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as-salamu alaykum

Arabic greeting meaning "Peace be upon you"
Event salutation Q212695
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Summary

as-salamu alaykum is a salutation[1]. It draws 36,031 Wikipedia views per month (salutation category, ranking #1 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • Religion or worldview: Islam[3]
  • Instance of: valediction[4], dhikr[5]
  • Follows: Tashahhud[6]
  • Part of: salah[7], Salawat[8], Peace be upon him[9]
  • Commons category: As-Salamu Alaykum[10]
  • Facet of: Islam[11]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[12], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15]
  • Has characteristic: dhikr[16]
  • Intended public: Muslim[17]
  • Practiced by: Muslim[18]

Why It Matters

as-salamu alaykum has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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