Sura 14 Ibrahim, ayah 18

  1. مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِرَبِّهِمْ ۖ أَعْمَالُهُمْ كَرَمَادٍ اشْتَدَّتْ بِهِ الرِّيحُ فِي يَوْمٍ عَاصِفٍ ۖ لَا يَقْدِرُونَ مِمَّا كَسَبُوا عَلَىٰ شَيْءٍ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الضَّلَالُ الْبَعِيدُ

    Translation by words

    مَّثَلُ
    (The) example
    ٱلَّذِينَ
    (of) those who
    كَفَرُوا۟
    disbelieve
    بِرَبِّهِمْ
    in their Lord,
    أَعْمَٰلُهُمْ
    their deeds
    كَرَمَادٍ
    (are) like ashes
    ٱشْتَدَّتْ
    blows furiously
    بِهِ
    on it
    ٱلرِّيحُ
    the wind
    فِى
    in
    يَوْمٍ
    a day
    عَاصِفٍ
    stormy.
    لَّا
    No
    يَقْدِرُونَ
    control (they have)
    مِمَّا
    of what
    كَسَبُوا۟
    they have earned
    عَلَىٰ
    on
    شَىْءٍ
    anything.
    ذَٰلِكَ
    That,
    هُوَ
    [it]
    ٱلضَّلَٰلُ
    (is) the straying
    ٱلْبَعِيدُ
    far.

    The example of those who disbelieve in their Lord is (that) their deeds are like ashes which the wind blows forcefully on a stormy day; they are unable (to keep) from what they earned a (single) thing. That is what is extreme error.

    14:18

Translation: Saheeh International

Sura 14 Ibrahim