Ilah

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Gilded statuette of El from Ugarit,[1] Father of the Gods; explains the origin of the word Ilah.

Script error: No such module "lang". (Template:Langx; plural: Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang".) is an Arabic term meaning "god". In Arabic, ilah refers to anyone or anything that is worshipped.[2] The feminine is Script error: No such module "lang". (Script error: No such module "Lang"., meaning "goddess");[3] with the article, it appears as Script error: No such module "lang". (Script error: No such module "Lang".).[4] The Arabic word for God (Script error: No such module "lang".) is thought to be derived from it (in a proposed earlier form al-Lāh) though this is disputed.[5][6] Script error: No such module "lang". is cognate to Northwest Semitic Script error: No such module "lang". and Akkadian ilum. The word is from a Proto-Semitic archaic biliteral Script error: No such module "lang". meaning "god" (possibly with a wider meaning of "strong"), which was extended to a regular triliteral by the addition of a h (as in Hebrew Script error: No such module "lang"., Script error: No such module "lang".). The word is spelled either Script error: No such module "Lang". with an optional diacritic alif to mark the Script error: No such module "lang". only in Qur'anic texts or (more rarely) with a full alif, Script error: No such module "Lang"..

The term is used throughout the Quran in passages discussing the existence of God in the context of Oneness of Allaah also to refer the beliefs in other divinities by non-Muslims. Notably, the first statement of the Script error: No such module "lang". (the Muslim confession of faith) is "There is no god (Script error: No such module "lang".) except the God (Script error: No such module "lang".)."[7]

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References

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Bibliography

  • Georgii Wilhelmi Freytagii, Lexicon Arabico-Latinum. Librairie du Liban, Beirut, 1975.
  • J. Milton Cowan, The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. 4th edn. Spoken Language Services, Ithaca (NY), 1979.

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