لَا يَقْعُدُ قَوْمٌ يَذْكُرُونَ

[Sher Zaman]

Hi, I have a question about قَالَ أَشْهَدُ عَلَى أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَأَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ أَنَّهُمَا شَهِدَا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهم عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَا يَقْعُدُ قَوْمٌ يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِلَّا حَفَّتْهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَغَشِيَتْهُمُ الرَّحْمَةُ وَنَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّكِينَةُ وَذَكَرَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِيمَنْ عِنْدَهُ

Is the sentence يذكرون الله a نعت for قوم or is it a حال (and قوم would then be the ذو الحال, of course)?

I found this hadith in صحيح مسلم.

 

[Matat]

It's a نعت for قوم.

 

[Ali Smith]

Would the meaning of قَوْمٌ يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ be "people that mention Allah"? I'm assuming قوم means "people" rather than "a nation". It can mean either in classical Arabic, I think.

 

[AM12345]

Yes, it can mean either in CA (but in MSA).

 

[bearded]

(but in MSA)

Do you mean ''but NOT in MSA''?

 

[𐎂𐎍𐎐𐎗 𐎃𐎐4]

In CA it is usually used to mean people. The word for nation in CA is أمة.

 

[Mahaodeh]

Yes, it can mean either in CA (but in MSA).

In which context would you use it to mean nation? Whether in CA or MSA?