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لله by God in Arabic

لله is how you say “by God” in Arabic.

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ولله دَرُّ القائل

By Allah, how excellent is the one who said:

وَلِلَّهِ and for Allah

'and to God [belongs]' — 'wa' plus 'li' plus 'Allah'. In the set exclamation 'lillahi darru...', the 'li' assigns the credit to God — an idiom of admiration, 'how excellent is...'.

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More example sentences

وَمن خلقت فِيهِ قُوَّة الْحبّ لله والإنابة إِلَيْهِ والعكوف بِالْقَلْبِ عَلَيْهِ والشوق إِلَيْهِ والأنس بِهِ فلذته ونعيمه اسْتِعْمَال هَذِه الْقُوَّة فِي ذَلِك

And for those created with the power of love for Allah, and returning to Him, and devotion to Him with the heart, and longing for Him, and intimacy with Him, their pleasure and bliss is in using this strength for those purposes.

لِلَّهِ for Allah

'Li-' (for / of) fused with the divine name, genitive — 'for God'. The 'li-' marks the object of the love: God.

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قال أبو صالح الراوي عن أبي هريرة، لما سئل عن كيفية ذكرهن، قال يقول سبحان الله، والحمد لله، والله أكبر، حتى يكون منهن كلهن ثلاثًا وثلاثين

Abu Salih, the narrator from Abu Hurairah, when asked about how to recite them, said: 'Say: Subhanallah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar until each is thirty-three.'

لِلَّهِ for Allah

This is 'for / to' plus 'God' — the predicate completing 'the praise [is] FOR God'. The 'li-' marks the one to whom praise belongs, and it forces the genitive on the name. So 'al-hamdu li-llah' = praise belongs to God.

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