Dear Believers:
As salaamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa
barakatuhu wa maghfiratuh! Ramadan mubarak! Please consider and
reflect on the following which reference the Supreme Being's proper
name Allâh!
“And (all) the Most
Beautiful Names belong to Allâh, so call on Him by them, and leave
the company of those who belie or deny (or utter impious speech
against) His Names. They will be requited for what they used to do.”
Qur'an 7:180
“Allâh! Lâ ilâhla illa
Huwa (none has the right to be worshiped but He! To Him belong the
Best Names”
Qur'an 20:8
“He is Allâh, the
Creator, the Inventor of all things, the Bestower of forms. To Him
belong the Best Names . All that is in the heavens and the earth
glorify Him. And He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.” Qur'an
59:24
Meaning of Allâh
Dictionary
of the Holy Qur'an by 'Abdul Mannan 'Omar pages 28-29
Allâh
is the proper noun applied to the Supreme Being, Who is
the sole possessor of all perfect attributes, Who is free from all
defects and Who exists necessarily by Himself. It is not a common
noun! All Divine attributes mentioned in the Holy Qur'an are
qualities of the proper name Allâh!
No other language has a distinctive name for the Divine Being. The
names found in other languages are either attributive or descriptive
and can be used in plural form, but the word
'Allâh' is never used for any other
thing, being or deity. It is never used as a qualifying word. The
word Allâh
is not a contraction of al-ilah, as some people tend to believe.
Allâh
being the proper name of the Supreme Being, and having no parallel or
equivalent in any other language of the world; the original name
'Allâh'
should be retained in all translations!
The English word God, which is
the common Teutonic word for a personal object of religious worship
applied to all superhuman beings of heathen mythologies who exercise
power over nature and human being, can hardly an approximate
substitute.
Conclusion: As Muslims who follow
the Holy Qur'an, Allâh's
Speech to mankind, in which Allâh
has defined how He wants to be called we have no authority to call
Allâh
by any other name in any other language! I truly believe such
practice is due to the whisperings of Shaitan causing Muslims to
believe it is okay to call the Supreme Being 'God” a very limited
and poor descriptive common noun of German origins!
Muslims should be giving proper
guidance to non-Muslims by calling the Supreme Being by His proper
name, 'Allâh'
and not trying to appease them just to get along! What non-Muslims
call the Supreme Being is their right due to their ignorance! As
Muslims we need to stop saying and writing the word God when
referring to 'Allâh'!
May
Allâh (SWT) will bless all Muslims around the world to stop putting
the word 'God' on their tongues or lips and keep it out of their
minds and hearts when referring to the Supreme Being! Ameen! May
Allâh (SWT) bless all Muslims to think, say and write 'Allâh' or
the other ninety nine attributes when referring to the Supreme Being!
Ameen!
