You Shall Be Courteous (4:86 – 4:87)

You Shall Be Courteous

4:86 When greeted with a greeting, you shall respond with a better greeting or at least an equal one. GOD reckons all things.

4:87 GOD: there is no god except He. He will surely summon you on the Day of Resurrection – the inevitable day. Whose narration is more truthful than GOD’s?

6:54 When those who believe in our revelations come to you, you shall say, “Salamun `Alaykum (Peace be upon you). Your Lord has decreed that mercy is His attribute. Thus, anyone among you who commits a transgression out of ignorance, and repents thereafter and reforms, then He is Forgiving, Most Merciful.”

By starting the greeting with “peace”, we are priming the situation to a positive atmosphere.