Why do Muslims call God Allah in English?
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Is it OK to say Allah?
You can say Allah whenever you wish to call the God by His name. In Islam, God (Ilah in arabic) refers to the One, whom there is no other has the right to be worshiped but He. He named Himself Allah (Glory be to Him and high be He). You can say Allah whenever you wish to call the God by His name.
Why is Allah written differently?
Allah has long been the conventional spelling in English. The Arabic spelling also lacks a full alif letter that would indicate the second a is long, but includes a diacritic alif above when diacritics are used, which I think is always. The strict romanized Phonetic transcription would be Allāh.
Is it OK to call Allah Lord?
Since Allah word does not have any singular or plural or any gender which is why Allah is the only word suitable to call Him. Lord or God has their genders so not suitable to equate Allah with them!
What is the difference between the word God and Allah?
1. The word God has a different meaning with Allah ‘“ God means to invoke or call upon while Allah means deity or god. God has three representations; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit while Allah is the lone god every Muslim must worship.
Who was the God before Allah?
The idea was first proposed by archeologist Hugo Winckler in 1901, when he identified the pre-Islamic Allah with another pre-Islamic Arabian deity known as Hubal, which he referred to as a lunar deity.
Is OMG my God Haram?
Swearing is permissible in Islam, as long as one swears only by God. Hence calling out to God is almost never considered rude. “Oh my God!” is acceptable and even expected amongst Arabs and Muslims.
Is it a sin to say oh my lord?
Answer: Objectively speaking, it can be a mortal sin. However, this does not mean that every occurrence of saying “Oh my God” is mortal. The Second Commandment says, “You shall not invoke the name of the Lord, your God, in vain. For the Lord will not leave unpunished anyone who invokes his name in vain” (Ex 20:7).