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salamu alaykum written in the Thuluth style of Arabic calligraphy. As-salamu alaykum (Arabic: ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ, romanized: as-salāmu ʿalaykum, pronounced [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'.
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.
Christian Arabic version of the name of Jesus (as opposed to the Islamic Arabic term Isa عيسى) Yasū‘u l-Masīḥ (يَسُوعُ المسيح) Jesus Christ (literally "Jesus the Messiah") al-Jum‘atu l-Ḥazīna (أَلْجُمْعَةُ الْحَزيِنَة) Good Friday Popular usage (literally "Sad Friday")
Shalom aleichem (/ ʃ ə ˌ l ɒ m ə ˈ l eɪ x ə m, ˌ ʃ oʊ l ə m-/; Hebrew: שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם šālōm ʿalēḵem [ʃaˈloːm ʕaleːˈxem], lit. ' peace be upon you ') [1] [2] is a greeting in the Hebrew language.
It has Arabic to English translations and English to Arabic, as well as a significant quantity of technical terminology. It is useful to translators as its search results are given in context. [ 6 ] Almaany offers correspondent meanings for Arabic terms with semantically similar words and is widely used in Arabic language research. [ 7 ]
As a reminder, we currently say The use of salaam as an Arabic greeting dates at least to Laqit bin Yamar al-Ayadi (6th century). Re citing Noldeke, I included it directly to help readers find the original if they're interested.
Translation Pronunciation Language Explanation Shalom: שָׁלוֹם Hello, goodbye, peace Hebrew A Hebrew greeting, based on the root for "completeness". Literally meaning "peace", shalom is used for both hello and goodbye. [6] A cognate with the Arabic-language salaam. Shalom aleichem: שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם Peace be upon you
However, he was also observed in several occasions using "Assalamualaikum" as a greeting. [5] Abdurrahman Wahid added "Salam sejahtera bagi kita semua", roughly means "good upon us all", [1] mostly used by Indonesian Christians, after the Islamic greeting during his presidency. [6] This phrase often has "Shalom" added after it. [7]