"And the Servants of The Rahman, those who walk on the earth tranquilly and if addressed by an ill-educated one replies in kind." (al-Furqan 63)
Stranger: In this ayah Allah the Most High refers to the believers as (عباد الرحمان)
3ibad ar-Rahman. 3ibad is plural for 3bd - servant or slave.
Dr: These servants are Allah's worshipers, His slaves and He considers them as especially preferred over others of His slaves - like VIPs in His A-List. Allah regards these of His worshipers as (تفضيلا و تخصيصا) preferred ans special. Allah loves them so much because of the characteristics of these worshipers - their sifaat which He lists in these ayat.
They are servants to ar-Rahman and to Him only - they are not slaves of any other, they do not worship any other than Allah the One. Allah refers to His beautiful name of ar-Rahman - the Most Merciful. Allah has 99 names and of all those only 2 can be used for Him only and they are Allah and Ar-Rahman. All the others we can use also, for example I can say that you are latif or kareem, which are names of ALlah, I can call someone Rahim - merciful but I cannot call anyone Allah or Ar-Rahman.
The use of Ar-Rahman here is important. Allah refers to Himself with one of His soft names - Merciful - the Most Merciful, and He bestows His Mercy on Who he wants and He is Merciful to His slaves. Also the characteristics mentioned in the next ayaat are of the merciful attributes of the mu'mineen.
Stranger: The first sifah listed is that they - the 3ibad ar-Raman - walk on the earth tranquilly.
The word used for tranquil in the ayah is (هوناً) "hawnan" What is meant by that? How does one walk in such a way?
Dr: Walk peacefully, with tranquility, not making problems where you go, not leaving mess and rubbish, not stomping and being loud and obnoxious, not being arrogant. All this but still having dignity.
The way the phrase is structured is of interest. Hawnan is in the masdar form of "haina" which is a direct adverb if it was to come straight after the verb which is walk. In this phrase the masdar form is placed on the end of the phrase. This style of balagha brings emphasis and amplification to that word. So the way of walking in a peaceful way is very important, be very peaceful, sooooo peaceful and tranquil.
Straight after this in the same ayah we have the second sifah which is also a tranquil peaceful action and it is when the believer meets an ignoramus trouble maker they respond in a peaceful way. You know the situation when an idiot wants to get into an argument with you and really there is no benefit in it for you or for the idiot if you reply to their comment?
Stranger: Yes I know this situation. It happens a lot here in Yemen and even in the West when I lived there you always got rude comments from passers-by about your Islamic dress. On a bad day I may have responded on a good day I could just ignore and walk on.
Dr:It is best for us all if we follow the way of advice here from Allah and not let our patience slip.
Stranger: the ayah names the ignorant one as "jahiloon" that is the plural of jahil, it means more than just ignorant of knowledge, can you expand this for us?
Dr: Yes, Ignorant, or dumb or foul in language, or "kalil adab" that is poor upbringing no manners, rabble, riff raff, scum, hooligans. Any of these.
When a mu'min encounters such people and they use foul language the mu'min doesn't lower him or herself to this low manner. A mu'min will just excuse him or herself from the situation with good words and not be drawn into useless argumentation, backbiting, slander, or other thing, this is from al-Laghoo which we covered in surat almu'minoon. It isi useless activity.
Stranger: You would not even reply in order to make dawa?
Dr: You assess the situation when you come to it but the type of jahil referred to here does not listen or understand and just wants to be crass and mad mannered. Your excusing yourself in a good way is dawa in itself. Make dua for them for Allah to guide them or something of this nature.
3ibad ar-Rahman. 3ibad is plural for 3bd - servant or slave.
Dr: These servants are Allah's worshipers, His slaves and He considers them as especially preferred over others of His slaves - like VIPs in His A-List. Allah regards these of His worshipers as (تفضيلا و تخصيصا) preferred ans special. Allah loves them so much because of the characteristics of these worshipers - their sifaat which He lists in these ayat.
They are servants to ar-Rahman and to Him only - they are not slaves of any other, they do not worship any other than Allah the One. Allah refers to His beautiful name of ar-Rahman - the Most Merciful. Allah has 99 names and of all those only 2 can be used for Him only and they are Allah and Ar-Rahman. All the others we can use also, for example I can say that you are latif or kareem, which are names of ALlah, I can call someone Rahim - merciful but I cannot call anyone Allah or Ar-Rahman.
The use of Ar-Rahman here is important. Allah refers to Himself with one of His soft names - Merciful - the Most Merciful, and He bestows His Mercy on Who he wants and He is Merciful to His slaves. Also the characteristics mentioned in the next ayaat are of the merciful attributes of the mu'mineen.
Stranger: The first sifah listed is that they - the 3ibad ar-Raman - walk on the earth tranquilly.
The word used for tranquil in the ayah is (هوناً) "hawnan" What is meant by that? How does one walk in such a way?
Dr: Walk peacefully, with tranquility, not making problems where you go, not leaving mess and rubbish, not stomping and being loud and obnoxious, not being arrogant. All this but still having dignity.
The way the phrase is structured is of interest. Hawnan is in the masdar form of "haina" which is a direct adverb if it was to come straight after the verb which is walk. In this phrase the masdar form is placed on the end of the phrase. This style of balagha brings emphasis and amplification to that word. So the way of walking in a peaceful way is very important, be very peaceful, sooooo peaceful and tranquil.
Straight after this in the same ayah we have the second sifah which is also a tranquil peaceful action and it is when the believer meets an ignoramus trouble maker they respond in a peaceful way. You know the situation when an idiot wants to get into an argument with you and really there is no benefit in it for you or for the idiot if you reply to their comment?
Stranger: Yes I know this situation. It happens a lot here in Yemen and even in the West when I lived there you always got rude comments from passers-by about your Islamic dress. On a bad day I may have responded on a good day I could just ignore and walk on.
Dr:It is best for us all if we follow the way of advice here from Allah and not let our patience slip.
Stranger: the ayah names the ignorant one as "jahiloon" that is the plural of jahil, it means more than just ignorant of knowledge, can you expand this for us?
Dr: Yes, Ignorant, or dumb or foul in language, or "kalil adab" that is poor upbringing no manners, rabble, riff raff, scum, hooligans. Any of these.
When a mu'min encounters such people and they use foul language the mu'min doesn't lower him or herself to this low manner. A mu'min will just excuse him or herself from the situation with good words and not be drawn into useless argumentation, backbiting, slander, or other thing, this is from al-Laghoo which we covered in surat almu'minoon. It isi useless activity.
Stranger: You would not even reply in order to make dawa?
Dr: You assess the situation when you come to it but the type of jahil referred to here does not listen or understand and just wants to be crass and mad mannered. Your excusing yourself in a good way is dawa in itself. Make dua for them for Allah to guide them or something of this nature.
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