Arabic, Islam, and the Allah Lexicon
Divided into five chapters plus a bibliography and an index, Arabic, Islam, and the Allah Lexicon explores Allah-centric expressions in Arabic and their far-reaching influence on the linguistic behavior of native Arabic speakers in particular and Muslims speaking their own languages in general. It...
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oai:doaj.org-article:515db5d3f7034ad1ab615123267402ca2021-12-02T17:26:04ZArabic, Islam, and the Allah Lexicon10.35632/ajis.v25i4.14442690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/515db5d3f7034ad1ab615123267402ca2008-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/1444https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 Divided into five chapters plus a bibliography and an index, Arabic, Islam, and the Allah Lexicon explores Allah-centric expressions in Arabic and their far-reaching influence on the linguistic behavior of native Arabic speakers in particular and Muslims speaking their own languages in general. It clearly demonstrates how Islam’s advent constituted a turning point in the history of theArabic language by introducing numerous theocentric expressions reflecting God’s oneness, as opposed to the practice of polytheism in the pre-Islamic era. These expressions have successfully become the banner of day-to-day communication in Arab communities and, to a lesser extent, in non-ArabMuslim cultures. TheAllah lexicon inArabic has indeed shaped the concept of God inArab and/or Muslim culture; henceAllah’s omnipresence, omnipotence, and omniscience are linguistically felt in times of prosperity and adversity alike ... Mohammed FarghalInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 25, Iss 4 (2008) |
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Divided into five chapters plus a bibliography and an index, Arabic,
Islam, and the Allah Lexicon explores Allah-centric expressions in Arabic
and their far-reaching influence on the linguistic behavior of native Arabic
speakers in particular and Muslims speaking their own languages in general.
It clearly demonstrates how Islam’s advent constituted a turning point in the
history of theArabic language by introducing numerous theocentric expressions
reflecting God’s oneness, as opposed to the practice of polytheism in
the pre-Islamic era. These expressions have successfully become the banner
of day-to-day communication in Arab communities and, to a lesser extent,
in non-ArabMuslim cultures. TheAllah lexicon inArabic has indeed shaped
the concept of God inArab and/or Muslim culture; henceAllah’s omnipresence, omnipotence, and omniscience are linguistically felt in times of prosperity
and adversity alike ...
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