Allah is the Arabic language word referring to "God", "the Lord" and, literally according to the Qur"an, to the "God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob" in the Abrahamic religions. It does not mean "a god", but rather "the Only True God", the Supreme Creator of the universe, and it is the main term for the deity in Islam. However, "Allah" is not restricted to just Islam, and used by Arab Christians and Jews according to geographic region. It was used by the the majority of the Arabs in history to refer to God.
All?h is found in the Qur"an and in Arabic translations of both the ; Tanakh and the Gospels and even in the Indonesian translations of the Bible.
Outside the Arabic World, the use of "All?h" is generally associated exclusively with Islam, and is used to refer specifically to the Islamic concept of God. It is nearly the same as the Jewish conception of a single God,[1][2] but differs from the Trinitarian Christian conception of God. In Islam, the concept of one God is strictly observed. The Qu"ran refers to a Jewish belief in Ezra as the Son of GodQuran 9:30, although historical Judaism is also strictly monotheistic.
Islamic scholars often translate "All?h" directly into English as "God", especially Qur"an alone Muslims. Other scholars feel that "All?h" should not be translated arguing that "All?h" is the term for "the Only God" in a glorified pronunciation. This is a significant issue when translating the Qur"an.
According to the tradition of Islam there are 99 Names of God. They are the names of God revealed in the Qur"an
By : iraj mokhtarnia
