peace be upon him

English

Alternative forms

• PBUH (abbreviation)

Etymology

Calque of Arabic عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ (ʕalayhi s-salāmu, “peace be upon him”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piːs biː əˈpɒn ˈhɪm/

Interjection

peace be upon him

1. (Islam) an honorific phrase used by Muslims after any mention in speech or print of holy persons

   Synonym: alayhi as-salaam

   Jesus, peace be upon him, travelled to […]

2. (Judaism) an honorific phrase used by some Jews after mentioning the deceased in speech or print

Derived terms

• piss be upon him (offensive, vulgar)

Related terms

• peace be upon her

Translations

honorific phrase used by Muslims

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ (ʕalayhi s-salāmu)
• Azerbaijani: əleyhissəlam
• Bashkir: ғәләйһи-ссәләм (ğələyhi-ssələm), ғәлиәссәләм (ğəliəssələm)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 願主福安之／愿主福安之 (yuàn Zhǔ fú'ān zhī)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: rauha olkoon hänen kanssaan, rauha hänelle
• French: que paix soit sur lui
• German: Friede sei mit ihm, Friede und Segen sei mit ihm
• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
• Kazakh: ғалейһиссалам (ğaleihissalam)
• Kyrgyz: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: alaihissalam (ms)
• Ossetian: Хуцауи хуарз салам ӕй уӕд (Xucawi xwarz salam æj wæd)
• Pashto: عليه سلام
• Persian: علیه السلام ('aleyhe-s-salâm)
• Polish: niech pokój będzie z nim, pokój niech będzie z nim
• Portuguese: que a paz esteja com ele
• Punjabi: علیہ سلام (ʻleh slām)
• Russian: мир ему́ (mir jemú), мир ему́ и благослове́ние (mir jemú i blagoslovénije), мир ему́ и благослове́ние Алла́ха (mir jemú i blagoslovénije Alláxa)
• Sakha (Yakut): Таңара кинини алҕаатын уонна айхаллаатын, эйэни киниэхэ (eyeni kinieqe)
• Serbo-Croatian: mir njemu, neka je mir njemu, sallallahu alejhi we sellem, sallallahu alejhi ve sellem
• Sindhi: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: Guds frid och välsignelser vare med honom
• Tajik: алайҳиссалом (alayhissalom)
• Turkish: aleyhisselam (tr)
• Urdu: علیہ السلام ('alayhi-s-salām)
• Uyghur: ئەلەيھىسسالام (eleyhissalam)
• Uzbek: alayhissalom (uz)

honorific phrase used by some Jews

• Hebrew: עָלָיו הַשָּׁלוֹם ('aláv hashalóm)
• Yiddish: עליו השלום (olev hasholem)

See also

• durood