Surah Al-Furqan (الفرقان) • The Criterion

Quran 25:63

25:63

وَعِبَادُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ هَوْنًا وَإِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ ٱلْجَـٰهِلُونَ قَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمًا

waʿibādu l-raḥmāni alladhīna yamshūna ʿalā l-arḍi hawnan wa-idhā khāṭabahumu l-jāhilūna qālū salāman

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,

— Saheeh International

The servants of the Lord of Mercy are those who walk humbly on the earth, and who, when the foolish address them, reply, ‘Peace’;

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And the (faithful) slaves of the Most Gracious (Allâh) are those who walk on the earth in humility and sedateness, and when the foolish address them (with bad words) they reply back with mild words of gentleness.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَعِبَادُwaʿibāduAnd (the) slaves
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāni(of) the Most Gracious
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) those who
يَمْشُونَyamshūnawalk
عَلَىʿalāon
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
هَوْنًۭاhawnan(in) humbleness
وَإِذَاwa-idhāand when
خَاطَبَهُمُkhāṭabahumuaddress them
ٱلْجَـٰهِلُونَl-jāhilūnathe ignorant ones
قَالُوا۟qālūthey say
سَلَـٰمًۭاsalāmanPeace