<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (April 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (April 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> As - salāmu ʿalaykum (Arabic: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ ‎ (asːaˈlaːmu ʕaˈlaikum)) is a greeting in Arabic that means "peace be upon you". The greeting is a standard salutation among Muslims, whether socially or within worship and other contexts . The typical response to the greeting is waʿalaykumu as - salām (وَعَلَيْكُم السَّلَام (waʕaˈlaikumu sːaˈlaːm); "and upon you, peace"). </P> <P> This greeting appears in greatly abbreviated forms in many languages from Malagasy to Urdu as some variant of salām (سَلَام; cf . Persian سلام (sæˈlɒːm)). </P>

What to say in response to salam alaikum