سَلَام peace in Arabic
سَلَام is how you say “peace” in Arabic.
Root س ل م s-l-m. noun (verbal noun / maṣdar). salām.
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Meaning of peace in Arabic
- peace, safety, security one of several maṣdar forms of سَلِمَ ('he was, or became, safe') alongside سَلَامَةٌ, سَلَمٌ, سَلْمٌ, and سِلْمٌ; denotes freedom from harm, evil, or affliction
- greeting, salutation — "peace be upon you" the excerpt treats التَّسْلِيمُ (the verbal noun of سلّم) as synonymous with السَّلَام in this sense: saluting someone with a prayer for their safety, as in سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكَ
Example sentence
وآخرها تحيّتهم يوم يلقونه سلام
And the final stage is their greeting of peace on the day they meet Him.
سَلَامٌ peace
salam means 'peace'; the '-un' ending marks it indefinite — here the greeting itself ('…is "peace"').
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How it is used
سَلَام is a maṣdar of سَلِمَ, 'to be or become safe,' so at root it names a state of safety or freedom from harm. From that same sense it became the standard greeting formula سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكَ ('peace be upon you'), which the lexicon explains as a prayer for the addressee's safety rather than a mere pleasantry.
Words from the same root
- سَلِمَ to be, or become, safe, secure, or free from harm/evil
- سَلَّمَ to keep safe/save; to greet with a prayer for safety; to hand over or deliver
- تَسْلِيمٌ salutation/greeting; the act of delivering or handing something over
- سَلَامَةٌ safety, security, soundness
- سِلْمٌ peace, safety (variant maṣdar of سَلِمَ)
More example sentences
أمّا إذا أتمَّ فريضةً بالتيمم ثم استمر وجودُ الماء بعد السلام، بَطَلَ تيممُه فلا يستبيح به نافلةً
If one completed an obligatory prayer with Tayammum and then water became available after the Salam, their Tayammum is void, and they cannot perform a voluntary prayer with it.
السَّلَامِ the Salam
'the salam,' in the -i form — the closing greeting that ends the prayer. 'After the salam' means the obligatory prayer was complete and valid before the water came.
وقد قال عليه الصلاة والسلام نعمتان مغبون فيهما كثير من الناس الصحة والفراغ
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Two blessings which many people are deceived about are health and free time.
وَالسَّلَامُ and peace
A fused 'and' plus a noun with 'the', 'and the peace', completing the fixed blessing 'upon him be blessings and peace'. It closes the salutation formula.
وقال عليه الصلاة والسلام إن لله عبادا يضن بهم عن القتل والسقم،
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Indeed, God has servants who He spares from killing and illness.
وَالسَّلَامُ and the peace
A fused 'and' plus a noun with 'the', 'and the peace', completing the fixed blessing. It closes the salutation formula.
أَيُّ رَجُلٍ فِيكُمْ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ
Which man among you is Abdullah ibn Salam?
سَلَامٍ Salam
The father's name in the 'of'-type ending pulled in by the 'son of' link before it, completing 'son of Salam'. The ending marks it as the second half of the patronymic.
Common questions
- How do you say "peace" in Arabic?
- سَلَام (salām) — from the root س ل م, 'to be safe or secure'; it names the state of safety/peace and is also the customary greeting سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكَ, 'peace be upon you.'
- What is the root of سَلَام and what does it literally mean?
- The root is س ل م (s-l-m). Its verb سَلِمَ means 'he was, or became, safe, secure, or free' from harm, evil, or affliction — the core sense that سَلَام itself expresses.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).