طَيِّبgood

Example sentences

• إِن أكلت أكلت طيبا وَإِن أطعمت أطعمت طيبا

  If it consumes, it consumes from the good, and if it gives, it gives from the good.

  طَيِّبًا — good. The '-an' ending makes this the accusative of what is eaten, 'something wholesome'. Indefinite, it says the bee takes in only what is pure, the model being held up to you.

  From: Contentment with What God Wills →

• إِن أكلت أكلت طيبا وَإِن أطعمت أطعمت طيبا

  If it consumes, it consumes from the good, and if it gives, it gives from the good.

  طَيِّبًا — good. Again the accusative 'something wholesome', now as what the bee gives. The deliberate echo of the eating clause completes the lesson: it both takes and gives only the good.

  From: Contentment with What God Wills →