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قُلِ ٱدۡعُواْ ٱللَّهَ أَوِ ٱدۡعُواْ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنَۖ أَيّٗا مَّا تَدۡعُواْ فَلَهُ ٱلۡأَسۡمَآءُ ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰۚ وَلَا تَجۡهَرۡ بِصَلَاتِكَ وَلَا تُخَافِتۡ بِهَا وَٱبۡتَغِ بَيۡنَ ذَٰلِكَ سَبِيلٗا
[46]. In Hebrew, Moses called upon God as Elah. Jesus and his mother Mary, speaking their native Aramaic tongue, called upon Him as Alaha.
Allāh, the Almighty, revealed His scriptures in three Semitic languages that we know of—and in all of them, the name of God is strikingly similar in sound and meaning.
The later terms Father and God are foreign to the original prophetic languages. Their origins are linguistic and cultural developments that came long after the time of revelation.
The word god can be applied to anything—an idol, a human, or even an abstract concept. But who can be called Allāh?
Nothing in existence—seen or unseen—can rightfully bear the Name Allāh, nor Alaha, nor Elah. These sacred names belong solely to the One and Only, the Eternal Creator. Many may be called “gods” or “goddesses,” but only One can be called Allāh.
Likewise, the name “Jehovah” is not the original name of the Almighty. It arose from a misunderstanding in later centuries when vowels were inserted into the Hebrew consonants YHWH (the Tetragrammaton). Ancient Hebrew was written without vowels, and the true pronunciation of YHWH was known only to the prophets and priests. “Jehovah” therefore is a later, inaccurate hybrid form, not the divine Name revealed to the prophets.
Across all authentic Semitic traditions, the revealed Name of the One True God has remained consistent in meaning and spirit—Elah, Alaha, Allāh—the Eternal, the Creator, the Lord of all worlds.
The Hebrew term אֵלָה (Elah) and the Aramaic ܐܠܗܐ (Alaha) share the same root as the Arabic الله (Allāh) — all derived from the ancient Semitic triliteral root ʾ-L-H, meaning “the Deity” or “the One to be worshipped.”
The name “Jehovah” did not exist in ancient times; it first appeared in medieval Europe when scholars combined the consonants YHWH with the vowels of Adonai (“Lord”).
This linguistic continuity across Hebrew, Aramaic, and Arabic reflects the oneness of divine revelation and the unity of all prophets who called to the worship of the same God — the One who has no partner, no rival, and no equal.
