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Pronouncing the Names of Allah in a Language other than Arabic

Assalaamu ‘Alaykum. I currently supplicate by thanking Allaah and saying his names in english, like “You are the Entirely Merciful” as an example, saying Allaahumma salli ‘alaa Muhammad, may peace and ...
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Whether Al-Badee‘ is of the Names of Allah

I have been looking in Shaykh ibn Uthaymeen’s Al-Qawaa‘id Al-Muthlaa to find the name Al-Badee‘, but I could not find it. However, in surat Al-Baqarah 2:117 "Badee‘ (Originator) of the heavens and the ...
MLive

Scholar urges Muslims not to shy away from the name 'God': Using only 'Allah,' he says, suggests Muslims worship a different deity than Jews and Christians do

To read Abd-Allah’s full essay “One God, Many Names,” go to the Nawawi Foundation’s Web site, www.nawawi.org; click on “Learning” and then on “Learn More.” An Islamic scholar spoke to a crowd of about ...
The Times of Israel

Allah’s Many Names And YHVH’s One Unique Name

Is the name Allah simply a generic name for any and every deity in every religion? This is the way we use the word God in English. But no Muslim would ever call Zeus: Allah! The answer is to make a ...