Arabic

.اللّٰه

Alternative forms

• ﷲ ‎(allāh) (single-character ligature)

Proper noun

اللّٰه • ‎(allāh) m

1. (monotheism) God
   • Qur'an 112:1-4

     قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ ۝ اللهُ الصَّمَدُ ۝ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ ۝ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ ۝‎

     qul huwa llāhu ʾaḥadun ۝ allāhu ṣ-ṣamadu ۝ lam yalid walam yūlad ۝ walam yakun lahu kufuwan ʾaḥadun ۝

     Say, “He is Allah, [who is] One, ۝ Allah, the Eternal Refuge. ۝ He neither begets nor is born, ۝ Nor is there to Him any equivalent.” ۝

   • Bible (SVD), Gospel of John, 11:4:

     فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ يَسُوعُ قَالَ: هٰذَا الْمَرَضُ لَيْسَ لِلْمَوْتِ بَلْ لِأَجْلِ مَجْدِ اللّٰهِ لِيَتَمَجَّدَ ابْنُ اللّٰهِ بِهِ.‎

     fa-lammā samiʿa yasūʿu qāla: hāḏā l-maraḍu laysa li-l-mawti bal li-ʾajli majdi llāhi li-yatamajjada bnu llāhi bihi.

     When Jesus heard it, he said: This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.

Usage notes

• In Islamic contexts, this word may alternatively be translated into English as Allah. Note, however, that the Arabic word is just as neutral and general as English God, and does not express any particularly Islamic notion at all.

Declension

See also

• إلٰه ‎(ʾilāh, “god, deity”)
• الرَّبّ ‎(ar-rabb, “the Lord”)
• اللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ ‎(allāhu ʾakbaru)
• بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ ‎(bi-smi llāhi, “in the name of God”)
• إِنْ شَاءَ اللّٰهُ ‎(ʾin šāʾa llāhu, “if God wills”)
• اللّٰهُمَّ ‎(allāhumma, “God; O God”)
• سُبْحَانَ اللّٰهِ ‎(subḥāna llāhi, “glory be to God”)

External links

• Allah on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• هلال

Descendants

• Bashkir: Алла ‎(Alla)
• Javanese: ꦄꦭ꧀ꦭꦃ ‎(allah)

Malay

Etymology

Borrowing from Arabic اللّٰه ‎(allāh); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Alternative forms

• Allah

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /allah/, [allah], [ɔllɔh]

Proper noun

الله ‎(Rumi spelling Allah)

1. (Islam) Allah

See also

• Tuhan / توهن

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from Arabic اللّٰه ‎(allāh); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Noun

الله • ‎(Allâh)

1. (Islam) Allah, God

See also

• تڭری ‎(tañrı)

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowing from Arabic اللّٰه ‎(allāh); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Proper noun

الله • ‎(əllɑ)

1. Allah

See also

• خدای

Persian

Etymology

Borrowing from Arabic اَللّٰه ‎(allāh); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Noun

الله • ‎(allâh)

1. God, Allah

See also

• خدا