Surah Ibrahim (ابراهيم) • Abraham

Quran 14:24

14:24

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ

alam tara kayfa ḍaraba l-lahu mathalan kalimatan ṭayyibatan kashajaratin ṭayyibatin aṣluhā thābitun wafarʿuhā fī l-samāi

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?

— Saheeh International

[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,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

See you not how Allâh sets forth a parable? A goodly word as a goodly tree, whose root is firmly fixed, and its branches (reach) to the sky (i.e. very high).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 13Page 258meccan

Word by Word

أَلَمْalamDo not
تَرَtarayou see
كَيْفَkayfahow
ضَرَبَḍarabaAllah sets forth
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah sets forth
مَثَلًۭاmathalanthe example
كَلِمَةًۭkalimatana word
طَيِّبَةًۭṭayyibatangood
كَشَجَرَةٍۢkashajaratin(is) like a tree
طَيِّبَةٍṭayyibatingood
أَصْلُهَاaṣluhāits root
ثَابِتٌۭthābitun(is) firm
وَفَرْعُهَاwafarʿuhāand its branches
فِىfī(are) in
ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky