Allah (الله): Meaning of Allah’s Name

He is the One and Only Deity, the One Who is Worshipped and the One Who deserves to be worshipped by the whole of His creation, due to the Perfect Godly Attributes that He is described with.

"Allaah! There is none worthy of worship but He, the Living, the Sustaining. Neither slumber nor sleep overtakes Him. To Him belongs whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth. Who is there that can intercede with Him except with His Permission? He Knows what happens to them (His creatures) in this world and in the Hereafter. They will not encompass anything of His Knowledge except that which He Wills. His Footstool extends over the heavens and the earth and he feels no fatigue in guarding them. He is the Most High, the Most Great." (2:25)

God said; “ Allah! La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), Al-Hayyul-Qayyuum (the Ever-Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists)”. (Al-Baqarah: 255), Al Kursi verse).

This blessed and exalted Name is the greatest of all Perfect Names and is inclusive of all Supreme Names and also indicative of Them overall. He had uniquely distinguished Himself by It, and He had prevented the ignorant ones from calling themselves by this Name.

God Said: “ And if you (O Muhammad) ask them: “Who has created the heavens and the earth”, they will certainly say: “Allah””. (Lugman: 25).

This Great Name contains all of the Perfect Names and Supreme Attributes, for if the slave invokes Him by this Name and says: “Allahom”, he would be invoking Allah with all of His Perfect Names and Supreme Attributes.

Therefore, God, the Exalted, adds all other Perfect Names to this Name, as He said: “ And (all) the Most Beautiful Names belong to Allah ”. (Al-Araf: 180).

And it is said that (Ar-Rahman = the Most Merciful, and Ar-Raheem= the Merciful…” are among the Names of “Allah” but cannot be said “(Allah) is one of the Names of (Ar-Rahman) or one of the Names of (Al-Aazeez = the All-Mighty). This Great Name was mentioned in the Holy Quran (2724) times.

The Linguistic Meaning:

The origin of Allah is (Al-Ilah). Ilah in Arabic has four meanings: The Worshipped, the Refuge, the One by which the minds are bewildered & the Greatly Beloved.

Allah, the Exalted, is the One Whom the hearts of the slaves idolize, out of: love and humbleness, fear and expectation, glorification, obedience, and as a refuge during times of disasters and need. He is the True God, That deserves to be worshipped Alone, and all that is worshipped other than Him, between His Throne and the bottom of the earth, is wrong and false.

THE Grandeur of Allah

Prophet Muhammad Peace Be Upon Him said “I can’t count enough praise on You, as You had commended Yourself”.

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