Quran 25:63 — Al-Furqaan, verse 63
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The servants of the Lord of Mercy are those who walk humbly on the earth, and who, when the foolish address them, reply, ‘Peace’;
وَعِبَادُ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الَّذِينَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ هَوْنًا وَإِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ الْجَاهِلُونَ قَالُوا سَلَامًا
waʿibādu l-raḥmāni alladhīna yamshūna ʿalā l-arḍi hawnan wa-idhā khāṭabahumu l-jāhilūna qālū salāman
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- The servants of the All-merciful are those who walk in the earth modestly and who, when the ignorant address them, say, 'Peace';
- Muhammad Asad
- For, [true] servants of the Most Gracious are [only] they who walk gently on earth, and who, whenever the foolish address them, reply with [words of] peace;
- Sahih International
- 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,
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَعِبَادُwaʿibādu | And (the) slaves | عبد |
| 2 | ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāni | (of) the Most Gracious | رحم |
| 3 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (are) those who | — |
| 4 | يَمْشُونَyamshūna | walk | مشي |
| 5 | عَلَىʿalā | on | — |
| 6 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 7 | هَوْنًۭاhawnan | (in) humbleness | هون |
| 8 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | and when | — |
| 9 | خَاطَبَهُمُkhāṭabahumu | address them | خطب |
| 10 | ٱلْجَـٰهِلُونَl-jāhilūna | the ignorant ones | جهل |
| 11 | قَالُوا۟qālū | they say | قول |
| 12 | سَلَـٰمًۭاsalāman | Peace | سلم |