Salam — The Greeting of Love and Peace

Samet Faruque
The Honored Quran
Published in
3 min readOct 18, 2024

“A greeting from near Allah, blessed and good.”

Alhamdulillah, praise be to Allah, who creates whatever He wishes, and chooses.

وَرَبُّكَ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَاءُ وَيَخْتَارُ

And your Lord creates what He wills and chooses;

To Him belongs the kingdom, and all praise, and He is all capable. There is no god except Him.

اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ لَهُ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ
Allah — there is no deity except Him. To Him belong the most beautiful names.

Allah there is no god except Him, belongs most beautiful names

The angels declare his perfection, and He is the Most Holy, the Most Pure.

وَنَحْنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَ

“[We angels] declare your perfection with your praise and declare Your holiness.

After sending peace and blessings on our Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam, I advise myself and you:

Fear Allah. Fear Allah, your Lord, who sees whatever you do.

وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ الَّذِي أَنتُم بِهِ مُؤْمِنُونَ

And fear Allah, in whom you are believers.

Everyone wants peace and happiness in their life.

Peace will come in the obedience of Allah. In listening to Him, and living life based on his commandments.

أَلَا إِنَّ أَوْلِيَاءَ اللَّهِ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَكَانُوا يَتَّقُونَ

Listen, the friends of Allah shall have no fear, nor shall they grieve.

those who have believed and have been fearful of Allah.

My beloved ones, Islam is the religion of salam. Our greeting is salam. And the greeting of paradise is salam. And jannah is the darus-salam (home of peace). And living Islam brings a life of salam.

اللّهُـمَّ أَنْـتَ السَّلامُ
وَمِـنْكَ السَّلام
تَبارَكْتَ يا ذا الجَـلالِ وَالإِكْـرام

O Allah You are As Salam. From You comes peace. Blessed are You, O owner of majesty and honor. [Hisnul Muslim]

In this earth, to live honorable and good lives, we must avoid hurting people.

الْمُسْلِمُ مَنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ

The Muslim is the one Muslims are safe from his tongue and hands. (Bukhari:10)

In our salah, we send peace on the noble Prophet, on us and all the good people.

السَّلامُ عَلَيـكَ أَيُّهـا النَّبِـيُّ وَرَحْمَـةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكـاتُه ،
السَّلامُ عَلَيْـناوَعَلـى عِبـادِ للهِ الصَّـالِحـين .

Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
Peace be upon us and upon the righteous slaves of Allah. [HIsnul Muslim]

This greeting that we have, assalamu alaykum, this is blessed greeting,

تَحِيَّةً مِّنْ عِندِ اللَّهِ مُبَارَكَةً طَيِّبَةً

a greeting from near Allah , blessed and good.

Islam teaches us to greet those we know and those we don’t know. It teaches us to say salam when we enter houses. It teaches us to spread the salam. This way we spread love and joy and we get rid of our pride, arrogance and excessive shyness.

The Prophet said

اعْبُدُوا الرَّحْمَنَ وَأَطْعِمُوا الطَّعَامَ وَأَفْشُوا السَّلَامَ تَدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ بِسَلَامٍ

Worship the Most Merciful, feed the poor, and spread peace. You will enter Paradise in peace. (Tirmidhī 1855)

لاَ تَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى تُؤْمِنُوا وَلاَ تُؤْمِنُوا حَتَّى تَحَابُّوا ‏.‏ أَوَلاَ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى شَىْءٍ إِذَا فَعَلْتُمُوهُ تَحَابَبْتُمْ أَفْشُوا السَّلاَمَ بَيْنَكُمْ

You will not enter Paradise until you believe, and you will not believe until you love one another. Shall I not direct you to a thing which if you do it, then you will love one another? Spread the Salam among each other. (Muslim 54a)

إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ۚ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا

Surely, Allah and His angels send blessings to the Prophet. O you who believe, do pray Allah to bless him, and send your Salām (prayer for his being in peace) to him.

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Samet Faruque
Samet Faruque

Written by Samet Faruque

A teacher, Imam, Engineering graduate, writer, Qur'an tutor, and more :) Welcome to my page.

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