa huwa zaahiq wa- la- -kum al- wayl min maa tas.ifon |
| Pickthall | : | Nay, but We hurl the true against the false, and it doth break its head and lo! it vanisheth. And yours will be woe for that which ye ascribe (unto Him). |
| Asad | : | Nay, but [by the very act of creation] We hurl the truth against falsehood,20 and it crushes the latter: and lo! it withers away.21 But woe unto you for all your [attempts at] defining [God]22 - |
| Malik | : | Nay! We give falsehood a violent blow with the Truth to knock it out and behold! Falsehood vanishes away. Woe be to you, for all the false gods you have invented. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Nay We hurl the Truth against falsehood and it knocks out its brain and behold falsehood doth perish! Ah! woe be to you for the (false) things ye ascribe (to Us). 2678 |
Note - 20I.e., the truth of God's transcendence against the false
idea of His existential immanence in, or co-existence
with, the created universe.
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Note - 21The obvious fact that everything in the created universe
is finite and perishable effectively refutes the claim
that it could be a "projection" of the Creator, who is
infinite and eternal.
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Note - 22Lit.. "for all that you attribute to God bv way of
description" or "of definition" (cf. the last sentence of
6:100 and the corresponding note 88) - implying that the
idea of God's "immanence" in His creation is equivalent
to an attempt to define His Being.
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Note - 2678Such as that (1) Allah has partners (xxi.22), or (2) that
He has begotten a son (xxi. 26), or (3) has daughters
(xvi. 57), or any other superstitions derogatory to the
dignity and glory of Allah.
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I.e., the truth of God's transcendence against the false idea of His existential immanence in, or co-existence with, the created universe. |
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The obvious fact that everything in the created universe is finite and perishable effectively refutes the claim that it could be a "projection" of the Creator, who is infinite and eternal. |
