Talk:'Abd al-Ilah

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[edit] Arabic spelling

Was this guy's name really spelled عبد الإله instead of عبد الله ?? AnonMoos 03:10, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

The name was عبدالله , the servant of Allah, عبد means servant, and الله is "Allah". Allah is actually al-ilah. "al" means "the", and "ilah" or "ilaha" means "god". So "al-ilaha" means "the One and Only God". With use the "i" or "alif" in Arabic was dropped, and "al-ilah" became "Allah". Hence the alternative way of spelling "Abd_ullah" would have been acceptable if instead of Allah we were using al-ilaha.

--peacedove 10:54, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] No sir

No, Abdullah is عبدللہ. Mustaqbal 09:55, 21 December 2005 (UTC)