On speech that carries
Set directly against the good word in the same passage.
وَمَثَلُ كَلِمَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ كَشَجَرَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ ٱجْتُثَّتْ مِن فَوْقِ ٱلْأَرْضِ مَا لَهَا مِن قَرَارٍ
Wa mathalu kalimatin khabīthatin ka-shajaratin khabīthatin-ijtuththat min fawqi-l-arḍi mā lahā min qarār.
“And the example of a bad word is like a bad tree, uprooted from the surface of the earth, not having any stability.”
Source
The Qur'an · 14:26
Qur'an
- Qur'anic text in the Uthmani script via Quran.com; translation: Saheeh International