wordParableWordsA teaching comparison-story word. Not fable as animal moral, and not proverb as a short saying.IslamParable appears in Islam.The Qur’an strikes mathal (parable/likeness) for teaching. A named parable speech in that revelation, not fable as animal-tale and not allegory as extended figure alone.from M.A.S. Abdel Haleem (translation) · The Qur’an, 2004 (this translation); Arabic text 7th century CEappears in · sourced · documentedsourcesThe Qur’an · M.A.S. Abdel Haleem (translation)M.A.S. Abdel Haleem, The Qur’an (Oxford).