| بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِالْحَقِّ عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌ ۚ وَلَكُمُ الْوَيْلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ |
| 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. |
| Mustafa Khattab | : | In fact, We hurl the truth against falsehood, leaving it crushed, and it quickly vanishes. And woe be to you for what you claim!1 |
| 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). |
| 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 |
| Transliteration | : | Bal naqthifu bialhaqqi AAala albatili fayadmaghuhu faitha huwa zahiqun walakumu alwaylu mimma tasifoona |
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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. |
