. "Allah (English pronunciation: /\u02C8\u00E6l\u0259/ or /\u02C8\u0251\u02D0l\u0259/; Arabic: \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647\u200E All\u0101h, IPA: [\u0294al\u02E4\u02C8l\u02E4\u0251\u02D0h]) is the Arabic word for God (al il\u0101h, literally \"the God\"). The word has cognates in other Semitic languages, including Elah in Aramaic, \u02BE\u0112l in Canaanite and Elohim in Hebrew.It is used mainly by Muslims to refer to God in Islam, but it has also been used by Arab Christians since pre-Islamic times."@en . . . .