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Allah
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This article is about the Arabic word "Allah".
Allah (Arabic: الله‎, Allāh, IPA: [ʔalˤːɑːh]

pronunciation (help·info)) is the standard Arabic word for 'God.'[1] While the term is best known in the West for its use by Muslims as a reference to God, it is used by Arabic-speakers of all Abrahamic faiths, including Christians and Jews, in reference to "God".[2][1][3] The term was also used by pagan Meccans as a reference to the creator-god, possibly the supreme deity in pre-Islamic Arabia.[4]

The concepts associated with the term Allah (as a deity) differ among the traditions. In pre-Islamic Arabia amongst pagan Arabs, Allah was not the sole divinity, having associates and companions, sons and daughters, a concept strongly opposed by Islam. In Islam, the name Allah is the supreme and all-comprehensive divine name. All other divine names are believed to refer back to Allah.[5] Allah is unique, the only Deity, creator of the universe and omnipotent.[2][1] Arab Christians today, having no other word for 'God' than Allah,[6] use terms such as Allāh al-ʼAb ( الله الأب) "God the Father". There are both similarities and differences between the concept of God as portrayed in the Qur'an and the Hebrew Bible.[7]

Unicode has a codepoint reserved for Allāh, ﷲ = U+FDF2.[8] Many Arabic type fonts feature special ligatures for Allah.[9
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There you have it!
So why En Syed Hamid Albar (know that I wish to call you something else but with due respect to your parents who named you I'll let it stand)
Why are you so against another religion using Allah? Why is it so important for you to have the last say?
It just makes more people dislike you and your people! Do you represent all UMNO & Malays in Malaysia?
Does every other Muslim Malaysian feel as you do? Are the Catholics hurting all Muslims Malaysian by our use of the word Allah in Bahasa Malaysia?
Tell me are the Indonesian Christians who are in Malaysia right now do they have to cease using Allah too?
What about all the Jewish people of Arabic decent are too not allowed to use Allah when they pray?
Are you going to tell the Orang Asli, Ibans, Dayak, Kadazans, etc, Those who are Christians & who's bibles are in BM to stop reading their bibles and prayer books and songs just because they have the word Allah in them?
Your selfish and narrow-mindedness is very worrying. You know I am not worried by the people of other faiths feeling hurt by the catholics use of the word Allah because I am confident they understand that we are worshiping the ONE GOD ALMIGHTY for there is only one GOD as you believe as we believe in Him we are all brothers and sisters. His command is that we love one another not to make war on each other but to create love. You have a great misconception of God and you have lost your way.
You know En Syed Hamid Albar, God doesn't belong to to you but you belong to Him. God is for everyone. We all belong to God. So a bit of advise, be humble, get off your high horse, quit looking down your nose at the rest of us. For God is Great and He will hand out His justice it's all in His Time!