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A comparison for a single good sentence

Roots fixed, branches in the sky, fruit in every season.

The opening words

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ تُؤْتِىٓ أُكُلَهَا كُلَّ حِينٍۭ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهَا ۗ وَيَضْرِبُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

…kalimatan ṭayyibatan ka-shajaratin ṭayyibatin aṣluhā thābitun wa farʿuhā fi-s-samā', tu'tī ukulahā kulla ḥīnin bi-idhni rabbihā.

The pronunciation above covers the opening of this passage, not all of it

“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? It produces its fruit all the time, by permission of its Lord. And Allāh presents examples for the people that perhaps they will be reminded.”

The recitation covers the whole verse these words are taken from. Recitation by Mishari Rashid al-Afasy, via Quran.com

Source

The Qur'an · 14:24-25

Qur'an
  • Qur'anic text in the Uthmani script via Quran.com; translation: Saheeh International

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