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' ((アラビア語:إله); plural: ') is an Arabic term meaning "deity" or "god". The feminine is ' (, meaning "goddess"); with the article, it appears as ' . It appears in the name of the monotheistic god of Islam as ', translated, that is, "the god". It is also used by Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews, but also use other terms such as ''Rabb'', or "Lord" - a title also used by Muslims for Allah - similar to the Hebrew use of ''Adonai'', which is the most frequently used by Jews of all languages, along with ''HaShem'' or "the Name". Amongst Christians, ''Yasu'' - an Arabic transliteration of the name of the Christian Jesus - Yahweh, or ''Shaddai'', translated, that is, "Almighty", are common, with some other names and titles generally borrowed as transliterations from Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. In Malaysia, it is illegal for Christians, Jews, or any other non-Muslim to refer to their God as "Allah".〔http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/05/200952894123668106.html〕 is cognate to Northwest Semitic ' and Akkadian ''ilum''. The word is from a Proto-Semitic archaic biliteral ' meaning "god" (possibly with a wider meaning of "strong"), which was extended to a regular triliteral by the addition of a ''h'' (as in Hebrew '). The word is spelled either with an optional diacritic alif to mark the ' only in Qur'anic texts or (more rarely) with a full alif, . The term is used throughout the Quran in passages detailing the existence of God and of the beliefs of non-Muslims in other divinities. Notably, the first statement of the ' (the Muslim confession of faith) is, "there is no ' but '", that is, translated, "there is no deity except for Allah" or "there is no god except for the () God". ==See also== *Ancient Semitic religion *Arabian mythology *El (deity) *Dingir 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ilah」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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