23. Book of Virtues of the Quran

٢٣۔ كِتَابُ فَضَائِلِ الْقُرْآنِ

23.8 [Machine] The example of the believer who recites the Quran.

٢٣۔٨ بَابُ: مَثَلِ الْمُؤْمِنِ الَّذِي يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ

darimi:3405Abū Nuʿaym > Fiṭr > Abū Isḥāq > al-Ḥārith > ʿAlī

[Machine] "Among the people are those who are given faith but not given the Qur'an, and among them are those who are given the Qur'an but not given faith, and among them are those who are given both the Qur'an and faith, and among them are those who are not given the Qur'an nor faith." Then He struck for them a parable and said, "As for the one who is given faith but not given the Qur'an, his example is like that of a date that is sweet in taste but has no fragrance, and as for the example of the one who is given the Qur'an but not given faith, his example is like that of a bitter aloeswood, it has a pleasant fragrance but a bitter taste, and as for the one who is given both the Qur'an and faith, his example is like that of a perfumed musk, it has a pleasant fragrance and a sweet taste, and as for the one who is not given the Qur'an nor faith, his example is like that of a bitter gourd, it has a bitter taste and no fragrance."  

الدارمي:٣٤٠٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا فِطْرٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ 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»  

darimi:3406Abū al-Nuʿmān > Abū ʿAwānah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik > Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī

The Prophet said: "The likeness of the believer who recites the Qur'an is that of a citron, the taste and smell of which are good. The likeness of a believer who does not read the Qur'an is that of a date, the taste of which is good but it has no smell. The likeness of a hypocrite who reads the Qur'an is that of a sweet basil, the smell of which is good but its taste is bitter. And the likeness of a hypocrite who does not read the Qur'an is that of a colocynth (bitter apple), the taste of which is bitter and it has no smell.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 214)  

الدارمي:٣٤٠٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ الَّذِي يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ مَثَلُ الْأُتْرُجَّةِ طَعْمُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَرِيحُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَمَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ الَّذِي لَا يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ مَثَلُ التَّمْرَةِ طَعْمُهَا حُلْوٌ وَلَيْسَ لَهَا رِيحٌ وَمَثَلُ الْمُنَافِقِ الَّذِي يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ مَثَلُ الرَّيْحَانَةِ رِيحُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَطَعْمُهَا مُرٌّ وَمَثَلُ الْمُنَافِقِ الَّذِي لَا يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ مَثَلُ الْحَنْظَلَةِ لَيْسَ لَهَا رِيحٌ وَطَعْمُهَا مُرٌّ»  

darimi:3407ʿUbaydullāh > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > al-Ḥārith > ʿAlī

[Machine] "The parable of the one who has been granted faith but has not been granted the Quran is like the date palm; its taste is sweet and it has no aroma. And the parable of the one who has been granted the Quran but has not been granted faith is like the basil plant; its aroma is pleasant but its taste is bitter. And the parable of the one who has been granted both the Quran and faith is like a citron; its aroma is pleasant and its taste is pleasant. And the parable of the one who has not been granted faith or the Quran is like the bitter gourd; its aroma is foul and its taste is foul."  

الدارمي:٣٤٠٧أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ 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 مَنْ لَمْ يُؤْتَ الْإِيمَانَ وَلَا الْقُرْآنَ مَثَلُ الْحَنْظَلَةِ رِيحُهَا خَبِيثٌ وَطَعْمُهَا خَبِيثٌ»