إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًۭا ۖ قَالَ سَلَٰمٌۭ قَوْمٌۭ مُّنكَرُونَ
Iz dakhaloo 'alaihi faqaaloo salaaman qaala salaamun qawmum munkaroon
When they entered upon him and said, "[We greet you with] peace." He answered, "[And upon you] peace, [you are] a people unknown.
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Lessons from past peoples
51:25Ayah 160
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When idh is an adverbial qualifier of hadīthu dayfi ‘the story of the guests’ they entered upon him and said ‘Peace!’ — in other words they said these very words. He said ‘Peace!’ — also these very words — These are an unfamiliar folk whom we do not know — he said this to himself qawmun munkarūna is the predicate of an implicit subject such as hā’ūlā’i ‘these are’.
Related Hadiths
"When any of the People of the Book greets you with Salam (peace), then say, Wa 'alaikum(and also upon you)."
I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: Upon you be peace, Messenger of Allah! He said: Do not say: Upon you be peace, for "Upon you be peace" is the salutation to the dead.
"Jibril sends greetings of Salam to you." She said: "And upon him be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; you see what we do not."
The People. of the Book offer us salutations (by saying as-Salamu- 'Alaikum). How should we reciprocate them? Thereupon he said: Say: Wa 'Alaikum (and upon you too).
"Jibrail send (greetings of) Salam to you." She said: "Wa 'alahisalam wa rahmatullah (and upon him be peace and mercy of Allah)."
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