The teaching of 'as-salaamu 'alaykum' and 'wa 'alaykum as-salaam' as the greetings between Muslims is a favorable act and an instruction from the Quran and Sunnah. If two strangers greet each other with 'as-salaamu 'alaykum', this becomes a beautiful introduction and statement of trust and sincerity, and also acknowledges a spiritual tie between them. Muslims who use this greeting while already knowing one another and have a bond of friendship, relationship, or affection between them, this wish for peace fully signifies the connection and gives the sentiment of joy, regard, well-wishing and love. 'As-salaamu 'alaykum' is the best greetings people can have for one another. Herein you shall abide.' (Surah Az-Zumar, 39:73)

'And when those who believe in Our signs come to you, say to them: 'Peace be upon you.'' (Surah Al-An'aam, 6:54) In the Quran we also see the instruction from Allah to greet each other with words of peace: Therefore give the greeting among yourselves.' – Al-Adab Al-Mufrad, Book 42, Hadith 989. This greeting has origins in the Quran and is related to the Divine Name of Allah 'As-Salaam' and means 'The Source of Peace'.Īnas reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'As-Salam (peace) is one of the Names of Allah Almighty which Allah has placed in the earth. The first one is 'as-salaamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullah' which translates to 'may the Peace and Mercy of Allah be with you.' The second one is 'as-salaamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuh' which translates to 'may the Peace, Mercy, and Blessings of Allah be with you.' The appropriate response to the general greeting is 'wa 'alaykum as-salaam' which translates to 'and upon you peace', with the option of adding the extensions to the end of this as well, for example 'wa 'alaykum as-salaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuh.' There are two beautifully extended versions of 'as-salaamu 'alaykum' that would fall under the category of a greeting of greater value. Surely Allah takes good count of everything.' (Surah An-Nisaa', 4:86) 'When you are greeted with a salutation then return it with a better one, or at least the same. Most of have mucus on them, so everything sticks to it it would look like blobs of mud. “You’d drag a trawl over the sea floor for three hours, then you had to sort through the material. In earlier days, benthic (sea floor-dwelling) animals would be brought up to the ship by nets.

While Shale has been down in a deep-sea submersible, virtually all his photography is done on the surface.

equivalent of the Oscar, for cinematography in 2002.) He then joined the Census of Marine Life project as photographer and videographer the images seen here are from these expeditions. He left to become a wildlife filmmaker, but the two paths merged in the 1990s when The Blue Planet, the BBC oceanography series, took him on as a cinematographer. Shale, who holds a doctoral degree in marine biology, began photographing deep-sea animals in the 1970s for the U.K.-based Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (now the National Oceanography Centre).

Deep sea creatures pictures