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Updated: May 14, 2025
Hartley entered the cell indicated, with the usual salutation of Salam Alaikum. His patient lay on a little carpet in a corner of the small white-washed cell. He was a man of about forty, dressed in the black robe of his order, very much torn and patched. He wore a high conical cap of Tartarian felt, and had round his neck the string of black beads belonging to his order.
There were three, and only one of them carried a rider. He waited tensely for the rest of the band to appear. The camels arrived and Rick whispered urgently, "The rest must be behind. Jump him and we'll grab the camels and make a run for it." Hassan tensed. "Yes. Be ready." The camel rider came close, and lifted a hand in greeting. "Assalamo alaikum. Fil khedma, ya sidi.
Until then, Assalamo alaikum, which is to say, 'Good day to you." As the boys walked to where Hassan waited, Scotty grinned at Rick. "'Discretion in one so young," he quoted, "'is a rare and precious thing. He should know you as I do. Discretion has nothing to do with it. You just don't want to part with that cat until you know everything there is to know about it." Rick shrugged.
Choosing illustrations from a different group, the Hebrew salutation "Peace be with you," Shalom lachem, proves to be a blood cousin of the Arabic Salaam alaikum, indicating the common ancestry of these diverse languages. Among Polynesian peoples the Tahitian calls a house a fare, the Maori of New Zealand uses whare, while the Hawaiian employs the word hale, and the Samoan, fale.
His eyes and posture indicated suffering, which he was enduring with stoical patience. "Salam Alaikum," said Hartley; "you are in pain, my father?" a title which he gave rather to the profession than to the years of the person he addressed. "Salam Alaikum bema sebastem," answered the Fakir; "Well is it for you that you have suffered patiently.
Literally, "became such a mountain." This, perhaps, induced Mir Amman to call the wonder-performing barber and surgeon 'Isa. The Arabic expression is salam 'alaikum or 'alaika, i.e. "Peace be on you" or "on thee." This mode of greeting is used only towards Musulmans; and when it has passed between them, it is understood to be a pledge of friendly confidence and sincere good will.
Hartley pronounced the usual salutation of Salam Alaikum in the most modest and deferential tone; but his former friend was so far from responding in their former strain of intimacy, that, having consulted the eye of his older companion, he barely pointed to a third carpet, upon which the stranger seated himself cross-legged, after the country fashion, and a profound silence prevailed for the space of several minutes.
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