What is the origin of the word Allah?
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Question
What is the origin of the word Allah?
Answer
Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah,
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate. May Allah's blessings and peace be on His Messenger Muhammad, and his folk, companions, and followers.
The position of the majority of the scholars of language, tafsir, hadith, and fiqh is that Allah is a non-derived name of the Supreme Being, and was not used to refer to any but the One True God. [Ibn Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar; Bajuri, Tuhfat al-Murid]
And Allah alone gives success.
Wassalam,
Faraz Rabbani
This answer was published by SunniPath and is preserved as written. Rulings can depend on circumstances; for your own situation, consult a qualified scholar.
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