Do you not see how God compares a good word to a good tree? Its root is firm and its branches are in the sky; it yields its fruit at all times by God's leave. God gives people parables so that they may take heed. But an evil word is like an evil tree torn out of the earth, possessing no stability. God will strengthen the faithful with (His) steadfast Word, both in this life and the hereafter. He leads the wrongdoers astray. He accomplishes what He pleases.

(14:24-27)