Here you can read various translations of verse 23. Sahih International. He is Allah, other than whom there is no deity, the Sovereign, the Pure, the Perfection, the Bestower of Faith, the Overseer, the Exalted in Might, the Compeller, the Superior. Exalted is Allah above whatever they associate with Him. Yusuf Ali. Lesson 2: How the Islamic Greeting began. Muslims have their own special way of greeting. How do we know how to greet each other? We can learn this by the Quraan or ahadith (or sayings) of Allah's Messenger, Prophet Muhammad Sit back while your Ummy, Abi, or teacher reads to you the story about the beginning of the Islamic, or Muslim, greeting. Exchanging salaam holds a high position in Islam. Not only is salaam equated with many other important deeds, but it is one of the defining criteria of belief. We observe many Hadiths pertaining to the position of exchanging salaam in Islam. In one Hadith a man asked the Prophet (SallAllahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) about which aspect of Islam was best. The salām ( سَلَام, meaning 'peace') has become a religious salutation for Muslims [1] [2] worldwide when greeting each other, though its use as a greeting pre-dates Islam, and is also common among Arabic speakers of other religions (such as Arab Christians and Mizrahi Jews ). .

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