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Allāh
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Allāh (al ilāh 'ille Deus').[1][2][3] est vocabulum Arabicum quod Deum significat. Huic vocabulo sunt cognata in aliis linguis Semiticis, inter quas Elah in lingua Aramaica, ʾĒl in linguis Canaanitis, et Elohim in lingua Hebraica.[4][5]
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1. alif
2. hamzat waṣl (همزة وصل)
3. lām
4. lām
5. shadda (شدة)
6. alif pugio (ألف خنجرية)
7. hāʾ.
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Vocabulum praecipue a Musulmanis ad Deum significandum adhibetur,[6] sed a Christianis Arabicis ex temporibus prae-Islamicis olim adhibebatur. Saepe, sed non semper, a Bábistis, Bahá'ístis, Indonesiis, Melitensibus Christianis, et Iudaeis Mizrahis adhibetur.[4][7][8] Christiani et Sikhs in Malaesia Occidentali hoc verbum utuntur et usi sunt ad Deum attingendum. Quod controversias civiles et legitimas ibi effecit, quia leges in Malaesia Occidentali non Islamicos vocabuli usus vetat.[9][10][11]