The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 336
CH. 14 IBRAHİM PT. 13 اَلَمْ تَرَكَيْفَ ضَرَبَ اللهُ مَثَلًا كَلِمَةً Dost thou not see how Allah. 25 sets forth the similitude of a طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةِ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتُ good word? It is like a good وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَاءِ tree, whose root is firm and whose branches reach into heaven. 1679 in these verses to a tree which possesses five essential qualities: It is (1) good (b), which means that it possesses a good and beautiful form; (2) it has deep roots in the earth ( they will greet each other with the salutation of "Peace be on you"; or (b) that they will have their perfect peace and be safe from all harm and injury against one another; and (c) that their best gift in Heaven will); (3) its branches reach high into be "Peace" i. e. they will receive the special favours of God and the angels will stimulate into action all their inherent and latent powers for good. 1679. Important Words: aub (good) is derived from 4 which means, it was or became sweet and pleasant, or good and ennobled. means, the soul became pleased, contented and satisfied with that. ab means, his life became ,means طابت الارض happy and plentiful the land became abundant in herbage; (tayyaba) means, he put his heart at rest and afforded him peace of mind; he placated or soothed his mind. (Aqrab). Commentary: This and the following verses constitute two of the most important verses of the Quran. They contain the infallible criterion which helps a man to test and realize the truth of a revealed book that claims to meet the needs and requirements of all mankind. the sky (cm³); (4) it yields its fruits in abundance and in all seasons (535) and (5) the yielding of its fruits is in conformity with the command and decree of God (Waves). The first quality is that it is b (good). As given under Important Words, a thing is called (good) when it is free from all defects, is beautiful to look at, possesses an agreeable flavour, is clean and pure and is possessed of all good qualities in abundance. These qualities possessed by a revealed Book would mean that (a) it is free from all such teachings as may in any way offend against human reason and conscience or against human feelings and susceptibilities; (b) the person who acts upon it becomes fully satisfied with it; (c) it is grand and splendid in every way; (d) it is highly pleasing and (e) it surpasses other corrupted revealed Books in all these qualities. The second essential quality of such a book is (1) that, like a good and deep-rooted fruitful tree, it possesses The Word of God has been likened a strong and stable foundation which 1544