Quran 14:26

وَمَثَلُ كَلِمَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ كَشَجَرَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ اجْتُثَّتْ مِنْ فَوْقِ الْأَرْضِ مَا لَهَا مِنْ قَرَارٍ

Ahmad Ali

An evil act is like a rotten tree torn out of the earth with no (base or) firmness.

Ali Qarai

And the parable of a bad word is that of a bad tree: uprooted from the ground, it has no stability.

Amhad Khan

And the example of a bad saying is like a filthy tree, which is cut off above the ground, therefore not having stability.

Arberry

And the likeness of a corrupt word is as a corrupt tree -- uprooted from the earth, having no stablishment.

Corpus Quran

And (the) example (of) a word evil (is) like a tree evil, uprooted from the surface (of) the earth, not for it (is) any stability.

Daryabadi

And the similitude of the foul word is as a foul tree, uprooted from upon the earth, and there is for it no stability.

Hilali & Khan

And the parable of an evil word is that of an evil tree uprooted from the surface of earth having no stability.

Maududi

And the example of an evil word is that of an evil tree, uprooted from the surface of the earth, wholly unable to endure.

Muhammad Sarwar

An evil word is compared to an evil tree with no firm roots in the land and thus has no stability.

Muhammad Shakir

And the parable of an evil word is as an evil tree pulled up from the earth's surface; it has no stability.

Pickthall

And the similitude of a bad saying is as a bad tree, uprooted from upon the earth, possessing no stability.

Qaribullah

The likeness of a corrupt word is like a corrupt tree uprooted from the earth having no stability.

Sahih Intl

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

Talal Itani

And the parable of a bad word is that of a bad tree—it is uprooted from the ground; it has no stability.

Wahihuddin Khan

but an evil word is like an evil tree torn out of the earth; it has no foothold.

Yusuf Ali

And the parable of an evil Word is that of an evil tree: It is torn up by the root from the surface of the earth: it has no stability.