"In the beginning"...opens Genesis, the first book of the Old Testament. The Holy Qur’an (Muslim Holy Book) agrees. It differs only in using the word "Allah," which is formed by joining the definite article "al" (meaning "the") with "Illah" (God). Literally, the word "Allah" means "the God." Not a god, for there is only one. The God...
Allah is the name of the Supreme Being Who is the Sole Possessor of all perfect attributes and is completely free from all conceivable defects. In the Arabic language, the word "Allah" is never used for any other thing or being. No other language has a distinctive or proper name for the Supreme Being. The names found in other languages are all attributive or descriptive, and are often used in the plural. But the word "Allah" is never used in the plural. It is a simple substantive, not derived, and is never used as a qualifying word...
In the absence of a parallel word in the English language, the original name "Allah" has been retained throughout the English translation of the Holy Qur’an. This view is corroborated by eminent authorities of the Arabic language. "Allah," according to the most correct of the opinions respecting it, is a proper name, applied to the Being who exists necessarily by Himself, comprising all the attributes of perfection – the "al" being inseparable from it.
Allah is the unique God, without partner, incomparable, the only necessary Being, the only absolute Reality, self-subsisting, self-sufficient, the Highest, the Sublime, the Magnificent, the Praiseworthy, the Holy, the Living, the Eternal, the Creator, the Almighty, the Judge, the Benefactor, the Clement, the Guardian, the Protector, the Just, the Gentle, the Compassionate, the First and the Last, the Apparent and the Hidden, the One by whom all live and to whom all return...
Islam is the proper name of the religion of Allah. Derived from the word "salam," which primarily means "peace" – but in a secondary sense "surrender" – its full connotation is: "The perfect peace that comes when one’s life is surrendered to God." The corresponding adjective is Muslim...
"La ilaha illa Allah" ("There is no God but The God") proclaims the Muslim, whose proper name is Allah...
Allah is the name of the Supreme Being Who is the Sole Possessor of all perfect attributes and is completely free from all conceivable defects. In the Arabic language, the word "Allah" is never used for any other thing or being. No other language has a distinctive or proper name for the Supreme Being. The names found in other languages are all attributive or descriptive, and are often used in the plural. But the word "Allah" is never used in the plural. It is a simple substantive, not derived, and is never used as a qualifying word...
In the absence of a parallel word in the English language, the original name "Allah" has been retained throughout the English translation of the Holy Qur’an. This view is corroborated by eminent authorities of the Arabic language. "Allah," according to the most correct of the opinions respecting it, is a proper name, applied to the Being who exists necessarily by Himself, comprising all the attributes of perfection – the "al" being inseparable from it.
Allah is the unique God, without partner, incomparable, the only necessary Being, the only absolute Reality, self-subsisting, self-sufficient, the Highest, the Sublime, the Magnificent, the Praiseworthy, the Holy, the Living, the Eternal, the Creator, the Almighty, the Judge, the Benefactor, the Clement, the Guardian, the Protector, the Just, the Gentle, the Compassionate, the First and the Last, the Apparent and the Hidden, the One by whom all live and to whom all return...
Islam is the proper name of the religion of Allah. Derived from the word "salam," which primarily means "peace" – but in a secondary sense "surrender" – its full connotation is: "The perfect peace that comes when one’s life is surrendered to God." The corresponding adjective is Muslim...
"La ilaha illa Allah" ("There is no God but The God") proclaims the Muslim, whose proper name is Allah...
