"Al- lah", what does this mean?
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Peace be upon you,
Now, regarding the word "allah", some very deep comments have been made that have made me really dig deep. The goal is for truth, not to uphold any concept that I am emotionally tied to. I have to first get KNOWLEDGE, then I can allow emotions to follow that. In the above verse, there is no "allah" stated, but it is clearly tallking about "God". What is teh difference between "allah" and "ilah"?
Is it "allah" or "illah" used in the following verse?
(12) Alhamdu lillahi rabbi alAAalameena
(27) Khatama Allahu AAala quloobihim....
The above verse says that "The (al) to him(lahu) sealed upon thier hearts...."
We know that Al = The , and from the first verse above, 2133, we see that "lahu" is translated as "to him".
I need to understand the grammar going on here. What is teh difference between "lahu" and "lahi", as in the verse above, 12, where "lahi" is used with "al".
Lastly, what do you all make of the following statement;
- Have you considered Allaat and Al-'Uzzah?
- And Manaat, the third one?
notice the similar construction of what is being debated here
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These are but names/descriptions/definitions ("asma'a") that you named/dewcribed/defined, you and your forefathers. Never descended the "lahi" with it from authority. They follow conjecture and what the spirits/minds fantasize, while the guidance has come to them from their Lord.
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Those who don't have faith in the ending have named those given control/("mala'ika") feminine names.
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They had no knowledge about this; they only conjectured. Conjecture is no substitute for the truth.
All of the descriptions of the God are the "malaika", the proper thoughts that control Life, that define man's pattern of Creation based on God, whose pattern we resemble. (3030 Fitara)
(1773) They almost diverted you from the inspiriations we have given you. They wanted you to invent something else, in order to consider you a friend.
We have to get to the bottom of "lahu" and "lahi".
Please give feedback.
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Peace,
Is it "allah" or "illah" used in the following verse?
(12) Alhamdu lillahi rabbi alAAalameena
Allah. written as "li Allahi"; "lillahi" spoken.
li (to) Allah (The God).(27) Khatama Allahu AAala quloobihim...
In this verse there is no "li (to) Allah",
just "Allahu AAala" = "The God on/upon".Why then is the word Allah sometimes written
as "Allahi" and sometimes as "Allahu"?
Grammar rules...Wilson
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Peace be upon you,
So are you saying that Allah = Al + Ilah?
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greetings idolfree,
expanding on what mu'min has written
the last vowel sound on a singular noun indicates the 'case' (nominitive, accusative or genitive) of the noun which relates to its function in the sentence.
Thus 27 starts 'khatama allaahu...' because Allah is the subject doing the action 'khatama'
But 29 starts 'yukhaadioon allaaha...' because Allah is the object of the verb 'they try to deceive'
Similarly, 'allaahi' will be found after prepositions that need the genitive case (like li, min, fi, etc. etc.). This genitive is also used in connecting adjectives/nouns together.
Regular plural nouns also change their endings depending on case, and this is the reason it is sometimes 'muminoon' and sometimes 'mumineen' etc.
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Peace be upon you Darguzaraznaam,
Thank you for breaking that down for me, this is what I needed.
Now, my only uncertainty comes from how the "i" is dropped off of "ilah" and an "L" is added to make "Allah". Is this grammatically correct?
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idolfree1 wrote
So are you saying that Allah = Al + Ilah?
yes, that's probably correct.
the root word for "Ilah" is debated. Some say it comes from the verb "alaha" ( while others claim the root is verb "a'al" (ل - past tense / "ya'ooloo" (ل- present tense.
I support this second opinion.I could have sworn I made a post about this before...
Some posts have a funny way of dissapearing sometimes.. ? -
Sometimes I get the feeling that as with other words (that are safe to assume they are derived from Aramaic) in arabic, it seems logic that all?h Comes from Aramaic al?ha, with the letter Olap (ar alif) in the end. There are othere similar derivations such as ?l?ma - sal?m where the olap is stripped off in the end again.
I believe that All?h is actually to be read Al?h with no article to it. Why the double l?m, I have no idea. Maye something that was added later during the compilation of the Koran.
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Peace be upon you Agentxxx,
has it anything to do with al-lat?
The structure seems awfully similar, but I dont have enough knowledge about it, I was hoping someone with a good understanding of Arabic would comment on that.
I did hear someone mention one time that "allah" was the masculine of the female "allat", but I dont know.
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peace idolfree1,
you wroteThe structure seems awfully similar, but I dont have enough knowledge about it, I was hoping someone with a good understanding of Arabic would comment on that.
I did hear someone mention one time that "allah" was the masculine of the female "allat", but I dont know.
thank you brother id1, i too remember reading somethink similiar, but i cant recall where?
peace.