Allahu Akbar (God is Greater): Difference between revisions

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'''Transliteration:''' ašhadu ʾanla <font color="blue">ilāh</font>a ill<font color="red">al-Lāh</font>, wa ʾašhadu ʾanna muḥammadan rasūl<font color="red">ul-Lāh</font>
'''Transliteration:''' ašhadu ʾanla <font color="blue">ilāh</font>a ill<font color="red">al-Lāh</font>, wa ʾašhadu ʾanna muḥammadan rasūl<font color="red">ul-Lāh</font>


'''Literal:''' There is no <font color="blue">god</font> but <font color="red">Allah</font> and Muhammad is the messenger of <font color="red">Allah</font>.}}
'''Literal:''' I testify that there is no <font color="blue">god</font> but <font color="red">Allah</font> and I testify that Muhammad is the messenger of <font color="red">Allah</font>.}}


The phrase is commonly mistakenly translated to "There is no god but God." However, in Islam the name Allah as a proper noun, as opposed to a common noun descriptive applicable to any deity. Allah is not the generic word for 'god' in Arabic, but the ''name'' of Islam's deity.
The phrase is commonly mistakenly translated to "There is no god but God." However, in Islam the name Allah as a proper noun, as opposed to a common noun descriptive applicable to any deity. Allah is not the generic word for 'god' in Arabic, but the ''name'' of Islam's deity.
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