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And the best prayer, the most abundant in its blessings, is the prayer that stems from compassion.
From the source, if one says "Peace be upon you," it means "May God make peace be upon you."
This is the source and the intended meaning of the words.
"May God send peace upon you" is a transition from supplication to a prayer for well-being, and it is said that "peace" is a prayer for him, meaning a prayer for his well-being and protection from all evils, upon his noble Messenger.
This prayer is in the sermon of interpretation.
By Abd al-Haqq bin Attiyah, may God have mercy on him, and by the Qadi Abu Muhammad.
He narrated it over the nights and days, and they described it.
The best of the sincere ones, free from the shortcomings of the creation, meaning the created beings.
And "al-Mi'ad" means the time and place of the promise.
And the "al-Hawd al-Mawrud" (the watered basin) is a source of return to the owner of the exalted station.
The one who bore the burdens of the message and its delivery, and its affairs.
And the general delivery, meaning what was conveyed to him, or to whom he conveyed it.
He conveyed to them, and they conveyed to others. Some heard from him directly, others he wrote to, and others he sent messengers to convey to them. And he said, "I have conveyed."
The earth, and specifically the honor of striving.
Meaning, for himself and his own well-being.
And his endeavor for the well-being of the recipients, meaning their well-being and their turning towards the greatest blessings.
Because of the greatness of this well-being in himself, he turned towards God and sought His pleasure and success in eternal bliss.
And God's prayer upon him.
Perpetual, continuous prayer upon him and upon his family.
Upon the companions, meaning the companions of the Messenger, and the days and nights, and the movement of the celestial spheres.
And that which is in Ibn Attiyah's narration is a new prayer upon the Messenger, and upon his family, and a continuous and renewed increase.
For he is the master of the first and the last. He, may God's prayers and peace be upon him.
From the humans and the jinn.
And the best of the first and the last, upon him be the best.
The prayer of those who pray upon him, and the purity, meaning the peace of the Muslims upon him.
And the best of remembrance of the rememberers, and the best.
And the best prayer.
And peace be upon Muhammad.
And his family.
And the creation.
At the place of reckoning, the owner of.
The exalted station.
And the watered basin.
The one who bore the burdens.
Of the message and its delivery.
The general, and specifically.
The honor of striving.
For well-being.
The greatest, may God.
Pray upon him and upon his family.
A prayer of perpetual duration.
Continuity through the nights and days.
For he is the master of the first.
And the last.
And the best of the first.
And the last, upon him be.
The best prayer.
Of those who pray, and the purity.
Of the Muslims.
And the best of remembrance.
Of the rememberers.
And the best.