Quran 51:25 — Adh-Dhaariyat, verse 25
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They went in to see him and said, ‘Peace.’ ‘Peace,’ he said, [adding to himself] ‘These people are strangers.’
إِذْ دَخَلُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا سَلَامًا ۖ قَالَ سَلَامٌ قَوْمٌ مُنْكَرُونَ
idh dakhalū ʿalayhi faqālū salāman qāla salāmun qawmun munkarūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- When they entered unto him, saying 'Peace!' he said 'Peace! You are a people unknown to me.'
- Muhammad Asad
- When those [heavenly messengers] came unto him and bade him peace, he answered, “[And upon you be] peace!” - [saying to himself,] “They are strangers.”
- Sahih International
- When they entered upon him and said, "[We greet you with] peace." He answered, "[And upon you] peace; [you are] a people unknown."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِذْidh | When | — |
| 2 | دَخَلُوا۟dakhalū | they entered | دخل |
| 3 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | upon him | — |
| 4 | فَقَالُوا۟faqālū | and said | قول |
| 5 | سَلَـٰمًۭا ۖsalāman | Peace | سلم |
| 6 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 7 | سَلَـٰمٌۭsalāmun | Peace | سلم |
| 8 | قَوْمٌۭqawmun | a people | قوم |
| 9 | مُّنكَرُونَmunkarūna | unknown | نكر |