Guest guest Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 Dear All, i came across this recent posting on the MahdiUnite forum: The `Arabic term " Allah " is a combination of two words, " Al " and " ilah " . " Al " is the definite article in Arabic. Semitic linguists believe that the original root definite article of all Semitic languages was " Hal. " With Hebrew it evolved as " Ha " and Arabic as " Al. " Though it is not written as a letter in the Hebrew language the first consonant of the word following " the " in Hebrew is doubled just as is done by the " Lam " in the Arabic " Al " when it precedes certain letters. The second word is " ilah. " This means " divinity " or " god. " But " ilah " is not definite. It can be made feminine, it can be made plural and thus does not always convey the absoluteness of THE ONE God. So accordingly, when speaking of THE One God of Monotheism, the Qur'an says " Al-ilah " which is conjugated into " Allah " . jagbir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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