The Angels’ greeting word on meeting is persistently one word; it is “Salam”.
Salam means Peace
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The Angels’ greeting words on meeting are not:
- How do you do
- Good morning
- Good afternoon
- Good evening
- Good day
- Pleased to meet you
- Hello
- Hi, or
- How are you
The Angels’ greeting words on meeting is persistently one word; it is “Salam”.
Salam, in Arabic, means Peace
Al-Salam that means “the Peace” is one of Allah’s names.
Salam was the Angels’ greeting words on meeting with the Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham); the story of this meeting is mentioned three times in the Noble Quran in the verses 15:51-52, 11:69 and 51:25
The Angels’ greeting words on meeting with the good faithful believers at the moment of their death:
To those whom the angels cause to die when they are good, pure of any unbelief and pure from associating any partners with Allah, the Angels say: Peace be unto you! This is the greeting!
Then, the Angels will continue saying: Enter Paradise because of your faith and what you have done in your worldly life. (The verse 16:32)
The Angels’ greeting words on meeting with the good faithful believers at the gate of Paradise in the Afterlife:
And those who feared their Lord, those who keep their duty to their Lord and those who obey their Lord, they will be driven, gently, to Paradise in troops, until, when they reach it, and its gates are opened and its keepers (the Angels therein) will say to them, ‘Peace be to you! This is the greeting!
Then, the Angels will continue saying:
You are good! You succeeded and are saved. So enter it to abide therein with the decree that you are to abide in it forever, never to die or and never to leave it (the verse 39:73).
The manner of their being driven as well as the opening of the gates before their arrival is a way of honoring them; the driving of the disbelievers to the Hell, however, and the opening of the gates only upon their arrival so that all of its heat is retained for them, is a means of humiliating them.
Nevertheless, Salam, the Angels’ greeting word is only for the believers.
For the unbelievers there are the words of blaming, accusing and smiting their faces.
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The Angels’ greeting words on meeting with the Prophet Ibrahim
15:51-52 (PICKTHAL translation)
And tell them of Abraham’s guests, (how) when they came in unto him, and said: peace. He said: lo! We are afraid of you.
11:69 (PICKTHAL translation)
PICKTHAL:
And our messengers came unto Abraham with good news. They said: peace! He answered: peace! And delayed not to bring a roasted calf.
51:25 (QARIB translation)
Have you heard the story of Abraham’s honored guests? They entered to him and said: ‘peace. ‘And he replied: ‘peace, you are people unknown to me.’
The Angels’ greeting words on meeting with the good faithful believers at the moment of their death:
16:32 (SHAKIR translation)
Those whom the angels cause to die in a good state, saying: peace be on you: enter the garden for what you did
The Angels’ greeting words on meeting with the good faithful believers at the gate of Paradise in the Afterlife:
39:73 (YUSUFALI translation)
And those who feared their Lord will be led to the garden in crowds: until behold, they arrive there; its gates will be opened; and its keepers will say: “peace be upon you! We’ll have ye done! Enter ye here, to dwell therein.”
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