As-Salam (السَّلَامُ) means The Source of Peace. It is name 5 in the well-known list of the 99 Names of Allah. As-Salām is free of every defect, and the source of all peace and safety. Paradise is called Dār as-Salām, the Home of Peace, and the greeting of Muslims, as-salāmu ʿalaykum, carries His name.
The root and its meaning
As-Salam comes from the Arabic root س ل م (s-l-m), which carries the sense of safety, soundness and peace.
Where it is in the Quran
As a name it comes once, in 59:23. The Home of Peace is in 10:25.
Surah Al-Hashr 59:23
هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱلْقُدُّوسُ ٱلسَّلَٰمُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُ ٱلْمُهَيْمِنُ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْجَبَّارُ ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرُ ۚ سُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ
Huwal-laahul-lazee laaa Ilaaha illaa Huwal-Malikul Quddoosus-Salaamul Muminul Muhaiminul-'aAzeezul Jabbaarul-Mutakabbir; Subhaanal laahi 'Ammaa yushrikoon
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.
Quran 59:23. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
Surah Yunus 10:25
وَٱللَّهُ يَدْعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ دَارِ ٱلسَّلَٰمِ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍۢ مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ
Wallaahu yad'ooo ilaa daaris salaami wa yahdee mai yashaaa'u ilaa Siraatim Mustaqeem
And Allah invites to the Home of Peace and guides whom He wills to a straight path
Quran 10:25. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
Calling on Allah by this Name
Allah says: "And to Allah belong the best names, so invoke Him by them" (7:180). Begin your dua with يَا سَلَامُ (Yā Salām) and ask for what fits its meaning. For example: "Yā Salām, give my heart and my home peace."
From the Sunnah
اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ السَّلَامُ، وَمِنْكَ السَّلَامُ، تَبَارَكْتَ يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ
Allāhumma antas-salām, wa minkas-salām, tabārakta yā dhal-jalāli wal-ikrām
O Allah, You are Peace and from You is peace. Blessed are You, Possessor of Majesty and Honour. (Said after each obligatory prayer.)
Sahih Muslim 591
- Quran 59:23, translation by Sahih International.
- Quran 10:25, translation by Sahih International.
- Sahih Muslim 591.
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