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"Be, and it is" (كُن فَيَكُونُ kun fa-yakūnu) is a phrase referring to creation by Allah. In Arabic the imperative verb "be" (kun) is spelled with the letters kāf and nūn. [1] Kun fa-yakūnu has its reference in the Quran cited as a symbol or sign of God's supreme creative power. There are eight Quranic references to kun fa-yakūnu:
The Basmala (Arabic: بَسْمَلَة, basmalah; also known by its opening words Bi-smi llāh; بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ, "In the name of God"), [1] or Tasmiyyah (Arabic: تَسْمِيَّة), is the titular name of the Islamic phrase "In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful" (Arabic: بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ...
Since the first centuries of Islam, Arabic-speaking commentators of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic faith used the term Allah as a generic term for the supreme being. [59] Saadia Gaon used the term Allah interchangeably with the term ʾĔlōhīm. [59] Theodore Abu Qurrah translates theos as Allah in his Bible, as in John 1:1 "the Word was with ...
"May Allah's mercy be upon him" in Arabic. Some honorifics apply to highly-revered Islamic scholars and people thought to be of high spiritual rank. When that person has died, honorifics ask for Allah's mercy upon or pleasure with him or her. When that person is still living, honorifics customarily ask for Allah's preservation or relief. [85] [86]
The phrase written in Arabic. Recitation of إِنَّا لِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ in 2:156. Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un (Arabic: إِنَّا لِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ, ʾinnā li-llāhi wa-ʾinnā ʾilayhi rājiʿūn a), also known as Istirja (Arabic: إِسْتِرْجَاع, ʾIstirjāʿ ...
Hafs ibn Albar, a 9th-10th—century Christian Visigothic author in Al-Andalus, translated the Biblical Psalms into Arabic. Rather than using the standard word for God, "Allah", he used Lahumma or Allahumma inspired by the Hebrew word Elohim .
The word Allah is thought to be derived by contraction from al-ilāh. ʾIlāh (Arabic: إله; plural: آلهة ʾālihat) is an Arabic term meaning "god". In Arabic, ilah refers to anyone or anything that is worshipped. [1] The feminine is ʾilāhat (إلاهة, meaning "goddess"); with the article, it appears as al-ʾilāhat (الإلاهة).
Ittaqullah (Arabic: اتقوا الله) is an Arabic word or word-phrase composed of the words "Ittaqu" (the command or imperative form of the word taqwa [1]), and "Allah". It is found in several verses in the Quran, [2] and appears often in Muslim literature. [citation needed]