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« on: August 21, 2007, 06:25:59 pm »

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We should all know, the word "Allah" is not just a term to be used by Muslims while referring to God. It is an universal term and the oldest word used for referring to the Almighty God, the One and Only.  The origin of the term 'Allah' is from the Aramaic language.

Aramaic is an ancient Semitic language with a 3,000-year history or more that began from Mesopotamia, i.e. present day Iraq.  This ancient language was first spoken by the Arameans but later started being used widely by many throughout south-west Asia. The Arameans are the inhabitants of the region including Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Iraq, and Southeastern Turkey. They came from the Syrian desert in the 14th century B.C, and settled in the urban centres founding many kingdoms. The strongest of these Aramean kingdoms was the kingdom of Damascus.  They imposed the Aramaic language on the entire region and became the masters for about 500 years. Even after the demise of their political sovereignity, the Arameans continued playing an important role in various fronts and the Aramaic language remained the major one spoken by almost everyone over the entire Middle East.  Aramaic was used in many fields of learning until the Arab Islamic era in the 7th century. Various forms of Aramaic still survive in some small cities and villages in the Middle East, particularly in Syria, Lebanon and Iraq.

It should also be remembered that the language Aramaic does NOT have any religious connotations even though many orthodox Jews and Christians would like to put it that way.  Aramaic was just a language like any other, and any language can be spoken by anyone. 

Aramaic was spoken in Palestine at the time of the New Testament.  This was the language spoken by Jesus. According to history, Jesus son of Mary, was the first person who introduced the Aramaic term 'Allah' meaning the 'One God.' 

As we know, there's a lot mentioned about Jesus son of Mary, in the Noble Quraan.  Allah has clearly mentioned in the Quraan that Jesus referred to the Almighty God as "Allah."  Jesus also referred to himself as the "slave of Allah."  It's to be found in many older versions of the New Testament that Prophet Jesus, son of Mary, prayed to the Almighty God by falling prostrate on his face and crying out "O Allah."  It is from the Aramaic language that the term 'Allah' came into Arabic as we find it today. 

Considering such facts and authentic historical data, it seems more than a little weird when during online and offline discussions, non-Muslims often get offended by the use of the word "Allah" thinking it to be exclusively a Muslim expression.  Many of them with little or no knowledge of basic history believe that "Allah" is the name of the Muslim God. They do not realize that the word "Allah"  does not belong only to the Muslims. It has always been used before and after Islam by Arabic-speaking Jews and Christians while talking about God.  Our Jews and Christians friends should realise that after all the God about Whom they discuss is the same as the One discussed by the Muslims. 

Similarly, some Muslims may have similar complaints if one uses the word 'God' instead of 'Allah' during a discussion.

We must learn to rise above such supreficial and utterly needless differences, and become more realistic and rational.

Salaam Alaikum and peace.
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« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2007, 07:33:56 pm »





Check this one: Catholic Bishop Favors Beautiful Allah

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« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2007, 01:50:38 am »



Alhamdulilah and thanks for enlightening us, sister Zeynab.

This post brings to my mind the following Verse ..



"Say (unto mankind): Cry unto Allah, or cry unto the Beneficent, unto whichsoever you cry (it is the same). His are the most beautiful names."  (17:110)
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« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2007, 07:42:03 am »


Alhamdulilah and thanks for enlightening us, sister Zeynab.

This post brings to my mind the following Verse ..



"Say (unto mankind): Cry unto Allah, or cry unto the Beneficent, unto whichsoever you cry (it is the same). His are the most beautiful names."  (17:110)

Ah! thanks for quoting this brother.  This is one of my many favorite Verses.  And indeed it fits so well in this post.

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« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2007, 01:50:49 am »



The term "Allah" is a beautiful symbol of Monotheism.    "Allah" is not just an Arabic word nor just an Aramaic word.  It's a universal term.  Whether you speak Arabic, English, French, Chinese, Spanish or whatever, if you are referring to the Monotheistic Creator, the One and Only, that would be ALLAH and none else.   The word 'Allah' has NO literal translations and certainly NO plural.   The word is simply ALLAH.  To assume that God is the English translation of Allah is not accurately correct.   The word 'God' can have plurals when they say 'gods' referring to other deities of the pagan culture.   But for a submitter (a person who surrenders to Allah only) - a Monotheist - it is only ALLAH, The One and Only.   
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« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2009, 11:57:07 pm »



Very correctly said Sister Heba.   And thank you for this post Sister Zeynab.

Very recently I was reading in a website that in Aramaic, which was the mother-tongue of Essa son of Maryam, they use the term 'Allaha' for Allah.  This clearly shows that the word 'Allah' is a lot more widely used than the Westerners today think. 
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« Reply #6 on: November 19, 2009, 02:00:48 am »




Absolutely spot on, Sisters Heba and Ruhi.
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