﴿ وَعِبَادُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ هَوْنًۭا وَإِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ ٱلْجَٰهِلُونَ قَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًۭا ﴾

“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;”

�And when the ignorant address them they say [words of] peace�That is, they say that which is correct and appropriate. Ḥasan al-Baṣrī said: �This was their way during the day. However, during the night they were as God describes them in the next verse, Those who spend the night [in adoration of] their Lord prostrating and standing [25:64].His words: