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The use of the greeting differs when interacting with non-Muslims such as people of the book (ahlul kitab). Some scholars are divided on the issue. Most believe that when greeted by non-Muslims, Muslims can only respond by stating "wa ʿalaykum" ("and upon you") instead of the longer version, while others suggest replying with a salam.
salamu alaykum written in the Thuluth style of Arabic calligraphy. As-salamu alaykum (Arabic: ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ, as-salāmu ʿalaykum, Arabic: [as.sa.laː.mu ʕa.laj.kum] ⓘ), also written salamun alaykum and typically rendered in English as salam alaykum, is a greeting in Arabic that means 'Peace be upon you'.
Below is a sample text from a bilingual Arabic-Greek document dated to the 19th century, containing Christian prayers and liturgical texts, Arabic followed by Greek in Aljamiado and Greek alphabet, followed by English. This is the prayer that is to be said before receiving the Eucharist. [9]
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The latest pre-Islamic phase of the Arabic script is known as Paleo-Arabic, and inscriptions in this script have been discovered across Arabia and the southern Leavant. [ 22 ] The Arabic language has been attested in many pre-Islamic Arabian scripts, beginning in the early first millennium BC (in cuneiform inscriptions).
Arabic text of the another shape of "Salawat": Arabic: «صَلَی اللهُ عَلَیه و سَلَّم», meaning "May God send His mercy and blessings upon him". Honorifics, in Arabic or non-Arabic languages, can be written in multiple formats: [70] [71] Arabic text with Islamic honorifics
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Days of the Arabs (Arabic: أيام العرب, romanized: Ayyām al-ʿArab) is a collection of the oldest extant Arabic narratives. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]It contains ...