English

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Proper noun

Allah ‎(uncountable)

1. God, in Islamic or Arabic contexts
   • 1998, Rice, Anne, The Vampire Armand, New York: Knopf, ISBN 9780679454472, OL 354828M, page 273:

     We are too much men and women; we are yet formed in the image of the Creator, and what can we say of Him with any certainty except that He, whoever He may be—Christ, Yahweh, Allah—He made us, did He not, because even He in His Infinite Perfection could not bear to be alone.

   What is the Shia Islamic view on the attributes of Allah?

Derived terms

• ayatollah, Hezbollah

Usage notes

While the Arabic اللّٰه ‎(allāh) is used generically to refer to God in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic contexts, current English usage almost always restricts the corresponding term Allah to Islamic contexts only. Various newspaper style manuals recommend translating the Arabic word in English as God, as this better reflects Arabic usage, but the term is often left untranslated in Islamic contexts. Thus either “Allah is great” or “God is great” may be seen.

Translations

See also

• Appendix:The 99 names of Allah

References

1. 1 2 3 4 “Allah” in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Online.
2. 1 2 “Allah” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.

Anagrams

• halal

Albanian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Allah ‎(definite Allahu, accusative Allahun, dative Allahut)

1. Allah

Dutch

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Allah m

1. Allah

German

Proper noun

Allah m ‎(genitive Allahs)

1. Allah

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /allah/, [aɫɫah], [ɔɫɫɔh]
• Rhymes: -ah
• IPA^(key): /allah/, [aɫɫah] (Only in Christian lexicon)
• Rhymes: -ah

Proper noun

Allah

1. (Islam) Allah

Noun

Allah

1. (Christianity) Elohim, God (See: allah. In Indonesian translations of the bible, "elohim" is translated into "allah" instead of "ilah" in contradiction with Indonesian Islamic terminology)

   "Akulah TUHAN (YHWH), Allahmu (your God), yang membawa engkau keluar dari tanah Mesir, dari tempat perbudakan." Exodus 20:2 (TB 1974)

   "Kalau kamu mengakui bahwa Allahmu (your God) adalah TUHAN (YHWH), maka ikutilah Dia, namun kalau allahmu (your god) adalah Baal, ikutilah dia." 1 Kings 18:21 (AYT Draft)

See also

• Tuhan

Malay

Etymology

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

Alternative forms

• الله

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /allah/, [aɫɫah], [ɔɫɫɔh]
• Rhymes: -ah

Proper noun

Allah ‎(Jawi spelling الله)

1. (Islam) Allah

See also

• Tuhan / توهن

Portuguese

Proper noun

Allah m

1. Alternative spelling of Alá

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• Alah

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Allah m ‎(Cyrillic spelling Аллах)

1. (Islam) Allah

See also

• Bog

Turkish

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Allah ‎(definite accusative Allah'ı, plural Allah'lar)

1. (Islam) Allah

Declension

See also

• tanrı

Zazaki

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Allah ?

1. (Islam) Allah

See also

• Car