Allah

See also: allah, Alláh, and Allâh

English

Alternative forms

• Alha (obsolete)

Etymology

From Arabic اللّٰه (allāh), contraction of اَل (al-, “the”) + إِلَه (ʔilah, “deity”); cognate with the Aramaic אלה (aláh) and אלהא (aláhâ), and Hebrew אֵל (él), אֱלוֹהַּ / אֱלֹהַּ (elóah) and אֱלוֹהִים \ אֱלֹהִים (elohím); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈlɑː/, /ˈɑːlɑː/, /ˌɑːˈlɑː/ (pronunciation which is close to the standard Arabic pronunciation [ʔalˤˈlˤɑːh])
• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.lə/, /ˈɑːlə/ (anglicized pronunciations; close to dialectal Arabic [ˈʔɑlˤlˤa])

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑː, -ælə

Proper noun

Allah

2. (Islam) God, in Islamic or Arabic contexts

   What is the Shia Islamic view on the attributes of Allah?

   • 1998, Anne Rice, The Vampire Armand, New York: Knopf, →ISBN, →OL, page 273:

     We are too much men and women; we are yet formed in the image of the Creator, and what can we say of Him with any certainty except that He, whoever He may be—Christ, Yahweh, Allah—He made us, did He not, because even He in His Infinite Perfection could not bear to be alone.

   • 2026 April 5, Donald John Trump, Truth Social‎^[1]:

     Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP

Usage notes

While in Arabic اللّٰه (allāh) is used generically to refer to God in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic contexts, current English usage almost always restricts the corresponding English term Allah to Islamic contexts only. Various newspaper style manuals recommend translating the Arabic word in English as God, as this better reflects Arabic usage, but the term is often left untranslated in Islamic contexts. Thus either “Allah is great” or “God is great” may be seen.

Derived terms

• alhamdulillah
• Allahabad
• astaghfirullah
• ayatollah
• Baháʼu'lláh
• bismillah
• by the Grace of Allah
• Hezbollah
• inshallah
• mashallah
• wallahi

Translations

God, in Islam

• Afrikaans: Allah
• Albanian: Allah (sq) m, Allahu (sq) m
• Amharic: አላህ (ʾälah)
• Arabic: اللّٰه (ar) m (allāh)
• Armenian: Ալլահ (hy) (Allah)
• Assamese: আল্লাহ (allah)
• Avar: Аллагь (Allah)
• Azerbaijani: Allah (az)

  Arabic: الله (az)

  Cyrillic: Аллаһ

• Bashkir: Аллаһ (Allah), Алла (Alla)
• Belarusian: Ала́х m (Aláx), Ала́г m (Aláh) (obsolete), Алла́г m (Alláh) (obsolete)
• Bengali: আল্লাহ (bn) (allah)
• Bulgarian: Алла́х (bg) m (Alláh)
• Burmese: အလ္လာဟ် (my) (allah)
• Catalan: Al·là
• Chechen: Аллахӏ (Allah)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 阿拉 (yue) (aa³ laa¹), 真主 (zan¹ zyu²)

  Dungan: Анлахў (Anlahw), Анла (Anla)

  Hokkien: 真主 (chin-chú)

  Mandarin: 安拉 (zh) (Ānlā), 阿拉 (zh) (Ālā), 真主 (zh) (Zhēnzhǔ)

  Wu: 真主 (¹tsen-tsy)

• Circassian:

  West Circassian: Алахь (Alaḥ)

• Crimean Tatar: Alla
• Czech: Alláh (cs) m
• Danish: Allah c
• Dhivehi: އައްލާހު (allāhu)
• Dutch: Allah (nl) m
• Dzongkha: ཁ་ཆེའི་ལྷ (kha che'i lha), ཨཱལ་ལཱ (āl lā)
• Esperanto: Alaho (eo) m
• Estonian: Allah (et)
• Finnish: Allah (fi)
• French: Allah (fr) m
• Gagauz: Allaa, Allah
• Galician: Alá (gl)
• Georgian: ალაჰი (alahi)
• German: Allah (de) m
• Greek: Αλλάχ (el) m (Allách)
• Gujarati: અલ્લાહ m (allāh), ખુદા m (khudā)
• Hausa: Allah (ha)
• Hebrew: אַלְלָה m (allá)
• Hindi: अल्लाह (hi) m (allāh)
• Hungarian: Allah (hu)
• Icelandic: Allah m
• Indonesian: Allah (id)
• Irish: Allah m
• Italian: Allah (it) m, Allà m (obsolete)
• Japanese: アッラーフ (ja) (Arrāfu), アッラー (ja) (Arrā), アラー (ja) (Arā)
• Javanese: ꦄꦭ꧀ꦭꦃ (jv) (allah)
• Kannada: ಅಲ್ಲಾಹ (allāha)
• Kazakh: Аллаһ (kk) (Allah), Алла (Alla)
• Khmer: អល់ឡោះ (ʼɑllɑh)
• Korean: 알라 (ko) (Alla), 알라신 (Allasin) (proscribed)
• Kumyk: Аллагь (Allah)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئەڵڵا (ckb) (elllla), خوا (xwa), خودا (ckb) (xuda)

  Northern Kurdish: Xwedê (ku), Ellah (ku), Xweda (ku), Xuda (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Алла (Alla), Аллах (Allah)
• Ladino: Alá
• Lao: ອັນເລາະ (ʼan lǫ)
• Latin: Allah m
• Latvian: Allāhs m
• Lezgi: Аллагь (Allah)
• Lithuanian: Alachas m
• Low German:

  German Low German: Allah (nds)

• Macedonian: Алах m (Alah)
• Malay: Allah (ms)

  Jawi: الله (ms)

• Malayalam: അല്ലാഹു (allāhu)
• Maltese: Alla (mt) m
• Manipuri: ꯑꯂꯥ (mni) (ʼalā)
• Marathi: अल्लाह m (allāh)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Аллах (Allax)

  Mongolian script: ᠠᠯᠯᠠᠾ (allah)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Allah m

• Odia: ଅଲ୍ଲାହ (allāha)
• Ossetian: Аллах (Allax)
• Pashto: الله (ps) m (allāh)
• Persian:

  Classical Persian: اَلله (allāh)

  Dari: اَلله (allāh)

  Iranian Persian: اَلله (allâh)

• Polish: Allah (pl) m, Allach (pl) m, Ałłach m (archaic)
• Portuguese: Alá (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਅੱਲਾ (pa) m (allā)

  Western Punjabi: الله

• Romanian: Allah m

  Cyrillic: Аллах m (Allah)

• Russian: Алла́х (ru) m (Alláx)
• Sanskrit: अल्लाह् m (allāh)
• Scots: Allah
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: А̀лла̄х m, А̀ла̄х (sh) m

  Latin: Àllāh (sh) m, Àlāh (sh) m

• Sinhalese: අල්ලාහ් (allāh)
• Slovak: Alah m
• Slovene: Alah m
• Somali: Allaah
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Allah m (indecl.)

• Spanish: Alá (es) m
• Swahili: Allah (sw)
• Swedish: Allah (sv) c
• Tajik: Оллоҳ (tg) (Olloh), Аллоҳ (Alloh)
• Tamil: அல்லா (ta) (allā)
• Tatar: Аллах (Allax), Алла (tt) (Alla)
• Telugu: అల్లాహ్ (te) (allāh)
• Thai: อัลลอฮ์ (an-lɔɔ), อัลเลาะห์ (an-lɔ́)
• Tibetan: ཨ་ལ (a la)
• Tigrinya: አላህ (ʾälah)
• Turkish: Allah (tr)
• Turkmen: Allah

  Cyrillic: Аллах

• Ukrainian: Алла́х (uk) m (Alláx), Алла́г m (Alláh), Алла́ m (Allá) (rare)
• Urdu: اَللّٰہ (ur) m (allāh)
• Uyghur: ئاللاھ (ug) (allah)
• Uzbek: Alloh

  Cyrillic: Аллоҳ (Alloh)

• Vietnamese: A-la (vi), thánh A-la, đức A-la
• Welsh: Al-lâh, Allah
• Yakut: Аллаах (Allaaq)
• Yiddish: אַלאַ m (ala), אללה m (ala)
• Yoruba: Aálà

See also

• Appendix:The 99 names of Allah

Further reading

• Names of God in Islam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• halal

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اَللّٰه, from Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Proper noun

Allah m

1. Allah

Declension

Declension of Allah

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	Allah	Allahu
accusative		Allahun
dative/ablative	Allahu	Allahut

Further reading

• Jungg, G. (1895), “Aλah”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary]‎^[2]
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[3], 1980
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “Allah”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[4], Oxford: Oxford University Press
• “Allah”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		Аллаһ
Arabic	Classical sp	الله
	Iranian sp	آللاه

Etymology

From Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑˈɫːɑh]

Proper noun

Allah (definite accusative Allahı)

1. Allah, God

   Synonyms: Allah-təala, Tanrı; see also Thesaurus:Allah

   Allah qoysa ― God willing (literally, “if the God lets”)

   Allah qoysa gələn ay təzə işə başlayıram. ― I am starting a new job next month, God willing

   Allah rəhmət eləsin ― May s/he rest in peace

   Allah saxlasın ― May God watch over him/her

   Allah sizi qorusun ― May God protect you

   Allah şəfa versin ― Get well soon (literally, “May God give you recovery”)

   Allah canını sağ eləsin ― May give him/her good health

   Allah sizdən razı olsun ― May God be pleased with you

   Allah islah eləsin ― May God correct you.

   Allah ağıl versin ― May God give you reason

   Allah köməyin olsun ― May God help you

   Allah bəlasını versin ― May God punish him/her

   Allah sizi bu bəladan qurtarsın ― May God save you from/rid you of this calamity

   Allaha and olsun ― by God

   Allaha and olsun ki, mənim bundan xəbərim yox idi. ― I swear by God, I had no clue about this.

   Allaha tapşırdım sizi ― Godspeed

   Allaha xatir ― for God's sake

   Allaha şükür ― thank God

Declension

Declension of Allah

	singular
nominative	Allah
definite accusative	Allahı
dative	Allaha
locative	Allahda
ablative	Allahdan
definite genitive	Allahın

Possessive forms of Allah

	nominative
	singular
mənim (“my”)	Allahım
sənin (“your”)	Allahın
onun (“his/her/its”)	Allahı
bizim (“our”)	Allahımız
sizin (“your”)	Allahınız
onların (“their”)	Allahı or Allahları
	accusative
	singular
mənim (“my”)	Allahımı
sənin (“your”)	Allahını
onun (“his/her/its”)	Allahını
bizim (“our”)	Allahımızı
sizin (“your”)	Allahınızı
onların (“their”)	Allahını or Allahlarını
	dative
	singular
mənim (“my”)	Allahıma
sənin (“your”)	Allahına
onun (“his/her/its”)	Allahına
bizim (“our”)	Allahımıza
sizin (“your”)	Allahınıza
onların (“their”)	Allahına or Allahlarına
	locative
	singular
mənim (“my”)	Allahımda
sənin (“your”)	Allahında
onun (“his/her/its”)	Allahında
bizim (“our”)	Allahımızda
sizin (“your”)	Allahınızda
onların (“their”)	Allahında or Allahlarında
	ablative
	singular
mənim (“my”)	Allahımdan
sənin (“your”)	Allahından
onun (“his/her/its”)	Allahından
bizim (“our”)	Allahımızdan
sizin (“your”)	Allahınızdan
onların (“their”)	Allahından or Allahlarından
	genitive
	singular
mənim (“my”)	Allahımın
sənin (“your”)	Allahının
onun (“his/her/its”)	Allahının
bizim (“our”)	Allahımızın
sizin (“your”)	Allahınızın
onların (“their”)	Allahının or Allahlarının

Derived terms

• Allah ağzından eşitsin
• Allah qoysa
• Allah tərəfi
• Allah üzümə baxdı
• Allahdan olan kimi
• Allahın altında
• Allahın ətəyindən yapışmaq
• Allahın verdiyindən
• Allahın verən günü
• Allahından olmaq

References

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “Allah”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎^[5] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 1, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, pages 102-103
• Altun Kitab (2013–), “Allah”, in Azleks

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اللّٰه (allāh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.laː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Al‧lah

Proper noun

Allah m

1. Allah

Finnish

Etymology

From Arabic اللّٰه (allāh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlːɑh/, [ˈɑ̝lːɑ̝h]
• Rhymes: -ɑlːɑh
• Syllabification^(key): Al‧lah
• Hyphenation^(key): Al‧lah

Proper noun

Allah

1. Allah

Declension

Inflection of Allah (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Allah	—
genitive		Allahin	—
partitive		Allahia	—
illative		Allahiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Allah	—
accusative	nom.	Allah	—
	gen.	Allahin
genitive		Allahin	—
partitive		Allahia	—
inessive		Allahissa	—
elative		Allahista	—
illative		Allahiin	—
adessive		Allahilla	—
ablative		Allahilta	—
allative		Allahille	—
essive		Allahina	—
translative		Allahiksi	—
abessive		Allahitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Allah (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Allahini — accusative nom. Allahini — gen. Allahini genitive Allahini — partitive Allahiani — inessive Allahissani — elative Allahistani — illative Allahiini — adessive Allahillani — ablative Allahiltani — allative Allahilleni — essive Allahinani — translative Allahikseni — abessive Allahittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Allahisi — accusative nom. Allahisi — gen. Allahisi genitive Allahisi — partitive Allahiasi — inessive Allahissasi — elative Allahistasi — illative Allahiisi — adessive Allahillasi — ablative Allahiltasi — allative Allahillesi — essive Allahinasi — translative Allahiksesi — abessive Allahittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Allahimme — accusative nom. Allahimme — gen. Allahimme genitive Allahimme — partitive Allahiamme — inessive Allahissamme — elative Allahistamme — illative Allahiimme — adessive Allahillamme — ablative Allahiltamme — allative Allahillemme — essive Allahinamme — translative Allahiksemme — abessive Allahittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Allahinne — accusative nom. Allahinne — gen. Allahinne genitive Allahinne — partitive Allahianne — inessive Allahissanne — elative Allahistanne — illative Allahiinne — adessive Allahillanne — ablative Allahiltanne — allative Allahillenne — essive Allahinanne — translative Allahiksenne — abessive Allahittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Allahinsa — accusative nom. Allahinsa — gen. Allahinsa genitive Allahinsa — partitive Allahiaan Allahiansa — inessive Allahissaan Allahissansa — elative Allahistaan Allahistansa — illative Allahiinsa — adessive Allahillaan Allahillansa — ablative Allahiltaan Allahiltansa — allative Allahilleen Allahillensa — essive Allahinaan Allahinansa — translative Allahikseen Allahiksensa — abessive Allahittaan Allahittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Anagrams

• halla

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈala/, /aˈlaː/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Homophone: aller (nonstandard)

Proper noun

Allah m (proper noun, strong, genitive Allahs)

1. Allah (God in Islam)

Further reading

• “Allah”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[6] (in German)

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اللّٰه (allāh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔál.làː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔál.làː]

Proper noun

Allā̀h m

1. Allah, God

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay Allah, from Classical Malay Allah (“Allah; God”); from Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ(l)lɑh/, [ɑ(ɫ)ɫɑh] (only in Muslim lexicon)
• IPA^(key): /ɑwloh/, [ɔwɫɔh] (only in Muslim lexicon, prescribed)
• IPA^(key): /a(l)lah/, [a(l)lah] (only in Christian lexicon)
• Rhymes: -lah, -ah, -h
• Hyphenation: Al‧lah

Proper noun

Allah

1. (Islam) Allah
2. (Christianity) God

   Akulah TUHAN (YHWH), Allahmu (your God), yang membawa engkau keluar dari tanah Mesir, dari tempat perbudakan. (Keluaran 20:2) ― I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. (Exodus 20:2)

Usage notes

In Indonesian translations of the Bible, Hebrew אֱלֹהִים (elohím) is translated into Allah instead of ilah in contradiction with Indonesian Islamic terminology. The usage by Islam and Christianity contexts reflected the Arabic اللّٰه (allāh) which is used generically to refer to God in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic contexts, unlike the controversial Malaysian Standard Malay Allah for Christian usage.

Derived terms

• keallahan

See also

• Tuhan

Further reading

• “Allah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic ال (al-)

Proto-Semitic *ʔil-

Arabic ـَاه (-āh)

Arabic إلٰه (ʔilāh)

Arabic الٱِلٰه (al-ilāh)

Arabic الله (allāh)bor.

Malay Allah

From Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /allah/, [aɫɫah], [ɔɫɫɔh]
• Rhymes: -ah

Proper noun

Allah (Jawi spelling الله)

1. (Islam) Allah
2. (Christianity) God

Usage notes

Although Malaysian Christians have fought for the right to use "Allah" to refer to God in Christian contexts, citing its use by Arab Christians as a precedent, the Malaysian courts have ruled that using "Allah" outside Islamic contexts is illegal.

Descendants

• > Indonesian: Allah (inherited)

See also

• Tuhan

Noun

Allah (uncountable) (obsolete)

1. day; sky
   • c. 1403 – 1511, anonymous, 華夷譯語 ( 滿剌加國譯語 [Vocabulary of the Kingdom of Malacca] ):

     安剌待都
     安剌定因

     Allah teduh
     Allah dingin

     Clear sky
     Cold day

Further reading

• "Allah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Polish

Alternative forms

• Allach

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic ال (al-)

Proto-Semitic *ʔil-

Arabic ـَاه (-āh)

Arabic إلٰه (ʔilāh)

Arabic الٱِلٰه (al-ilāh)

Arabic الله (allāh)bor.

Polish Allah

Borrowed from Arabic الله (allāh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.lax/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -allax
• Syllabification: Al‧lah
• Homophone: Allach

Proper noun

Allah m pers

1. (Islam) Allah (God in Islam)

Declension

Declension of Allah

	singular
nominative	Allah
genitive	Allaha
dative	Allahowi
accusative	Allaha
instrumental	Allahem
locative	Allahu
vocative	Allahu

Further reading

• “Allah”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[7] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈla/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈla/

Proper noun

Allah m

1. alternative spelling of Alá

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• Alah

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Proper noun

Allah m anim (Cyrillic spelling Аллах)

1. (Islam) Allah

See also

• Bog

Swedish

Proper noun

Allah ? (genitive Allahs)

1. (Islam) Allah

Derived terms

• Allahu akbar
• inshallah
• jalla
• wallah

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish الله, from Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑɫːɑh/

Proper noun

Allah (definite accusative Allah'ı, uncountable)

1. (Islam) Allah

Usage notes

When viewed as a proper noun – the predominant Islamic view – the orthographic rules require writing the oblique cases of the word with an apostrophe before the case suffix. When viewed as a common noun, spelt almost unanimously with a capital “A” out of respect, no apostrophe should be inserted.

Declension

Declension of Allah

	singular	plural
nominative	Allah	Allahlar / Allah'lar
accusative	Allah'ı	Allahları / Allah'ları
dative	Allah'a	Allahlara / Allah'lara
locative	Allah'ta	Allahlarda / Allah'larda
ablative	Allah'tan	Allahlardan / Allah'lardan
genitive	Allah'ın	Allahların / Allah'ların

Possessive forms of Allah

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Allah'ım	Allahlarım
senin (your)	Allah'ın	Allahların
onun (his/her/its)	Allah'ı	Allahları
bizim (our)	Allah'ımız	Allahlarımız
sizin (your)	Allah'ınız	Allahlarınız
onların (their)	Allah'ı Allahları	Allahları

Derived terms

• Allah Allah
• Allah'a ısmarladık
• estağfurallah
• inşallah
• maşallah

See also

• Tanrı