سنن دارمي
Sunan ad-Darimi
من كتاب فضائل القرآنFrom the Book of Virtues of the Qur'an
باب مَثَلِ الْمُؤْمِنِ الذي يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ:Chapter on the example of the believer who recites the Quran
Hadith 3394
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا فِطْرٌ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاق، عَنْ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: "مِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يُؤْتَى الْإِيمَانَ وَلَا يُؤْتَى الْقُرْآنَ، وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يُؤْتَى الْقُرْآنَ وَلَا يُؤْتَى الْإِيمَانَ، وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يُؤْتَى الْقُرْآنَ وَالْإِيمَانَ، وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ لَا يُؤْتَى الْقُرْآنَ وَلَا الْإِيمَانَ، ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ لَهُمْ مَثَلًا، قَالَ: فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ الْإِيمَانَ وَلَمْ يُؤْتَ الْقُرْآنَ، فَمَثَلُهُ مَثَلُ التَّمْرَةِ حُلْوَةُ الطَّعْمِ، لَا رِيحَ لَهَا، وَأَمَّا مَثَلُ الَّذِي أُوتِيَ الْقُرْآنَ، وَلَمْ يُؤْتَ الْإِيمَانَ، فَمَثَلُ الْآسَةِ طَيِّبَةُ الرِّيحِ، مُرَّةُ الطَّعْمِ، وَأَمَّا الَّذِي أُوتِيَ الْقُرْآنَ وَالْإِيمَانَ، فَمَثَلُ الْأُتْرُجَّةِ، طَيِّبَةُ الرِّيحِ، حُلْوَةُ الطَّعْمِ، وَأَمَّا الَّذِي لَمْ يُؤْتَ الْقُرْآنَ وَلَا الْإِيمَانَ، فَمَثَلُهُ مَثَلُ الْحَنْظَلَةِ، مُرَّةُ الطَّعْمِ، لَا رِيحَ لَهَا".
Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Among the people, there are some who are given faith but not the Qur'an, and among them are some who are given the Qur'an but not faith, and some are given both the Qur'an and faith, and some are given neither faith nor the Qur'an. Then, giving their example, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The one who is given faith but not the Qur'an is like a date whose taste is sweet but has no fragrance, and the one who is given the Qur'an but not faith is like medicine whose smell is good but its taste is bitter, and the one who is given both the Qur'an and faith is like an orange (sweet lemon) whose fragrance is good and its taste is also good, and the one who is given neither the Qur'an nor faith is like colocynth whose taste is bitter and has no fragrance.
