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When (idh is an adverbial qualifier of hadīthu dayfi, 'the story of the guests') they entered upon him and said, 'Peace!' - in other words [they said] these very words. He said, 'Peace!' - [also] these very words - [These are] an unfamiliar folk, whom we do not know - he said this to himself (qawmun munkarūna is the predicate of an implicit subject such as hā'ūlā'i, 'these are').