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 3396
أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاق، عَنْ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ: "مَثَلُ الَّذِي أُوتِيَ الْإِيمَانَ وَلَمْ يُؤْتَ الْقُرْآنَ مَثَلُ التَّمْرَةِ، طَعْمُهَا طَيِّبٌ، وَلَا رِيحَ لَهَا، وَمَثَلُ الَّذِي أُوتِيَ الْقُرْآنَ وَلَمْ يُؤْتَ الْإِيمَانَ مَثَلُ الرَّيْحَانَةِ الْآسَةِ، رِيحُهَا طَيِّبٌ، وَطَعْمُهَا مُرٌّ، وَمَثَلُ الَّذِي أُوتِيَ الْقُرْآنَ وَالْإِيمَانَ مَثَلُ الْأُتْرُجَّةِ، رِيحُهَا طَيِّبٌ، وَطَعْمُهَا طَيِّبٌ، وَمَثَلُ الَّذِي لَمْ يُؤْتَ الْإِيمَانَ وَلَا الْقُرْآنَ مَثَلُ الْحَنْظَلَةِ، رِيحُهَا خَبِيثٌ، وَطَعْمُهَا خَبِيثٌ".
Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The example of one who has been given faith but not the Qur’an is like a date, whose taste is delicious but it has no fragrance. And the example of one who has been given the Qur’an but not faith is like basil, whose fragrance is good but its taste is bitter. And the example of one who has been given both the Qur’an and faith is like an orange, whose taste is delicious and its fragrance is excellent. And the example of one who has been given neither the Qur’an nor faith is like colocynth, whose smell is foul and its taste is also bad.
