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'''Allah''' ko [[Allahu]] | '''Allah''' ko [[Allahu]] | ||
# [[ubangiji|Ubangiji]] mahaliccin komai; <> The Lord, Creator of everyone and everything | # [[ubangiji|Ubangiji]] mahaliccin komai; <> The Lord, Creator of everyone and everything | ||
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The word '''Allah''' (Arabic: الله) is the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] term for [[God]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/empires/islam/faithgod.html |title=God |work=Islam: Empire of Faith |publisher=PBS|accessdate=7 January 2015|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20140327034958/http://www.pbs.org/empires/islam/faithgod.html|archivedate=2014-03-27}}</ref> It usually refers to the Islamic God, but in the [[Middle East]], other religions sometimes use the same term for their God.<ref>"Islam and Christianity", ''Encyclopedia of Christianity'' (2001):</ref> | <ref>https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allah</ref>The word '''Allah''' (Arabic: الله) is the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] term for [[God]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/empires/islam/faithgod.html |title=God |work=Islam: Empire of Faith |publisher=PBS|accessdate=7 January 2015|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20140327034958/http://www.pbs.org/empires/islam/faithgod.html|archivedate=2014-03-27}}</ref> It usually refers to the Islamic God, but in the [[Middle East]], other religions sometimes use the same term for their God.<ref>"Islam and Christianity", ''Encyclopedia of Christianity'' (2001):</ref> | ||
In [[Islam]], Allah is the main word for "God."<ref name="EoQ">Böwering, Gerhard, ''God and His Attributes'', Encyclopaedia of the Qurʼān, Brill, 2007</ref> [[Muslims]] use [[99 Names of God]] to describe God, but "Allah" is the most common of these and means all of them. 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. | In [[Islam]], Allah is the main word for "God."<ref name="EoQ">Böwering, Gerhard, ''God and His Attributes'', Encyclopaedia of the Qurʼān, Brill, 2007</ref> [[Muslims]] use [[99 Names of God]] to describe God, but "Allah" is the most common of these and means all of them. 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. | ||
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Hausa
Noun
Allah ko Allahu
- Ubangiji mahaliccin komai; <> The Lord, Creator of everyone and everything
- neman tabbatar da gaskiyar magana
- Allah? Allah kuwa! <> Really?! Swear by God!
- rantsuwa <> an oath, swearing by God!
- sunan da bashi da takwara, kuma wanda ake kiransa suna na Thul-Jalala kasaita. Allah ya ambaci wannan suna a cikin AlƘur'ani sau ɗari da tamanin (980).
English
Noun
[1]The word Allah (Arabic: الله) is the Arabic term for God.[2] It usually refers to the Islamic God, but in the Middle East, other religions sometimes use the same term for their God.[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. 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.