99 As-Salām

As-Salām (ٱلسَّلَامُ)

Peace, Wholeness, the Giver of Safety

Pronounced: as-sa-LAAMRoot: س-ل-م (S-L-M) — to be safe, to be whole, to be at rest

Original Invocation (Arabic Calligraphy):ٱلسَّلَامُ

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Sacred Reflection

As-Salām is not the absence of disturbance.

It is the Presence that makes disturbance lose its grip.

He is not the quiet after the storm.

He is the quiet within it.

In Sufi knowing, As-Salām is the Name that makes you safe enough to feel again.

Safe enough to breathe.

To exhale.

To return to the body without flinching.

He is not a feeling.

He is a field.

A vast, calm ground beneath all your turbulence,

whispering not “calm down,”

but “I’ve got you.”

As-Salām is the Name angels say when they enter.

Peace be upon you.

Not as a hope, but as a reality descending.

When your inner world is chaos, when parts are shouting, running, spinning, this Name does not join the noise.

It sits.

Still.

Unbothered.

Holy.

And slowly, everything starts to soften toward it.

This is the Name that tells the nervous system:

You are safe now.

Not because the world changed,

but because He is here.

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Parts Work Invitation

What part of you is still bracing for impact?

The one that won’t unclench.

The one still scanning for threat,

still running the loop,

still saying, “We’re not safe yet…”

Let that part hear this Name:

As-Salām.

You do not have to relax.

Just notice:

There is a Presence sitting beside you

that is not afraid.

Let that part feel how close Peace can come

without demanding change.

And if it is ready, let it breathe:

I am not alone.

I am not in danger now.

Peace is not after the pain.

Peace is with me in it.

Let this part know:

Even in the trembling,

you are wrapped in Peace.

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