Allah

Allah (/ˈælə, ˈɑːlə, əˈlɑː/ A(H)L-ə, ə-LAH;"Allah". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. Arabic: الله, IPA: [ɑɫˈɫɑːh] ⓘ) be an Arabic word give God, particularly de God of Abraham. Outsyd of de Middle East, ebe principally associated plus Islam (insyd wich dem sanso consider am de proper name), although na dem use de term insyd pre-Islamic Arabia wey dem continue dey use am today by Arabic-speaking adherents of any of de Abrahamic religions, wey dey include Judaism den Christianity."Islam and Christianity", Encyclopedia of Christianity (2001): Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews also refer to God as Allāh. Dem dey think say dem derive am by contraction from al-ilāh (الاله, lit. 'de god') wey be linguistically related to God ein names insyd oda Semitic languages, such as Aramaic (ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ʼAlāhā) den Hebrew (אֱלוֹהַּ ʾĔlōah).

De word "Allah" now dey imply de superiority anaa sole existence of one God, buh among de pre-Islamic Arabs, na Allah be a supreme deity wey na dem dey worship am alongsyd lesser deities insyd a pantheon. Chaw Jews, Christians, den early Muslims use "Allah" den "al-ilah" interchangeably insyd Classical Arabic. De word sanso frequently be, albeit no be exclusively, used by Bábists, Baháʼís, Mandaeans, Indonesian Christians, Maltese Christians, den Sephardic Jews,"Allah." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007. Encyclopædia BritannicaEncyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa, AllahWillis Barnstone, Marvin Meyer The Gnostic Bible: Revised and Expanded Edition Shambhala Publications 2009  page 531 as well as by de Gagauz people.

 Pronunciation 
Dem generally pronounce de word Allāh , wey dey exhibit a heavy lām, , a velarized alveolar lateral approximant, a marginal phoneme insyd Modern Standard Arabic. Since de initial alef get no hamza, de initial  be elided wen a preceding word dey end insyd a vowel. If de preceding vowel  be, de lām e light, , as insyd, for instance, de Basmala.

 National flags wey dem wrep "Allah" for dema top 

 References 
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 General den cited references 

 The Unicode Consortium, Unicode Standard 5.0, Addison-Wesley, 2006, , About the Unicode Standard Version 5.0 Book
 Read further 

 Online 

 Allah Qur'ān, in Encyclopædia Britannica Online, by Asma Afsaruddin, Brian Duignan, Thinley

 External links 

 Names of Allah with Meaning on Website, Flash, and Mobile Phone Software
 Concept of God (Allah) in Islam
 The Concept of Allāh According to the Qur'an by Abdul Mannan Omar
 Allah, the Unique Name of God

 Typography

 Arabic Fonts and Mac OS X
 Programs for Arabic in Mac OS X


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