Explanation of the words of Imam al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) regarding what he quoted: "

The Shaykh : As for the third verse, it is the saying of Allah the Exalted: And in the second verse: The meaning is: be humble toward them and be gentle with them in speech and action, because a believer is merciful and compassionate toward his brother, as Allah the Exalted said in describing the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and those with him: And in His saying: there is evidence that a person is commanded to be humble toward his brothers, even if he is of high status. Just as a bird rises with its wing, so if a person is of high status, let him lower his wing, let him be humble, and let him be modest toward his brothers. And let him know that whoever is humble for the sake of Allah, Allah the Mighty and Majestic will raise him. A person might say, "If I am humble toward the poor man and speak to the poor man, or if I am humble toward the young one or speak to him, or something like that, perhaps this is a lowering of myself and a reduction of my rank." But this is from the whispers of Satan. Satan enters into a person in everything, as Allah the Exalted said about him that he said: So Satan comes to a person and says to him: How can you be humble toward this poor man? How can you be humble toward this young man? How can you speak to so-and-so? How can you speak to so-and-so? But whoever is humble for the sake of Allah, Allah the Mighty and Majestic will raise him, even if he is a scholar, as long as he is a believer. However, if he is a disbeliever, it is not permissible for a person to lower his wing to him, but he must submit to the truth by calling him to the religion.