Allah in All Scriptures

Allah in all Scriptures
by brother Baggil & Osama Abdallah
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The name Allah seems to be strange to non-Muslims but this name has been used by all Prophets since Adam until Muhammad (pbuh). It contraction of the two Arabic word

Al –ilah , i.e. The God. By dropping the letter “I” you will find the world Allah.

According to its position in an Arabic sentence it can have the form Allaha which is close to the Hebrew name of the Creator. i.e., Eloha. But the Jews are using wrongly the plural form Elohim which denotes more than one God.

The word Allaha sounds closer to the Aramaic word for God used by Jesus, namely Alaha (See Encyclopedia Britannica 1980 under Allah and Elohim).

So while the name Allah is strange to non-Muslims, it is not strange to all prophets from Adam to Muhammad (pbut), as they propagated in principle the same Islam, i.e. total submission.

The word Allah denotes the personal name of the Supreme Being. It is not subject to plurality or gender , so there is no such thing as Allahs, or male or female Allah, as there is Gods or God and Goddess. It is confusing to use the word God as many English-speaking Christians still consider Jesus as God. Even the word Creator also confusing, as many Christians still maintain that Jesus had created the world. Not only the name Allah is strange, but also the way Muslim worship Allah with ablution, bowing, kneeling, prostration and fasting is strange to non Muslims, but not strange to all Prophets.

1. "elahh" is the way the word "hhla" (spelled from right to left as it is Aramaic) is pronounced.

2. The words "Elahh", "hhla (read from right to left)" and "Allah" all have the "h" letter and pronunciation in them.

3- "Allah" in Arabic is pronounced as "Al-lawh" or "Al-lah" depending on the sentence that it is used in. In Arabic, the sound of the word "Allah" could be thicker (Allawh) or thinner (Allah) depending on the sentence.

4- The Aramaic word "hhla (read from right to left)", which is transliterated as "elahh" which means "GOD" is pronounced as "El-aw" as show above.

5- The Aramaic word "hla (read from right to left)", which is transliterated as "elah" which means "oak" is pronounced as "Ay-law" also as shown above.

6- "Allah" in Arabic is pronounced as "Al-lawh" or "Al-lah" depending on the sentence that it is used in. In Arabic, the sound of the word "Allah" could be thicker (Allawh) or thinner (Allah) depending on the sentence.

7- The Hebew word "Elohim" is the plural of "Elowah", which is derived from the Aramaic word "Alaha", or "Elahh"; the same as the Arabic word "Allah" or "Allawh" in pronunciation.

If we pronounce the words "Allah" in Arabic and "Elahh (pronounced as 'El-aw')" in Aramaic, then we would hear almost the same exact word.

Some Christians tried to prove that the word "Allah" in Aramaic means "oak". This type of deception is quite common among many of the Christians who hate Islam. In the Aramaic words above "hhla (GOD)" and "hla (oak)", we see an obvious difference between the two words, not only in spelling, but also in pronunciation as well.

The point is however is that we see no "y" sound for the words that mean "GOD" in both Arabic and Aramaic. The "y" sound is only used for the word "oak" as shown above. The slang of the words "Elahh" and "Allah" in Aramaic and Arabic respectively sound almost exactly.

Now ask your Christian friend, if he had heard the word - "ALLELUYA." No Christian worth the name will fail to recognise it. Whenever the Christian goes into ecstasy, he exclaims - "Alleluya! Alleluya!", just as we Muslims might exclaim the Takbir - "Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar!" Ask him, what is Alleluya? Take him to the Book of Revelation, the last book of the New Testament, Chapter 19; we are informed there that John the disciple of Jesus, saw a vision, in which he heard the angels in heaven singing, Alleluya, Alleluya. Ask him again, what is Alleluya!

Then what is Alleluya! The last syllable "YA" is a vocative and an exclamatory particle in both Arabic and Hebrew meaning "OH!" In other words YA = OH, (the vocative); and YA = (!), a note of exclamation, or an

The Semite, both Arab and Jew, begins with the exclamatory particle or exclamation mark. The Westerner, in his language ends with the exclamatory particle or exclamation mark, eg. Stop! Go! Fire! Bang!

Let us repeat the above Tasbih (words of praise) as an Arab or a Jew: ALLE-LU-YA will be YA-ALLE-LU because, as explained above, YA is always at the beginning in both Arabic and Hebrew.

YA ALLE LU would be YA ALLA HU: Meaning, "OH ALLAH!" (You are the Only Being Who deserves worship and Praise) "OH ALLAH!" (You are the Only Being Who deserves worship and Praise).

Unbiased Christians will not fail to recognise Allah as none other than his - El, Eli, Alle, Elah, Alah, Allah. Call upon Him by any name, for His are the Most Beautiful names, as long as those names are not contaminated and as long as they do not conjure up in our minds the images of men or monkeys howsoever glorified they might have been.

In Arabic also they have an _expression in which Allah's oneness is declared. They say "hallel" or "tahlil". if speaking to a group of people they say "halleluh", which means "declare his oneness".

It is said that Omar ibn al-Khattab, May Allah be pleased with him, often said "Halleluh ya qawmi". "listen my people. declare his oneness!".