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Allah|ˈælə|
[a. Arab. allāh the (true) God, contr. of al-ilāh, i.e. al the + ilāh god = Aram. ĕlāh, Heb. ĕlōah.]
The name of the Deity among Muslims.
1702Rowe Tamerl. i. i. 14 Well has our holy Alha mark'd him out The Scourge of lawless Pride. 1753Hanway Trav. (1762) II. xv. i. 403 The Tartars when they believe themselves to be dying, repeat this word, allah, allah, continually. 1840Carlyle Heroes (1858) 235, I make but little of his [Mahomet's] praises of Allah. |