وَعِبَادُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ هَوْنًۭا وَإِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ ٱلْجَٰهِلُونَ قَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًۭا
Wa 'ibaadur Rahmaanil lazeena yamshoona 'alal ardi hawnanw wa izaa khaata bahumul jaahiloona qaaloo salaamaa
And the servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth easily, and when the ignorant address them [harshly], they say [words of] peace,
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25:63Ayah 177
8 ayahs in Al-Furqaan are strongly about the qualities of the believers. This is one of them.
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And the true servants of the Compassionate One ‘ibādu’l-rahmāni is the subject and what comes after it all the way up to ūlā’ika yujzawna ‘they will be rewarded’ of verse 75 below are adjectival qualifiers of this subject with the exception of the parenthetical statements are those who walk upon the earth modestly that is peacefully and humbly and who when the ignorant address them with what they are averse to say words of peace salām in other words words by which they are safe yaslamūna from committing any sin;
Related Hadiths
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Make things easy for the people, and do not make it difficult for them, and make
them calm (with glad tidings) and do not repulse (them ).
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The best of you are those whose shoulders are soft in prayer.
The Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) observed: There came to you the people from Yemen; they are tender of hearts and mild of feelings, the understanding is Yemenite, the sagacity is Yemenite.
that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "The horseman gives Salam to the walking person, the walking person to the one standing and the few to the many."
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The people of Yemen have come to you and they are more gentle and soft-hearted.
Belief is Yemenite and Wisdom is Yemenite, while pride and haughtiness are the qualities of the
owners of camels (i.e. bedouins). Calmness and solemnity are the characters of the owners of sheep."
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