اللَّه God in Arabic
اللَّه is how you say “God” in Arabic.
Root ا ل ه ʾ-l-h. proper noun (divine name). Allāh.
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Meaning of God in Arabic
- God; the Supreme Being, the one true deity a proper name comprising all the excellent divine names and attributes of perfection; the ال is inseparable from it and it takes no plural
Example sentence
فَيرى كل مَا يسرّه من فضل الله، وكل مَا يسوءه من ذنوبه وَعدل الله فِيهِ
Thus, he sees everything that pleases him as from the grace of Allah, and everything that displeases him as from his sins and the justice of Allah upon him.
اللَّهِ of God
The name Allah ('God'); the 'of…' word: 'of God'.
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How it is used
اللّٰه is a proper name, not a common noun, and always carries the inseparable article ال. Lane records some twenty or more scholarly opinions on its origin: many hold it underived, while others trace it to إلٰه/إلاه ('a god, an object of worship') with the hamzah dropped and the article fixed to it permanently, distinguishing it from إلٰه, the general term polytheists apply to their own objects of worship.
Words from the same root
- أَلَهَ he served, worshipped, or adored (verb, form I)
- إِلٰهٌ a god; anything taken as an object of worship or adoration
- إِلَاهَةٌ worship, service, adoration; also godship, divinity
- تَأَلَّهَ he devoted himself to religious worship, applied himself to acts of devotion (form V)
- تَأْلِيهٌ enslavement; making someone serve (form II inf. n., syn. taʿbīd)
- إِلٰهِىٌّ divine; relating to God or a god; theological
- الإِلٰهِيَّةُ theology; the science of God's being and attributes
More example sentences
فَيرى كل مَا يسرّه من فضل الله، وكل مَا يسوءه من ذنوبه وَعدل الله فِيهِ
Thus, he sees everything that pleases him as from the grace of Allah, and everything that displeases him as from his sins and the justice of Allah upon him.
اللَّهِ of God
The name Allah ('God'); the 'of…' word: 'of God'.
بِحَيْثُ يُعْطِيهِ ذَلِك كَمَا توكله على الله تَعَالَى وتفويضه إِلَيْهِ وَالصَّبْر لحكمه وَالرِّضَا بِقَضَائِهِ
Such that it gives him reliance on Allah the Exalted, entrusting matters to Him, patience with His ruling, and contentment with His decree.
اللَّهِ Allah
Genitive after 'on'; the One on whom reliance rests.
وَهُوَ أَن يعبد الله وَحده لايشرك بِهِ شَيْئا
And it means to worship Allah alone, associating nothing with Him.
اللَّهَ Allah
The object of 'worship', marked accusative by its ending. Word order plus that ending make clear Allah is the one being worshipped, not the worshipper.
وَمِن فَاتَهُ هَذَا التَّوْحِيد فَإِن الله لَا يغْفر أَن يُشْرك بِهِ
And whoever misses this monotheism, indeed Allah does not forgive associating others with Him.
اللَّهَ Allah
Accusative because 'inna' grabs the following noun and puts it in that case; Allah is the topic 'inna' is asserting about. So the ending here is driven by 'inna', not by any verb.
التَّوْحِيد كل خاطر يُشِير إِلَى الله فَهُوَ يعم ذَلِك
Monotheism is every thought that points to Allah, encompassing all of that.
اللهِ Allah
Genitive after 'ila' — the goal of the pointing. Here Allah is the destination, not the doer or object.
يَقُول كل توجه إِلَى الله وَحده بقول أَو عمل فَهُوَ تَوْحِيد
He says that every orientation to Allah alone, whether by word or action, is monotheism.
اللهِ Allah
Genitive after 'ila' — the goal one turns to. Allah is the endpoint here, not the doer.
ومثلُها بِسمِ الله عند البدء؛
And similarly, "In the name of Allah" at the beginning;
اللهِ Allah
Genitive owner of 'name' — 'the name OF Allah'. The ending marks the possessed-by relationship with no separate 'of'.
فهي ليستْ لفظًا مُنفردًا، بل جملةٌ مُقدَّرة معناها أبدأ عملي باسمِ الله، فأربطُ الفعلَ بالرّب
it is not an isolated utterance, but an implicit sentence meaning: I begin my action in the name of Allah, thus linking the act to the Lord.
اللهِ Allah
Genitive owner of 'name' — 'the name OF Allah'. Closes the 'of' pairing.
وَكَذَلِكَ مَا شرع للْمُسلمين فِي صلَاتهم وأذانهم وحجهم وأعيادهم من ذكر الله تَعَالَى
And likewise, what has been prescribed for the Muslims in their prayers, call to prayer, pilgrimage, and festivals in remembering Allah, the Exalted.
اللَّهِ God
Genitive owner of 'remembrance' — 'Allah'. The One remembered, closing the 'of' pairing.
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).
اللهُ God
'Allah', nominative as the subject of the verbless 'Allah is greater'. It opens the call to prayer.
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).
اللهِ God
Genitive owner of 'messenger' — 'Allah'. Closes the 'of' pairing: Muhammad is God's messenger.
وَقَول الْمُصَلِّي الله أكبر سُبْحَانَ رَبِّي الْعَظِيم سُبْحَانَ رَبِّي الْأَعْلَى سمع الله لمن حَمده رَبنَا وَلَك الْحَمد التَّحِيَّات لله
And the one praying says: (Allah is the Greatest, glory be to my Lord the Great, glory be to my Lord the Most High, Allah hears the one who praises Him, our Lord, to You belongs all praise, all greetings are for Allah).
اللهُ God
'Allah', nominative subject of 'Allah is greater', opening the prayer's takbir.
وَقَول الْمُصَلِّي الله أكبر سُبْحَانَ رَبِّي الْعَظِيم سُبْحَانَ رَبِّي الْأَعْلَى سمع الله لمن حَمده رَبنَا وَلَك الْحَمد التَّحِيَّات لله
And the one praying says: (Allah is the Greatest, glory be to my Lord the Great, glory be to my Lord the Most High, Allah hears the one who praises Him, our Lord, to You belongs all praise, all greetings are for Allah).
اللهُ God
The doer of 'heard', nominative, after its verb — 'God'. Arabic puts the verb first, the subject after.
وَقَول الْمُصَلِّي الله أكبر سُبْحَانَ رَبِّي الْعَظِيم سُبْحَانَ رَبِّي الْأَعْلَى سمع الله لمن حَمده رَبنَا وَلَك الْحَمد التَّحِيَّات لله
And the one praying says: (Allah is the Greatest, glory be to my Lord the Great, glory be to my Lord the Most High, Allah hears the one who praises Him, our Lord, to You belongs all praise, all greetings are for Allah).
لِلَّهِ are for God
'for Allah' — 'li' of ownership plus the name in genitive; the predicate 'belong to God'. It closes the formula: all salutations are His.
وَقَول الملبي لبيْك اللَّهُمَّ لبيْك
And the one responding to the pilgrimage call says: (Here I am, O Allah, at Your service).
اللَّهُمَّ O God
'O Allah' — a special vocative: the name with a doubled -mma tacked on the end that replaces the calling-word 'O'. Arabic uses this fixed form only for addressing God.
فَجَمِيع مَا شَرعه الله من الذّكر إِنَّمَا هُوَ كَلَام تَامّ لَا اسْم مُفْرد وَلَا مظهر وَلَا مُضْمر
For everything that Allah has prescribed as remembrance is complete speech, not a single word nor an explicit or implicit noun.
اللهُ God
The doer of 'prescribed', nominative, after its verb — 'God'.
كلمتان خفيفتان على اللِّسَان ثقيلتان فِي الْمِيزَان حبيبتان إِلَى الرَّحْمَن سُبْحَانَ الله وَبِحَمْدِهِ سُبْحَانَ الله الْعَظِيم
"Two words light on the tongue, heavy on the scale, beloved to the Most Merciful: Glory be to Allah and with His praise, Glory be to Allah the Great."
اللَّهِ God
Genitive owner of 'glory' — 'Allah'. 'Glory be to Allah' — the possessed name closing the 'of' pairing.
كلمتان خفيفتان على اللِّسَان ثقيلتان فِي الْمِيزَان حبيبتان إِلَى الرَّحْمَن سُبْحَانَ الله وَبِحَمْدِهِ سُبْحَانَ الله الْعَظِيم
"Two words light on the tongue, heavy on the scale, beloved to the Most Merciful: Glory be to Allah and with His praise, Glory be to Allah the Great."
اللَّهِ God
Genitive owner of this second 'glory' — 'Allah'. Head of a further 'of' link with the epithet that follows.
وَقَوله أفضل كلمة قَالَهَا الشَّاعِر كلمة لبيد أَلا كل شَيْء مَا خلا الله بَاطِل
And his saying: "The best word said by a poet is the word of Labid: Behold, everything other than Allah is futile."
اللهُ God
'Allah', nominative as the one excepted — 'everything except God'. After 'ma khala', the excepted noun stands in the nominative.
وأمر أيضاً بالحمد بقوله فإذا قال سمع الله لمن حمده فقولوا ربنا ولك الحمد
And he also commanded praise saying: 'When he says: Allah hears the one who praises Him. You say: Our Lord, to You is the praise.'
اللَّهُ God
'God', nominative as the delayed subject of 'heard'.
فقال إذا قال العبد ﴿الحمد لله رب العالمين﴾ قال الله حمدني عبدي،
He said: 'When the servant says: "Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds," Allah says: "My servant has praised Me,"
اللهُ God
'God', nominative as the delayed subject of 'says'.
وإذا قال ﴿مالك يوم الدين﴾ قال الله مجدني عبدي،
When he says: "Master of the Day of Judgment," God says: "My servant has glorified Me,"
اللَّهُ God
'God', nominative as the delayed subject of 'says'.
فقال إذا قال العبد ﴿الحمد لله رب العالمين﴾ قال الله حمدني عبدي،
He said: "When the servant says: 'Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds,' Allah says: 'My servant has praised Me.'
اللَّهُ God
'God', nominative as the delayed subject of 'says'.
Common questions
- How do you say "God" in Arabic?
- God is اللّٰه (Allāh) — the Arabic proper name for the one true God, comprising all the divine attributes of perfection.
- Is اللّٰه related to the word إله (ilāh)?
- Many grammarians trace اللّٰه to إلٰه ('a god, an object of worship'), with the hamzah dropped and the article ال permanently fixed; others hold that اللّٰه is an underived proper name.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).