26 Preface وَمَثَلُ كَلِمَةٍ خَبيثَةٍ كَشَجَرَةٍ خَبيثَةٍ اجتُثَّت مِن فَوقِ الأَرضِ ما لَها مِن قَرارٍAli Quli QaraiAnd the parable of a bad word is that of a bad tree: uprooted from the ground, it has no stability.