Allah
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The Arabic word for GOD; specifi cally, the
designation for God in ISLAM. The basic Islamic
attitude to God is given in the profession of faith:
"There is no god but God [Allah]." Islam emphasizes
the unity of God. In doing so, it explicitly
rejects as polytheistic Christian notions that God is
a TRINITY and that JESUS was divine.
In Islam, God is the creator of the universe
and its eternal ruler. It is the duty of all creatures,
including human beings, to submit to his will.
(Muslims speak of God in the masculine.) God has
revealed his will through a line of prophets. This
line culminates in the prophet MUHAMMAD. Islam
also looks forward to a RESURRECTION of the dead.
At that time God will welcome the righteous into
the gardens of paradise.
Allah is not the only designation for God in
Islam. Muslims also recognize 99 "most beautiful
names." One of them, al-Rahman, occurs at the
beginning of almost every sura or section of the
QUR'AN: "In the name of God, al-Rahman [the merciful],
al-Rahim [the compassionate]."
The highest form of art in Islam is calligraphy,
artistic writing. Ideal subjects for this art include
verses from the Qur'an about God and his most
beautiful names.
Liens utiles
- Abdullah ou Abd Allah ibn Husayn (La Mecque, 1882 - Jérusalem, 1951).
- Hakim bi-Amr Allah, al- - religieux.
- Le désert d'Arabie, milieu natif de l'islam Né au VIIe siècle, en Arabie, l'islam est un monothéisme centré sur la glorification d'Allah, l'Unique, et autour d'un Livre sacré, le Coran, révélé entre 610 et 632 après J.
- Mahomet, ou Mohamed Abou al-Qasim Mohamed ibn 'Abd Allah ibn 'Abd al-Mouttalib, est le patronyme complet du Prophète de l'Islam, Mohamed.
- Le chapelet La récitation indéfinie du nom d'Allah.