Be Like An Orange

The Prophet (sallAllaahu 'alyhi wasallam) said;

✦"The example of a believer, who recites the Qur’an and acts on it, is like an orange (utrujjah) which tastes nice and smells nice.

And the example of the believer who does not recite the Qur’an but acts on it is like a date that tastes sweet but has no smell.

... And the example of the hypocrite who recites the Quran` is like a sweet basil which smells good but tastes bitter.

And the example of a hypocrite who d oes not recite the Qur’an is like a colocynth (bitter apple) which tastes bitter and has a bad smell."✦

[Hadeeth narrated by Abu Musa al-Ash'ari]

[Recored inBukhari :: Book 6 :: Volume 61 :: Hadith 538

and Muslim :: Book 4 : Hadith 1743]