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Why do so many Quran Aloners still use the term "Allah"

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    unknownuser
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    Salam Brother Jonny

    As I told you bro, I never heard of that grammar rule you stated that the Alif should be dropped from Ilah when Al is added to it for the sake of pronounciation, well here is two named for Allah and each is starting with an Alif, both have the Al and both but we observe that the first Alif in the two names were not dropped, the names are "Al Awal & Al Akhir"

    (3)

    Why is that bro?

    peace

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      Ahmedit was not a reason body, it was an observation accompanied with the word ALMOST

      now what is your observation about dropping the Alif in Allah when the Al was added to it?

      For Allah's names like al-awwal and al-aakhir, despite there being an 'al' there, the first alifs were NOT dropped as johny claims its for pronounciation purposes (i.e, it didn't become alwaal and alkhir). Therefore, the word Allah cannot be a contraction of 'al-ilah'. If Allah wanted to say 'al-ilah', He would have said 'al-ilah'.

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        Hello Brother Jonney

        Sorry mate, I can still find "with ease" some flaws in your concept

        Firstly you said that Allah = Al + Ilah

        In Arabic, this should be represented as follow

        = +

        If we add the letters mate, we will see easily that

        4 <> 6

        I guess you thought that only the first Alif in Ilah will be dropped but it is not the case bro, this is 50% of it only, we have another Alif in Ilah that will be omitted according to this unknown grammar rule of dropping the Alifs when we add ?Al? to the word "Iguess the rule is only for the word Ilah as it does not happen for the other words", as we need now to drop the second Alif which is the third letter from right in Ilah

        When we do that using this unknown grammar rule i can buy

        4 = 4

        Now let?s look at this image from the Quran as per Al Azhar university in Cairo

        http//mail.forte.com.au/ahmed/quran/3-62.jpg

        The verse means as follow

        This is the true account There is no god except Allah; and Allah-He is indeed the Exalted in Power, the Wise.?

        Firstly we see that the word ?Ilah? has a small 1 on top of the Lam, it is representing the Alif before the ?Ha? I put a red circle on that small 1 to highlight it, this is a method of writing that?s all, you will see also that Allah was repeated twice in the verse, I underlined both, and there is no small 1 on the last Lam before the Ha and only a Fatiha, ie. there is no Alif in there, this is to prove to you that your concept needs to ommit two Alifs in Ilah to make it match Allah after adding the Al

        Another important point that can?t be missed is

        Your concept suggest that Allah is not a name but a generic definition to God,

        Well, if this is the case then the above verse will stand no logic also.

        Because you can not say there is no god (Ilah) but God (Allah), this small and capital letters to differentiate is nothing but a joke bro, the verse will make all the sense when we say

        ?There is no god but Allah?, as Allah is His name, and in this case we have a sensible sentence in our hand, not this weird and foreign rule of dropping two Alifs after adding the Al and say Allah means ?The God? and not the name of our God

        Absolutely no sense, sorry mate, I rest my case

        Peace be with you

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          NoProgressive
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          Jonny_K,

          Sorry Jk but now you are just being pathetic. Very pathetic. You know why Christians don't go around saying "Yahweh"? Because tehir translations are so frucked up in the first place.

          If you want to keep your conversation exclusively English when you are speaking in English, great! But If I want to say "Allah" or 'Muslim", I'm going to say it.

          If you are afraid that people are going to go about and call you a terrosit becuase you say a word in arabic, you have your own personal issues to figure out. Obviously you don't feel good about yourself in the non-Muslims world.

          Let's go tell all of the Mexicans to stop speaking English in the USA so they wont be looked at as illegals who refuse to assimilate. D

          I swear I hate your mentality. Now if someone speaks the language the Quran was revealed in, they are "fanatics" according to you.

          You know what is fanatic? What's fanatic is telling people what they can and cannot speak.

          I say "Allah" whenever I like, I don't say that I must or that it's better.. I just say it.

          Along with that JK you are asking people to do something that can translate into something dangerous. The reason is becuase that a TRANSLATION is NOTHING COMPARED to an Arabic Quran.

          So if people start going around speaking english or whatever, do this continuely--- and believing that it's perfectly ok and that it's all the same thing--- they will evnetually be wrong.

          Along with that JK what should we do with foreign names not native to a language?

          Should I start calling my cousin "Beautiful" and not Jameelah? Should I call a friend "Light" and not Noor? Should I call a hot Jewish man on TV "My People" instead of "Ami" (whatever his name is, lol). HUH??? Let's keep purly English ok?

          salaam

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            jonny_k
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            Peace bro "AB"

            When we do that using this unknown grammar rule i can buy

            4 = 4

            Now let?s look at this image from the Quran as per Al Azhar university in Cairo

            http//mail.forte.com.au/ahmed/quran/3-62.jpg

            The verse means as follow

            This is the true account There is no god except Allah; and Allah-He is indeed the Exalted in Power, the Wise.?

            Firstly we see that the word ?Ilah? has a small 1 on top of the Lam, it is representing the Alif before the ?Ha? I put a red circle on that small 1 to highlight it, this is a method of writing that?s all, you will see also that Allah was repeated twice in the verse, I underlined both, and there is no small 1 on the last Lam before the Ha and only a Fatiha, ie. there is no Alif in there, this is to prove to you that your concept needs to ommit two Alifs in Ilah to make it match Allah after adding the Al

            JK- Sorry bro but in the case of 'ilah' that doesnt have two syllables but one so there is continuity of one alif into another which would not be the case with "al-ilah".

            Another important point that can?t be missed is

            Your concept suggest that Allah is not a name but a generic definition to God,

            Well, if this is the case then the above verse will stand no logic also.

            Because you can not say there is no god (Ilah) but God (Allah), this small and capital letters to differentiate is nothing but a joke bro, the verse will make all the sense when we say

            ?There is no god but Allah?, as Allah is His name, and in this case we have a sensible sentence in our hand, not this weird and foreign rule of dropping two Alifs after adding the Al and say Allah means ?The God? and not the name of our God

            Absolutely no sense, sorry mate, I rest my case

            Peace be with you

            JK- Oh but the phrase "There is no god but GOD" or "There is no god but The god" makes perfect sense and i put it their in my avator too. As i said before Greek makes this distinction too. Writing an English-Greek mixed phrase would gie this as "There is no TONtheos but HOtheos". Simple and very logical. GOD Bless!

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              Peace bro "AB",

              Salam Brother Jonny

              As I told you bro, I never heard of that grammar rule you stated that the Alif should be dropped from Ilah when Al is added to it for the sake of pronounciation, well here is two named for Allah and each is starting with an Alif, both have the Al and both but we observe that the first Alif in the two names were not dropped, the names are "Al Awal & Al Akhir"

              (3)

              Why is that bro?

              peace

              JK- You brought up a good point with "al-awwal" but then again try pronoucing "al-awwal" compared to "al-ilah". The latter seems more difficult. Maybe this is the effect of the "double laam" as then we would have a double "al-il" and this is what makes it odd. GOD Bless!

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                unknownuser
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                Peace bro Jonny

                Please answer this question

                the Arabic word "Ilah" has one Alif or two Alifs?

                Cheers

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                  unknownuser
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                  Peace bro "AB",

                  Salam Brother Jonny

                  As I told you bro, I never heard of that grammar rule you stated that the Alif should be dropped from Ilah when Al is added to it for the sake of pronounciation, well here is two named for Allah and each is starting with an Alif, both have the Al and both but we observe that the first Alif in the two names were not dropped, the names are "Al Awal & Al Akhir"

                  (3)

                  Why is that bro?

                  peace

                  JK- You brought up a good point with "al-awwal" but then again try pronoucing "al-awwal" compared to "al-ilah". The latter seems more difficult. Maybe this is the effect of the "double laam" as then we would have a double "al-il" and this is what makes it odd. GOD Bless!

                  Peace bro

                  the arabic letter "Kh" is the most heavy to pronounce in arabic , and it is in Al Akhir, therefore, if dropping letters is to ease pronounciation as you claim then IT MUST BE DROPPED WITH Al Akhir to become "Alkhir"

                  and sure Alkhir is easier to pronounce than Al Akhir

                  peace mate

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                    Salam "NP",

                    Sorry Jk but now you are just being pathetic. Very pathetic. You know why Christians don't go around saying "Yahweh"? Because their translations are so frucked up in the first place.

                    JK- I hope your didnt mean that four lettered F word. If yes im wondering are you really a girl from a sunni background? And it's not about their trnalations in this case. This is infact one +ve aspect of them. Before they were using yahweh until Martin Luther realized what a blunder this was who thjen trnalsted it as "Lord".

                    If you want to keep your conversation exclusively English when you are speaking in English, great! But If I want to say "Allah" or 'Muslim", I'm going to say it.

                    JK- As i said before, NO PROBLEM. Thats your choice but i kindly ADVISE you to not do that.

                    If you are afraid that people are going to go about and call you a terrosit becuase you say a word in arabic, you have your own personal issues to figure out. Obviously you don't feel good about yourself in the non-Muslims world.

                    JK- I do feel good but i also want people to understand and not just run away because i insist on using Arabic terms many have no idea of except associating it with terrorism.

                    Let's go tell all of the Mexicans to stop speaking English in the USA so they wont be looked at as illegals who refuse to assimilate.

                    JK- As i said mixing languages is not good especially when crucial terms are considered.

                    I swear I hate your mentality. Now if someone speaks the language the Quran was revealed in, they are "fanatics" according to you.

                    JK- NO not at all. Im talking about insisting on ARabic terms when talking in English. Seems like you didnt understand me.

                    You know what is fanatic? What's fanatic is telling people what they can and cannot speak.

                    JK- HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT THIS WAS ONLY AN ADVISE?

                    I say "Allah" whenever I like, I don't say that I must or that it's better.. I just say it.

                    JK- I was just advising you to not use it in English thats all. If you wanna keep using it.

                    Along with that JK you are asking people to do something that can translate into something dangerous. The reason is becuase that a TRANSLATION is NOTHING COMPARED to an Arabic Quran.

                    JK- It's NOT the individual words of the Quran that are speciasl, no, no, no. It's the overall style the Quran uses. Once the people learn about your concept of GOD then you may as well explain the Quran and it's style to them.

                    So if people start going around speaking english or whatever, do this continuely--- and believing that it's perfectly ok and that it's all the same thing--- they will evnetually be wrong.

                    Along with that JK what should we do with foreign names not native to a language?

                    JK- First of all "Allah" is NOT a personal name since GOD can have no personal name, it makes no sense. 2ndly in my case you would have seen that i adjust my name according to culture. In Pakistan, Persia, etc i may be cammed "Khizar". For the western countries im "Jonny K.".

                    Should I start calling my cousin "Beautiful" and not Jameelah? Should I call a friend "Light" and not Noor? Should I call a hot Jewish man on TV "My People" instead of "Ami" (whatever his name is, lol). HUH??? Let's keep purly English ok?

                    salaam

                    JK- No but you should give her a suitable feminine name which exists in that society which those people can easily pronounce like "Sarah" or "Cindy" for example. That is my oopinion. GOD Bless!

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                      Peace bro Jonny

                      Can you please provide any evidences that a god can't have a personal name

                      also bro, did RK consider the two Alifs in every instance of Ilah word when he counted the Alifs?

                      peace

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                          Peace bro "AB",

                          also bro, did RK consider the two Alifs in every instance of Ilah word when he counted the Alifs?

                          peace

                          JK- You asked a very good question. The answer is theres a difference between real alifs and VOWEL alifs as is in the case with Rahman. That is NOT a real alif but a vowel mark so it is NOT counted. THIS RULE HAS BEEN APPLIED EVERYWHERE CONSISTENTLY. GOD Bless!

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                            Peace bro "AB",

                            Can you please provide any evidences that a god can't have a personal name

                            JK- Simply because GOD is NOT a person. This can be deduced when GOD uses the impesonal pronoun "ma" for Himself in
                            The sky and Him who(literally "What") built it.
                            "wassamaahi wa MA banaaha"
                            Also we know that the Jews and Christians in Israel never called GOD "Allah".
                            GOD Bless!

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                              unknownuser
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                              Peace bro "AB",

                              also bro, did RK consider the two Alifs in every instance of Ilah word when he counted the Alifs?

                              peace

                              JK- You asked a very good question. The answer is theres a difference between real alifs and VOWEL alifs as is in the case with Rahman. That is NOT a real alif but a vowel mark so it is NOT counted. THIS RULE HAS BEEN APPLIED EVERYWHERE CONSISTENTLY. GOD Bless!

                              Thanks bro

                              but this does not make sense, because the Alif is recognised as a letter and not a vowel, the vowels are controled by the tashkil as far as i remember, as well I have seen images of old scripts that had the alif in these words I will try to find it though

                              Salam

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                                NoProgressive
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                                As Salaam Alaikum JK,

                                Salam "NP",

                                JK- I hope your didnt mean that four lettered F word.

                                I said exactly what I meant. fRuck.

                                JK- As i said before, NO PROBLEM. Thats your choice but i kindly ADVISE you to not do that.

                                JK- I do feel good but i also want people to understand and not just run away because i insist on using Arabic terms many have no idea of except associating it with terrorism.

                                But here is this thing-- Most of the people on this forum are MUSLIM. Actually I can't even think of a non-Muslim on this forum on the top of my head. So it's not as if we, the people, don't know what these terms mean.

                                I can understand your point if we were in a class room and discussing Islam with non-Muslims. BUT WE ARE NOT. We are discussing Islam, etc, etc among ourselves, and yes non-Muslims are welcomed to come but so far they haven't been particiapting on this forum in a significant number for us to discuss issues with them.

                                Even I can't stand it when a book, like my current Wolrd Hisotry one, says "Allah" instead of God. Becuase unlike non-Muslims I understand that they are both the same... but non-Muslims literally do believe that "Allah" is someone else other than "God". I don't like it when I read the newspapers saying "Allah" instead of "God". Don't like it all, because it puts us at a difference and it gives the idea that they are two different dieties, when they are the same (just different words).

                                BUT when I am among Muslims, I don't understand why it hurts. We udnerstand these words,and we understand that "God" and "Allah" are the same diety.

                                JK- As i said mixing languages is not good especially when crucial terms are considered.

                                Mixing languages is not good when people have no idea what words mean.

                                It's not as if we are discussing translations of the Quran and every other word is english ad the other is arabic. No. This is very basic. "Allah" "halaal" "haraam".

                                JK- NO not at all. Im talking about insisting on ARabic terms when talking in English. Seems like you didnt understand me.

                                So you eblieve that the Muslims among you are calling you a terrosit when you are speaking to them in using arabic terms?

                                JK- HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT THIS WAS ONLY AN ADVISE?

                                saying "well fine, be called a terrosit..." (or whatever you said) is not advice, but just plain arrogance.

                                JK- First of all "Allah" is NOT a personal name since GOD can have no personal name, it makes no sense. 2ndly in my case you would have seen that i adjust my name according to culture. In Pakistan, Persia, etc i may be cammed "Khizar". For the western countries im "Jonny K.".

                                As a Black American of the USA, I would say that your actions reflect insecurity about who you are in terms of your culture.

                                It's similar to the classic case of immigrants coming to the USA and changing their "ethnic" names to blend in with White Christian America.

                                JK- No but you should give her a suitable feminine name which exists in that society which those people can easily pronounce like "Sarah" or "Cindy" for example. That is my oopinion. GOD Bless!

                                Wow. I can't believe this. Seriously. You are truly brainwashed. You are ashamed of your ethnicity and desire to not be it when around people who do not share your ethnic background. It's really sad.

                                salaam

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                                  Peace, NonProgressive,

                                  I understand the basic terms, and some of the not so basic terms though I am not Muslim, and when some participants of the forum use an unknown word, I ask. They have always answered -)
                                  In the environement I am sorrounded by, partly Chatholic, partly, and mostly, Atheist, I'd say that everybody knows that Allah = God.

                                  Taking the word as a proper name is what puzzles me.

                                  Regarding the change of the name when one moves to a place with a different culture or language, I find it strange too. I just know the case of some East-Asians in UK that change it to an English name.

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                                    Peace bro "AB",

                                    Thanks bro

                                    but this does not make sense, because the Alif is recognised as a letter and not a vowel, the vowels are controled by the tashkil as far as i remember, as well I have seen images of old scripts that had the alif in these words I will try to find it though

                                    Salam

                                    JK- You mean like in "Rahman"? That would be very interesting. But let me remind you that the pattern of the mathematical already proved itself without this "alif" acting as a vowel mark. GOD Bless!

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                                      Peace bro "AB",

                                      Thanks bro

                                      but this does not make sense, because the Alif is recognised as a letter and not a vowel, the vowels are controled by the tashkil as far as i remember, as well I have seen images of old scripts that had the alif in these words I will try to find it though

                                      Salam

                                      JK- You mean like in "Rahman"? That would be very interesting. But let me remind you that the pattern of the mathematical already proved itself without this "alif" acting as a vowel mark. GOD Bless!

                                      Peace bro

                                      You can't use the mathmatical pattern against others because many don't believe in it, it is like using the hadith to prove something

                                      however bro, i'm not going to debate the whole 19 thingy with you, I will only choose one part of it with the criteria RK used and I will present you with an irrefutable arguemnt inshallah, i'm sure many already did as such, but you keep using it to quilify the Quran while most muslims don't believe in it due to the many flaws in it

                                      Is the part about the name Rashad Khalifa in the Quran is ok with you? or how about the age of 40 concept by RK?

                                      peace bro

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                                        Peace "NP"

                                        I said exactly what I meant. fRuck.

                                        JK- I believe this is a censored forum. The usage of foul language is unacceptable here.

                                        But here is this thing-- Most of the people on this forum are MUSLIM. Actually I can't even think of a non-Muslim on this forum on the top of my head. So it's not as if we, the people, don't know what these terms mean.

                                        JK- Not necessarily. Atheists, Christians and others also come and go. This is a general forum for all, NOT just Quran Alone submitters.

                                        I can understand your point if we were in a class room and discussing Islam with non-Muslims. BUT WE ARE NOT. We are discussing Islam, etc, etc among ourselves, and yes non-Muslims are welcomed to come but so far they haven't been particiapting on this forum in a significant number for us to discuss issues with them.

                                        JK- But thats exactly what we want. More than just discussing things amongst ourselves we want the non-submitters to come, read and understand.

                                        Even I can't stand it when a book, like my current Wolrd Hisotry one, says "Allah" instead of God. Becuase unlike non-Muslims I understand that they are both the same... but non-Muslims literally do believe that "Allah" is someone else other than "God". I don't like it when I read the newspapers saying "Allah" instead of "God". Don't like it all, because it puts us at a difference and it gives the idea that they are two different dieties, when they are the same (just different words).

                                        JK- Exactly!

                                        BUT when I am among Muslims, I don't understand why it hurts. We udnerstand these words,and we understand that "God" and "Allah" are the same diety.

                                        JK- Like i said this is not a "submitters only" forum but there for all to see, read and understand.

                                        Mixing languages is not good when people have no idea what words mean.

                                        JK- See my reply above.

                                        So you eblieve that the Muslims among you are calling you a terrosit when you are speaking to them in using arabic terms?

                                        JK- See my reply above.

                                        saying "well fine, be called a terrosit..." (or whatever you said) is not advice, but just plain arrogance.

                                        JK- That too was my opinion because i see at as such and i hope you understand that this forum is not only meant for Quran Alone submitters.

                                        As a Black American of the USA, I would say that your actions reflect insecurity about who you are in terms of your culture.

                                        JK- I dont care about culture or my background. Im a submitter to GOD Alone and it is the righteousness of a person which counts be he black,white,red,etc. Im fedup of those people who cling towards their culture and boast about their traditions and names. I adjust my name to the society in which i live in and id prefer it if everyone did that.

                                        It's similar to the classic case of immigrants coming to the USA and changing their "ethnic" names to blend in with White Christian America.

                                        JK- That is very good and the US ought to do the same when they goto Middle Eastern or Arabic countries. In Arabia id like to call myself "Abdullah bin Munawwar(munawwar is my father's name)".

                                        Wow. I can't believe this. Seriously. You are truly brainwashed. You are ashamed of your ethnicity and desire to not be it when around people who do not share your ethnic background. It's really sad.

                                        JK- Im not ashmamed of anyhing. I simply adjust mself to the society in which i am. Is this too difficult to understand? GOD Bless!

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                                          As Salaam Alaikum JK,

                                          Okay Jk. I'm just going to disagree with you on this. I believe that what you are saying is useless becuase it is hopes to help a very SMALL minority on this forum.

                                          salaam.

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