Allah (compounded of the article al and ilāh—i.e. 'the god,' a word cognate with the Hebrew Eloah), the Arabic name of the supreme god amongst the heathen Arabs, adopted by Mohammed for the one true God. See MOHAMMED, MOHAMMEDANISM.
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