Words

And [recall] when We took the covenant from the Children of Israel, [enjoining upon them], "Do not worship except Allāh; and to parents do good and to relatives, orphans, and the needy. And speak to people good [words] and establish prayer and give zakāh." Then you turned away, except a few of you, and you were refusing.

Have you not considered how Allāh presents an example, [making] a good word like a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches [high] in the sky?

And they had been guided [in worldly life] to good speech, and they were guided to the path of the Praiseworthy.

Whoever desires honor [through power] - then to Allāh belongs all honor.¹ To Him ascends good speech, and righteous work raises it.² But they who plot evil deeds will have a severe punishment, and the plotting of those - it will perish.