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1912 illustration. In English -speaking countries, the common verbal response to another person's sneeze is " [God] bless you ", or, less commonly in the United States and Canada, "Gesundheit", the German word for health (and the response to sneezing in German-speaking countries). There are several proposed bless-you origins for use in the ...
As-salamu alaykum ( Arabic: ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ, as-salāmu ʿalaykum, Arabic: [as.sa.laː.mu ʕa.laj.kum] ⓘ ), also written salamun alaykum and typically rendered in English as salam alaykum, is a greeting in Arabic that means 'Peace be upon you'. The salām ( سَلَام, meaning 'peace') has become a religious ...
v. t. e. Alhamdulillah ( Arabic: ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّٰهِ, al-Ḥamdu lillāh) is an Arabic phrase meaning "praise be to God ", [ 1] sometimes translated as "thank God" or "thanks be to the Lord". [ 2] This phrase is called Tahmid (Arabic: تَحْمِيد, lit. 'Praising'). [ 3] A longer variant of the phrase is al-ḥamdu l-illāhi ...
God bless you ( variants include God bless or bless you [1]) is a common English phrase generally used to wish a person blessings in various situations, [1] [2] especially to "will the good of another person", as a response to a sneeze, and also, when parting or writing a valediction. [1] [3] [4] The phrase has been used in the Hebrew Bible by ...
Mashallah or Ma Sha Allah or Masha Allah or Ma Shaa Allah ( Arabic: مَا شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ, romanized : mā shāʾa -llāhu) [note 1] is an Arabic phrase that literally translates to ' God has willed it', implying that something has happened, generally used to positively denote something of greatness or beauty. It is used to express ...
Gloria in excelsis Deo. The melody in neume notation. " Gloria in excelsis Deo " ( Latin for "Glory to God in the highest") is a Christian hymn known also as the Greater Doxology (as distinguished from the "Minor Doxology" or Gloria Patri) and the Angelic Hymn [1] [2] / Hymn of the Angels. [3] The name is often abbreviated to Gloria in Excelsis ...
The reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States. Annuit cœptis ( / ˈænuɪt ˈsɛptɪs /, Classical Latin: [ˈannʊ.ɪt ˈkoe̯ptiːs]) is one of two mottos on the reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States. The literal translation is " [He] favors (or "has favored") [our] undertakings", from Latin annuo ("I approve, I favor ...
e. Salawat ( Arabic: صَلَوَات, romanized : ṣalawāt; sg. صَلَاة, ṣalāh) or durood ( Urdu: دُرُوْد) is an Islamic complimentary Arabic phrase which contains veneration for Muhammad. This phrase is usually expressed by Muslims as part of their five daily prayers (usually during the tashahhud) and also when Muhammad's ...