Meaning of Allâh!

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!