Английская Википедия:Ilah
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Шаблон:Transl (Шаблон:Lang-ar; plural: Шаблон:Lang Шаблон:Transl) is an Arabic term meaning "god". In Arabic, ilah refers to anyone or anything that is worshipped.[1] The feminine is Шаблон:Transl (Шаблон:Lang, meaning "goddess"); with the article, it appears as Шаблон:Transl (Шаблон:Lang). The Arabic word for God (Шаблон:Transl) is thought to be derived from it (in a proposed earlier form al-Lāh) though this is disputed.[2][3] Шаблон:Transl is cognate to Northwest Semitic [[El (god)|Шаблон:Transl]] and Akkadian ilum. The word is from a Proto-Semitic archaic biliteral Шаблон:Transl 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 [[Names of God in Judaism|Шаблон:Transl, Шаблон:Transl]]). The word is spelled either Шаблон:Lang with an optional diacritic alif to mark the Шаблон:Transl only in Qur'anic texts or (more rarely) with a full alif, Шаблон:Lang.
The term is used throughout the Quran in passages discussing the existence of God or the beliefs in other divinities by non-Muslims. Notably, the first statement of the Шаблон:Transl (the Muslim confession of faith) is "There is no god (Шаблон:Transl) except the God (Шаблон:Transl)."
See also
- Arabian mythology
- El (deity)
- History of Arabia
- Religions of the ancient Near East
- Yahwism
- Historical Vedic Religion
Sources
- 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.
- References
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