When they came to him, they said: "Peace." He answered: "Peace." They were a people he did not recognise.
When they came to him and said, “Peace”; he answered, “Peace”; and thought, “These people are not familiar.”
When they entered unto him, saying 'Peace!' he said 'Peace! You are a people unknown to me.'
When those [heavenly messengers] came unto him and bade him peace, he answered, “[And upon you be] peace!” - [saying to himself,] “They are strangers.”
When they came in Unto him, and said:'peace!' he said: 'peace'! - people unknown.
When they came in to him, and said, "Salam, (peace be upon you)!" He answered; "Salam, (peace be upon you)," and said: "You are a people unknown to me,"
When they entered upon him, they said, “Peace.” He said, “Peace, strangers.”
When they came to him, they said: “Peace”; he said: “Peace also be to you; (you seem to be) a group of strangers.”
When they came in to him and said: "Salaman!" He answered: "Salamun" and said: "You are a people unknown to me."
When they came in unto him and said: Peace! he answered, Peace! (and thought): Folk unknown (to me).
When they entered into his presence, they said, ‘Peace!’ ‘Peace!’ He answered, ‘[You are] an unfamiliar folk.’
They entered to him and said: 'Peace' And he replied: 'Peace, you are people unknown to me'
When they entered upon him and said, "[We greet you with] peace." He answered, "[And upon you] peace, [you are] a people unknown.
When they came to him saying, "Peace be with you," he replied to their greeting in the same manner and said to himself, "These are a strange people".
When they entered upon him, they said: Peace. Peace, said he, a strange people.
I<u>th</u> dakhaloo AAalayhi faq<u>a</u>loo sal<u>a</u>man q<u>a</u>la sal<u>a</u>mun qawmun munkaroon<b>a</b>
When they came to him they said, "Peace!" He answered, "Peace!" [saying to himself]. "They are strangers."
Behold, they entered his presence, and said: "Peace!" He said, "Peace!" (and thought, "These seem) unusual people."
إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًا قَالَ سَلَٰمٌ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ
When they came to him and said, ٌ”Peace”. Abraham said in reply: “Peace”, and he said to himself: “These are people we do not recognise”.
When they came to him and said, ٌ”Peace”. Abraham said in reply: “Peace”, and he said to himself: “These are people we do not recognise”.
<p>Comforting the Messenger of Allah</p><p>فَقَالُوا سَلَامًا قَالَ سَلَامٌ ("We greet you with salam." He said, "Salam on you." 51:25). The angels greeted him with salaman in the accusative case, whereas Holy Prophet Ibrahim (علیہ السلام) responded to the greeting in the -nominative case thus: salamun. The nominative case in Arabic is a nominal sentence which carries the sense of greater strength, continuity and persistence. The Qur'anic injunction is that 'when you are greeted with a salutation, greet one better than it...', so Holy Prophet Ibrahim (علیہ السلام) the Friend of Allah chose a better reply, implementing Allah's command: reciprocating the greeting with the term salaman is stronger than the greeting using the term salaman.</p><p>قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُ‌ونَ ("[ They are ] unknown people."... 51:25). The word munkar, the letter [م m ] carrying dammah and the letter [ ک k ] carrying fath means "unknown". As sin or sinful work is unknown in Islam, it is also referred to as munkar. The angels came to Holy Prophet Ibrahim (علیہ السلام) in the image of handsome young wonderfully graceful men; therefore he could not recognize them. He thought to himself that these are strangers and said to himself 'They are unknown to me'. Or it is possible that he might have mentioned this to the guests in the form of a question and the purpose might have been to find out who they were.</p>
Comforting the Messenger of Allahفَقَالُوا سَلَامًا قَالَ سَلَامٌ ("We greet you with salam." He said, "Salam on you." 51:25). The angels greeted him with salaman in the accusative case, whereas Holy Prophet Ibrahim (علیہ السلام) responded to the greeting in the -nominative case thus: salamun. The nominative case in Arabic is a nominal sentence which carries the sense of greater strength, continuity and persistence. The Qur'anic injunction is that 'when you are greeted with a salutation, greet one better than it...', so Holy Prophet Ibrahim (علیہ السلام) the Friend of Allah chose a better reply, implementing Allah's command: reciprocating the greeting with the term salaman is stronger than the greeting using the term salaman.قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُ‌ونَ ("[ They are ] unknown people."... 51:25). The word munkar, the letter [م m ] carrying dammah and the letter [ ک k ] carrying fath means "unknown". As sin or sinful work is unknown in Islam, it is also referred to as munkar. The angels came to Holy Prophet Ibrahim (علیہ السلام) in the image of handsome young wonderfully graceful men; therefore he could not recognize them. He thought to himself that these are strangers and said to himself 'They are unknown to me'. Or it is possible that he might have mentioned this to the guests in the form of a question and the purpose might have been to find out who they were.