| alayikum wassalam | ‘And with you be peace.’ Answer to the greeting “Assalamu alaikum”. |
| amin | Amen, closing word of prayer. assalamu alayikum Peace be with you. (A formula for greeting. The response is Alaikum wassalam.) |
| Awla | God, Allah (the supreme being). |
| bismilla | ‘In the name of God’. |
| kana'alla | Wholeheartedly, truly before God. |
| karna' | Very true, indeed. |
| mustahil | Impossible, preposterous, absurd, my word!, come on! (An expression to emphasize one’s statements.) |
| mustajab | Good, edifying, enlightening (about speech). |
| takbil | Name for the phrase ‘Allahu Akbar’; a special chant (at the end of the worship service at the close of the months Puwase and Hadji'). |
| wassalam | Lit. ‘and peace’. Used to signal the end of a letter or speech; part of the answer in greeting. |