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Benefits of Imam Naasir as-Si’dee’s explanation of these verses: Allah repeats the word “Tabāraka” (Blessed is He) three times in this noble sūrah, because its meaning— as previously mentioned— signifies the greatness of the Creator, the abundance of His attributes, and the vastness of His blessings and goodness. This sūrah contains many evidences of His greatness, the vastness of His dominion, the execution of His will, the comprehensiveness of His knowledge and power, and His all-encompassing control over legislative and retributive matters, as well as the perfection of His wisdom. It also contains indications of His wide-ranging mercy, His abundant generosity, and plentiful religious and worldly blessings, all of which warrant the repetition of this beautiful description. Servitude to Allah is of two types: 1. Servitude to His Lordship: This applies to all creation, believers and disbelievers, righteous and wicked alike. All are servants of Allah in the sense that they are created, owned, and managed by Him. As Allah says: “There is none in the heavens and earth but comes to the Most Merciful as a servant.” 2. Servitude to His Divinity, worship, and mercy: This is specific to His prophets and righteous allies, and this is what is intended here. That’s why the verse attributes this servitude to the Name “Ar-Raḥmān”, to indicate that they reached this honored status due to His mercy. Then Allah describes their traits as the most complete and their characteristics as the most virtuous: “They walk upon the earth humbly (هَوْنًا)” – meaning calmly, with dignity, and humbly before Allah and His creation. This is a description of their modesty, tranquility, and humility. “And when the ignorant address them” – meaning they are approached with foolish, rude, or ignorant speech. “They say: Peace (سَلَامًا)” – i.e., they respond with words free from sin, and they do not return ignorance with ignorance. They are praised for their forbearance, their ability to return evil with good, to pardon the ignorant, and their sound judgment that led them to this noble behavior.
