Allah/AlIlah: Does 'Allah' have a meaning?

The

As expected more pussyfooting, dude. I will help you:

اللَّهِ Allah

لِلَّهِ li Allah

**AhmedBahgat**

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Another lie, pussyfooter; there is no such concern that li would get assimilated with the alif and look like "not Allah". Li does not have an alif, only a small vowel.

Here is another example where 'alif' has been dropped and is opportune under the circumstance:

لِلْكَافِرِينَ

The Egyptian guy you alleged to have met was probably another runt who read half a book on Arabic and decided he knew all. And the two of you couldn't tell each other apart. Take care.

**AhmedBahgat**

**AhmedBahgat**

Let's keep it at that

You believe that Allah is a combination of Al + Ilah

I do not believe so and for me Allah is a unique name like Alrahman

Time to agree to disagree

Salam

Added later:

And BTW the example you brought in is flawed, because we are not talking about what a HARF GAR like Li or Bi will do to the following word that starts with Alif

We are talking about what the definite device Al does to the following word that starts with Alif, like Ilah or any other word starting with Alif

Certainly the Al does not cause the alif to be omitted, as in Al-Aaraf, Al-Anfal, and even Al-Ilah, the likes of you who lacks Arabic need explain to us why in the case of Allah, the device Al caused the alif to be omitted

The

The fact that dropping of alif is not restricted to the case of Allah should be enough to not allow any slapper to go speculating, but that is what you did.

If you want to know why alif is dropped then do a study on it. I don't come around to show slappers what's lacking in their assets. But here's something that might get you started:

So how did the change occur from al-ilah to Allah? According to Ibn `Ashur, a modern commentator from Tunisia, the “hamza: i” of al-[i]lah was eventually omitted to make Allah, due to its excessive use in reference to the supreme being. This is not uncommon in Arabic, for al-nas (pronounced annas: people) was originally al-[u]nas, but again, the “hamza: u” was omitted due to excessive use. In both cases, the older word may still be used.9 It would be reasonable to argue that due to its sacred status, Allah (God’s proper name) should not have to go through this kind of morphological metamorphosis. And yet it is precisely because of the value and respect accorded to it and to its reference (God) that it was understandably easier that it goes through such change.

If you think enough has been said then lock the thread, buddy. Take care. Very Happy

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If you are looking for a detailed explanation then look up Lane's; he offers both the points of view.

**AhmedBahgat** · Last edited by AhmedBahgat on Sun 21 Feb, 2010 8:47 pm; edited 1 time in total

**AhmedBahgat**

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There are many Arab linguists who have traced the word to 'ilah,' so I don't see why you have closed your mind to it. Anyway, this argument lost the decorum. Thanks for the discussion, buddy; take care.

**AhmedBahgat**

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Was 'Allah' used before the revelation of the Quran? Or did it come into circulation with the revelation?

**AhmedBahgat**

See this photo, brother The:

Thumbnail, click to enlarge.

It lists some of the words that starts with the definite article Al, preceded by Harf Gar Li, in all cases only the Alif in Al is dropped

while in the example you brought لله, both letters in Al are dropped, this actually proves that the word Allah is unique and is certainly not like any other word starting with Al

The

I will look at this more in-depth, brother.

I do think that Allah was used even before the revelation of the Quran. What do you think about it?

**AhmedBahgat**