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ALLAH , the Arabic name used by Moslems of all nationalities for the one true See also:

God. It is compounded of al, the definite See also:article, and ilah, meaning a god. The same word is found in See also:Hebrew and Aramaic as well as in See also:ancient Arabic (Sabaean). The meaning of the See also:root from which it is derived is very doubtful; cf. See also:Lane's Arabic-See also:English See also:Lexicon, p. 82, and the See also:Oxford Hebrew and English Lexicon, pp. 61 if.

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