أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَاءِ ٢٤

See you not how Allah 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).

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا

See you not how Allah sets forth a parable?

كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً

A goodly word

كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ

as a goodly tree

أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ

whose root is firmly fixed

وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَاءِ

and its branches (reach) to the sky (i.e. very high)

تُؤْتِي أُكُلَهَا كُلَّ حِينٍ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهَا ۗ وَيَضْرِبُ اللَّهُ الْأَمْثَالَ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ ٢٥

Giving its fruit at all times, by the Leave of its Lord and Allah sets forth parables for mankind in order that they may remember.

تُؤْتِي أُكُلَهَا كُلَّ حِينٍ

Giving its fruit at all times

بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهَا ۗ

by the Leave of its Lord

وَيَضْرِبُ اللَّهُ الْأَمْثَالَ لِلنَّاسِ

and Allah sets forth parables for mankind

لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

in order that they may remember

وَمَثَلُ كَلِمَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ كَشَجَرَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ اجْتُثَّتْ مِن فَوْقِ الْأَرْضِ مَا لَهَا مِن قَرَارٍ ٢٦

And the parable of an evil word is that of an evil tree uprooted from the surface of earth having no stability.

وَمَثَلُ كَلِمَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ

And the parable of an evil word

كَشَجَرَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ

is that of an evil tree

اجْتُثَّتْ مِن فَوْقِ الْأَرْضِ

uprooted from the surface of earth

مَا لَهَا مِن قَرَارٍ

having no stability