Allah
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"Allah" is the Arabic word for God, used by Muslims to refer to the one God in Islam, as well as by Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews to refer to God in their faiths. The term is central to Islam, appearing throughout the Quran and forming the foundation of Muslim belief and practice.
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- Etymology
- History of usage
- Pre-Islamic Arabia
- Islamic period
- Early Islam
- Islamic theology
- Present day
- Islam
- Christianity
- Pronunciation
- As a loanword
- English and other European languages
- Malaysian and Indonesian language
- Typography
- Unicode
- Gallery
- National flags with "Allah" written on them
- See also
- Notes
- References
- General and cited references
- Further reading
- Online
- External links
thumb|right|The word 'Allah' in thuluth calligraphy
Allah ( ; , ) is the Arabic language term for God, specifically the monotheistic God of Abraham. Outside of Arabic languages, it is principally associated with Islam (in which it is also considered the proper name), although the term was used in pre-Islamic Arabia and continues to be used today by Arabic-speaking adherents of any of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism and Christianity. It is thought to be derived by contraction from al-ilāh (, ) and is linguistically related to other Semitic God names, such as Aramaic ( ) and Hebrew ( ).