As-salāmu �alaykum (Arabic: ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ‎; [as.sa.laː.mu �a.laj.kum]) is a greeting in Arabic that means "Peace be upon you". The salam is a religious salutation among Muslims[1] when greeting, though it is also used by Arabic speakers of other religions, such as Arab Christians.[2] The typical response to the greeting is wa �alaykumu s-salām (وَعَلَيْكُمُ ٱلسَّلَامُ; [wa.�a.laj.ku.mu‿s.sa.laː.mu]) "And peace be upon you, too." The complete phrase is as-salāmu �alaykum wa-raḥmatu -llāhi wa-barakātuhū (ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ ٱللَّٰهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ; [as.sa.laː.mu �a.laj.kum wa.raħ.ma.tu‿ɫ.ɫaː.hi wa.ba.ra.kaː.tu.huː]) "Peace be upon you, as well as the mercy of God and his blessings."

This greeting appears in greatly abbreviated forms in many languages as some variant of salām (سَلَام; cf. Persian [sæ.lɒːm]).