Arabic

Interjection

اللّٰهُمَّ • ‎(allāhumma)

1. God, O God; vocative form of الله ‎(allāh) used in invocations, oaths, etc.
   • Koran 3:26, translation by Muhammad Asad

     قُلِ ٱللَّهُمَّ مَالِكَ الْمُلْكِ تُؤْتِي الْمُلْكَ مَنْ تَشَاءُ وَتَنْزِعُ الْمُلْكَ مِمَّنْ تَشَاءُ وَتُعِزُّ مَنْ تَشَاءُ وَتُذِلُّ مَنْ تَشَاءُ بِيَدِكَ الْخَيْرُ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ‎

     quli l-lahumma mālika l-mulki tuʾtī l-mulka man tašāʾu watanziʿu l-mulka mimman tašāʾu watuʿizzu man tašāʾu watuḏillu man tašāʾu biyadika l-ḵayru ʾinnaka ʿalā kulli šayʾin qadīrun

     Say: "O God, Lord of all dominion! Thou grantest dominion unto whom Thou willest, and takest away dominion from whom Thou willest; and Thou exaltest whom Thou willest, and abasest whom Thou willest. In Thy hand is all good. Verily, Thou hast the power to will anything."

   • Koran 8:32, translation by Muhammad Asad

     وَإِذْ قَالُوٱ ٱللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ هَٰذَا هُوَ الْحَقَّ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ فَأَمْطِرْ عَلَيْنَا حِجَارَةً مِنَ السَّمَاءِ أَوِ ٱئْتِنَا بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ‎

     waʾiḏ qālū l-lahumma ʾin kāna hāḏā huwa l-ḥaqqa min ʿindika faʾamṭir ʿalaynā ḥijāratan mina s-samāʾi ʾawi ʾtinā biʿaḏābin ʾalīmin

     And, lo, they would say, "O God! If this be indeed the truth from Thee, then rain down upon us stones from the skies, or inflict grievous suffering on us!"

Synonyms

• يَاالله ‎(yā allāh)
• يَا رَبّ ‎(yā rabb)