Quran 14:24 — Ibrahim, verse 24
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Prophet], do you not see how God makes comparisons? A good word is like a good tree whose root is firm and whose branches are high in the sky,
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَاءِ
alam tara kayfa ḍaraba l-lahu mathalan kalimatan ṭayyibatan kashajaratin ṭayyibatin aṣluhā thābitun wafarʿuhā fī l-samāi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Hast thou not seen how God has struck a similitude? A good word is as a good tree -- its roots are firm, and its branches are in heaven;
- Muhammad Asad
- ART THOU NOT aware how God sets forth the parable of a good word? [It is] like a good tree, firmly rooted, [reaching out] with its branches towards the sky,
- Sahih International
- Have you not considered how Allāh presents an example, [making] a good word like a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches [high] in the sky?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَلَمْalam | Do not | — |
| 2 | تَرَtara | you see | رأي |
| 3 | كَيْفَkayfa | how | كيف |
| 4 | ضَرَبَḍaraba | Allah sets forth | ضرب |
| 5 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah sets forth | أله |
| 6 | مَثَلًۭاmathalan | the example | مثل |
| 7 | كَلِمَةًۭkalimatan | a word | كلم |
| 8 | طَيِّبَةًۭṭayyibatan | good | طيب |
| 9 | كَشَجَرَةٍۢkashajaratin | (is) like a tree | شجر |
| 10 | طَيِّبَةٍṭayyibatin | good | طيب |
| 11 | أَصْلُهَاaṣluhā | its root | أصل |
| 12 | ثَابِتٌۭthābitun | (is) firm | ثبت |
| 13 | وَفَرْعُهَاwafarʿuhā | and its branches | فرع |
| 14 | فِىfī | (are) in | — |
| 15 | ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi | the sky | سمو |