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v. t. e. Wa ʿalaykumu s-salam (وَعَلَيْكُم ٱلسَّلَامُ) is an Arabic greeting often used by Muslims around the world translating to "and upon you be peace". It is a blessing given to another. It is the standard response to the As-salamu alaykum (ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ) greeting. [1][2] The greetings are ...
As the Maltese language derives from Arabic, it inherited and still uses Arabic terms for religion amongst other things. In the Maldives, "އައްސަލާމް ޢަލައިކުމް" (assalaam 'alaikum) is used as a common formal greeting, used similar to "hello". [17] In Nigeria, the phrase assalamu alaikum is used as a formal greeting by Muslims.
Lebanese Arabic is a descendant of the Arabic dialects introduced to the Levant and other Arabic dialects that were already spoken in other parts of the Levant in the 7th century AD, which gradually supplanted various indigenous Northwest Semitic languages to become the regional lingua franca.
The word Allah is also used by Christians in predominantly Islamic countries and countries where both faiths exist side by side regularly such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Lebanon, Turkey, Syria, Egypt, Iraq, etc. Aiqūna (أَيْقونة) Icon As-salamu alaykum (السَلامُ عَلَيكُم) is a greeting in Arabic that means "Peace be upon you".
Lebanon's native language, Levantine Arabic, [1] is the main language used in conversations. MSA, despite being Lebanon's second language by number of users, [1] is almost never used in conversations, [5] while English [33] and French [34] are, even between some native speakers of Levantine. Western Armenian and Kurdish are used by their ...
Inshallah (/ ɪnˈʃɑːlə /; Arabic: إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ, romanized: ʾIn shāʾ Allāh Arabic pronunciation: [ʔin ʃaː.ʔa‿ɫ.ɫaːh]), also spelled In shaa Allah, In sha Allah, Insya Allah, and İn şa Allah, is an Arabic-language expression meaning "if God wills" or "God willing". [1] Its use is mentioned in the Quran ...
e. Alhamdulillah (Arabic: ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّٰهِ, al-Ḥamdu lillāh) is an Arabic phrase meaning "praise be to God ", [1] sometimes translated as "thank God" or "thanks be to the Lord". [2] This phrase is called Tahmid (Arabic: تَحْمِيد, lit. 'Praising'). [3] A longer variant of the phrase is al-ḥamdu l-illāhi rabbi l ...
Eid Mubarak (Arabic: عِيد مُبَارَك, romanized: ʿīd mubārak) is an Arabic phrase that means "blessed feast or festival". [1] The term is used by Muslims all over the world as a greeting to celebrate Eid al-Fitr (which marks the end of Ramadan) and Eid al-Adha (which is in the month of Dhu al-Hijjah). [2][3] This exchange of ...