Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The example of a believer is like the very first tender green shoot of a plant, which the wind bends; sometimes it makes it fall and sometimes it makes it stand upright, until death comes to it (i.e., it withers). And the example of a disbeliever is like the pine tree, which stands straight on its root; nothing bends it, and in the end, it is uprooted by a single gust." Imam Darimi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: «خامة» means weak.