Editing As-salamu alaykum (section)

==Grammatical variants==
The expression commonly uses the second person plural masculine, even when used to address one person. It may be modified by choosing the appropriate [[Arabic grammar#Enclitic pronouns|enclitic pronoun]] to address a person in the masculine and feminine singular form, the dual form, or the feminine plural form. The conjugations are as follows (note: according to the standard pronunciation rules of [[Classical Arabic]], the last short vowel in each word is not pronounced in [[pausa]]):

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
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! style="width:20%;"| Gender || style="width:40%;"| Greeting || style="width:40%;"| Response
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|rowspan="3"|Singular<br/>Masculine ||{{lang|ar|ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ}} ||{{lang|ar|وَعَلَيْكَ ٱلسَّلَامُ}}
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|{{IPA|ar|as.sa.laː.mu ʕa.laj.ka|}} || {{IPA|ar|wa.ʕa.laj.ka‿s.sa.laː.mu|}}
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|{{transliteration|ar|as-salāmu ʿalaykᵃ}} || {{transliteration|ar|wa ʿalayka s-salāmᵘ}}
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|rowspan="3"|Singular<br/>Feminine ||{{lang|ar|ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكِ}} ||{{lang|ar|وَعَلَيْكِ ٱلسَّلَامُ}}
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|{{IPA|ar|as.sa.laː.mu ʕa.laj.ki|}} || {{IPA|ar|wa.ʕa.laj.ki‿s.sa.laː.mu|}}
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|{{transliteration|ar|as-salāmu ʿalaykⁱ}} || {{transliteration|ar|wa ʿalayki s-salāmᵘ}}
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|rowspan="3"|Dual<br/>Unisex ||{{lang|ar|ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمَا}} ||{{lang|ar|وَعَلَيْكُمَا ٱلسَّلَامُ}}
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|{{IPA|ar|as.sa.laː.mu ʕa.laj.ku.maː|}} || {{IPA|ar|wa.ʕa.laj.ku.maː‿s.sa.laː.mu|}}
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|{{transliteration|ar|as-salāmu ʿalaykumā}} || {{transliteration|ar|wa ʿalaykumā s-salāmᵘ}}
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|rowspan="3"|Plural<br/>Masculine ||{{lang|ar|ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ}} ||{{lang|ar|وَعَلَيْكُمُ ٱلسَّلَامُ}}
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|{{IPA|ar|as.sa.laː.mu ʕa.laj.kum|}} || {{IPA|ar|wa.ʕa.laj.ku.mu‿s.sa.laː.mu|}}
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|{{transliteration|ar|as-salāmu ʿalaykum}} || {{transliteration|ar|wa ʿalaykumu s-salāmᵘ}}
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|rowspan="3"|Plural<br/>Feminine ||{{lang|ar|ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُنَّ}} ||{{lang|ar|وَعَلَيْكُنَّ ٱلسَّلَامُ}}
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|{{IPA|ar|as.sa.laː.mu ʕa.laj.kun.na|}} || {{IPA|ar|wa.ʕa.laj.kun.na‿s.sa.laː.mu|}}
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|{{transliteration|ar|as-salāmu ʿalaykunnᵃ}} || {{transliteration|ar|wa ʿalaykunna s-salāmᵘ}}
|}

A third-person variant, [[Peace be upon him|''ʿalayhi as-salām'', "peace be upon him"]], is often used by Muslims for prophets other than Muhammad and other holy personalities, such as angels.