Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-Anbiyaa, Ayah 18
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(Nay, but We hurl the true) We cast the Truth (against the false) upon falsehood; it is also said: We exposit the Truth and falsehood, (and it doth break its head) and it makes it perish (and lo! it vanisheth) i.e. falsehood. (And yours) O group of disbelievers (will be woe) severe punishment (for that which ye ascribe (unto Him)) for your claim that the angels are Allah's daughters.
Related Hadiths
The Prophet (ﷺ) entered Mecca. There were three hundred and sixty idols around the Ka'ba. He began to thrust them with the stick that was in his hand saying:" Truth has come and falsehood has vanished...
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) entered Mecca (in the year of the Conquest) and there were three-hundred and sixty idols around the Ka`ba. He then started hitting them with a stick in his hand and say: 'Truth ...
It neither inflicts defeat to the enemy nor kills the game but breaks the tooth and puts the eye out. This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ibn Mahdi with a slight variation of wording.
Al-Jalalayn Commentary
Nay but We hurl We cast the truth faith against falsehood disbelief and it obliterates it and behold it vanishes disappears damaghahu ‘it obliterates it’ actually means ‘it struck the brain with a blow’ a blow which is fatal. And for you O disbelievers of Mecca there shall be woe severe chastisement for what you ascribe to God of mate or child.