Arabic vocabulary
إِلَٰهdeity
How to say “deity” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
كَقَوْل الْمُؤَذّن الله أكبر الله أكبر أشهد أَن لَا إِلَه إِلَّا الله أشهد أَن مُحَمَّدًا رَسُول الله
As the caller to prayer says: (Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, I testify that there is no deity but Allah, I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah).
إِلَٰهَ — deity. 'god', locked in the accusative by the absolute 'la' — 'no god whatsoever'. The 'la plus bare accusative' is the strongest, most total negation.
From: The Declaration of Faith →
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