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Allah

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Allah be an Arabic word give God, particularly de God of Abraham. Outsyd of de Middle East, ebe principally associated plus Islam (insyd wich dem sanso consider am de proper name), although na dem use de term insyd pre-Islamic Arabia wey dem continue dey use am today by Arabic-speaking adherents of any of de Abrahamic religions, wey dey include Judaism den Christianity. Dem dey think say dem derive am by contraction from al-ilāh (الاله, lit. 'de god') wey be linguistically related to God ein names insyd oda Semitic languages, such as Aramaic (ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ʼAlāhā) den Hebrew (אֱלוֹהַּ ʾĔlōah).

De word "Allah" now dey imply de superiority anaa sole existence of one God, buh among de pre-Islamic Arabs, na Allah be a supreme deity wey na dem dey worship am alongsyd lesser deities insyd a pantheon. Chaw Jews, Christians, den early Muslims use "Allah" den "al-ilah" interchangeably insyd Classical Arabic. De word sanso frequently be, albeit no be exclusively, used by Bábists, Baháʼís, Mandaeans, Indonesian Christians, Maltese Christians, den Sephardic Jews, as well as by de Gagauz people.

National flags wey dem wrep "Allah" for dema top

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De word Allah dem wrep insyd different writing systems

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Online

  • Allah Qur'ān, in Encyclopædia Britannica Online, by Asma Afsaruddin, Brian Duignan, Thinley
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