Feelers Rebo wrote:Allah is the Arabic word for God (literally "the God", as the initial "Al-" is the definite article).
"the god" in arabic is al-ilah, but it has a plural form (al-aliha),and one of most important concepts of islam is the oneness of god so allah is used instead, and the double L gives it a tone of exaggeration like mahmood--> mohammad..
Re: Japanese version of this text
Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 6:24 pm
by Bluecast
Well god damnit then. This topic should have never been bumped
Re: Japanese version of this text
Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 6:34 pm
by Feelers Rebo
I'm glad it was bumped. I've learnt something today.