Allah
/əˈlɑː/ name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative letter-case form of Allah. alt-of, uncountable
Proper Noun
- 1 God, in Islamic or Arabic contexts uncountable
"What is the Shia Islamic view on the attributes of Allah?"
Example
More examples"Muslims believe only in Allah as the unique God, and in Mohammad as the last prophet."
Etymology
From Arabic اللّٰه (allāh), contraction of اَل (al-, “the”) + إِلَه (ʔilah, “deity”); cognate with the Aramaic אלה (aláh) and אלהא (aláhâ), and Hebrew אֵל (él), אֱלוֹהַּ / אֱלֹהַּ (elóah) and אֱלוֹהִים \ אֱלֹהִים (elohím); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.-.