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Q: Surely this article is wrong? You are talking about Allah, but Allah is only in Islam, not other religions like Sikhism and Christianity.

A: "Allah" (which this article is about) is a word; specifically, the Arabic word for the same concept as the English word "God", with a capital G: the single God of a monotheistic religion. You are probably looking for the article God in Islam, which discusses the specific concept of God in the context of Islam.

Q: Surely this article is wrong? Allah is not the same as the Christian God.

A: This article is about the word "Allah", and its use in Arabic and other languages. Please take your religious disputes elsewhere.

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About translating "Allah"

One should not use God, as this is a biblical concept with a son. Instead one should look at the quranic initials, where one of them is Ein, which indicates to be used with latin script.

For Example: I am a devoté of Ein, Lord of The Cosmos.

This is a fully fluent translation of this phrase, that reflects the quranic teaching in latin alphabet. 84.215.119.50 (talk) 16:00, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No. The English translation of "Allah" is "God" with a capital G. Reliable sources don't say otherwise. ~Anachronist (talk) 17:22, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Anachronist God is derived from the tribal totemic deity of the Germanic peoples, originallt written as Got/Gott.aaa 2A02:C7C:AEC7:EA00:94CE:CFA3:86F7:8FD3 (talk) 10:18, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

From where it based into common English, which is the form in which English RS use it. Iskandar323 (talk) 20:10, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is Quran not a “Reliable Source”? Opinionated claims contradicting Quranic content are not accurate 129.137.96.13 (talk) 19:27, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Seems to be some difficulty of people understanding Ein and it is associated with unserious "Sami" people aswell.

One may want the full association to then Ála and this is the correct spelling for this then. (Or there will be symbolconflict.) Ála The Right God, as the phrase would go. (and God is a word that needs to be supplied a right concept or it will be wrong. The linguistics of right/wrong here are correct.)

Serenity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:FE1:7001:F100:75F7:ACED:5D9C:F2A0 (talk) 09:06, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Seems to be some difficulty comprehending English. This is the English Wikipedia, and we spell it as "God" with a capital G when referring to the Abrahamic deity (Allah, Ála, Yahweh, Jehovah, whatever), and "god" with a small g when referring to a generic deity. ~Anachronist (talk) 19:49, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Answer

Allah is not in the bible and Yahwah is not is the Quran. Alla, Allah, Alilah. "The god ascends," referring to the rising of the morning sun.

Yahuah, Yahwah. "Life Began." The meaning of God's name.

Mohammad did not know the name of God, so he used the name of a Pagan god.

Al / il / ah = The god ascends, from ancient Aramaic. The word for (God / god) in ancient Aramaic and Hebrew is "il." 72.0.180.119 (talk) 22:46, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Allah" means 'The One God'/'The Only God' as is established in the article and in this talk page. The Quran specifies that this is not his name, but what people are meant to call him -- This is a moot point. 2603:8001:A301:1AAE:4A42:C45A:937:528C (talk) 16:25, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Non Standard Translatory Description

A translatory description rather than explanatory one is used, in contrast with standard policy on Wikipedia. Translatory descriptions are used in Wikitionary. This is misleading as it conflates the Arabic term with Islamic entity, possibly resulting in neutrality issues. Zeus and Indra also literally mean God. 129.137.96.13 (talk) 19:25, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 28 November 2024

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The image caption immediately below the § Etymology header includes a broken section link to Hamza#Hamzat al-waṣl ( ٱ ). It should be corrected to point to Hamza#Hamzat al-waṣl (ٱ) instead:—

Thank you. 104.246.217.171 (talk) 19:21, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done PianoDan (talk) 00:28, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation and the hamzat waṣl?

Related to my above edit request, there appears to be some sort of contradiction on this page between the assertion in the component image illustrating the § Etymology section, which includes a hamzat waṣl over the initial alef, and the assertion in the § Pronunciation section that 'the initial alef has no hamza.' While I am aware the hamza is often omitted in non-liturgical writing, it clearly exists in the illustration and is præsent in the Qur'an, but the pronunciation section is also not wrong in its assertion that 'the initial [a] is elided when a preceding word ends in a vowel.' Perhaps someone with better knowledge of the Arabic language could emend the article to clarify the inclusion or non-inclusion of the hamza and its effects, if any, on the pronunciation. 104.246.217.171 (talk) 19:33, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]