Muhammad Habib Shakir: And the parable of an evil word is as an evil tree pulled up from the earth´s surface; it has no stability.
Abdullah 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.
M.Pickthall: And the similitude of a bad saying is as a bad tree, uprooted from upon the earth, possessing no stability.
Amatul Rahmân Omer: And the likeness of an evil word is as an evil tree which can be uprooted from above the earth; it has no stability.
Maulana Mohammad Ali: Yielding its fruit in every season by the permission of its Lord? And Allah sets forth parables for men that they may be mindful.
