Allah is the Arabic word for God (with a capital G) while "ʾilāh" is the term used for a deity or a god in general. It is used primarily by Muslims, but also by Bahá'ís, Eastern Catholic Christians, MalteseRoman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox Christians, Mizrahi Jews and Sikhs. It is related to '''' in Aramaic, the language of Jesus and the New Testament.
Etymology
The term Allāh is derived from a contraction of the Arabic definite article al- "the" and ʾilāh "deity, god" to ' meaning "the deity, God". Cognates of the name "Allāh" exist in other Semitic languages, including Hebrew and Aramaic. Biblical Hebrew mostly uses the plural form (but functional singular) Elohim. The corresponding Aramaic form is ' in Biblical Aramaicand Alaha in Syriac as used by the Assyrian Church, both meaning simply "God". In the Sikhscriptures, Guru Granth Sahib, the term Allah, Punjabi (Gurmukhi): ਅਲਹੁ is used 46 times respectively.
kauorang sayang allah tak? kalau sayang tekan like. :)
