The Commentary of Al-Qasidah — Page 112
112 The commentary of al-Qa si dah And the servants of the Gracious God are those who walk on the earth in a dignified manner and when the ignorant address them they say ‘Peace’. ( al-Furq a n , 25:64 ) This means that a change has taken place among the people whom All a h has prepared by His Grace and through His prophet. Dignity and humility has taken the place of the arrogant way of living. They used to be proud to walk in an arrogant manner under the influence of alcohol as the poet Qais bin Kha ti m states: 6Z &= " Y\/#5 " I When I drink four glasses of liquor in the morning then I walk with arrogance and my drawstring draws a line on the ground as I walk. ( Tash i lud-Dir a sah F i Shar h il- H im a sah, B a bul- H im a sah, Wa Q a la Qais bin Kha ti m, p. 44, translated by Maulaw i Dhul-Fiq a r ‘Al i , Published by ‘Abdut-Taww a b Academy, Multan, March 1986) And now their condition is such that they walk with dignity and self restrain. They have no arrogance left in them and they present themselves to others with kindness and with etiquette. Before the advent of Islam, they used to be proud of ignorance, i. e. , fighting, as the poet ‘Amr bin Kulth u m Taghlab i wrote: