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THE CULT OF THE MOON-GOD
Pre-Islamic Origins of Allah

It will come as a surprise to many Muslims and Non-muslims alike that the word “Allah” was not something invented by Muhammed or revealed for the first time in the Quran. The well known Middle Eastern scholar H. Gibb, pointed out that the reason that Muhammed never had to explain who “Allah” was in the Quran was that his listeners had already heard about Allah long before Muhammed was ever born.1 Dr. Arthur Jeffery, who was one of the foremost Western Islamic scholars in modern times and Professor of Islamic and Middle East Studies at Columbia Univ., pointed out that, “The name Allah, as the Quran itself is witness, was well known in Pre-Islamic Arabia. Indeed, both it and its feminine form, Allat, are found not infrequently among the theophorous names in inscriptions from North Africa.”2 The word “Allah” comes from the compound Arabic word, “al-ilah”. The “al” is the definite article “the” and the word “ilah” is an Arabic word for “god”. It is not a foreign word. It was not even the Syriac word for God. It is pure Arabic.3 Neither is “Allah” a Hebrew or Greek word for God as found in the Bible. Allah is an Arabic term used in reference to an Arabian deity. Hastings’ Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics states, “”Allah” is a proper name, applicable only to their (i.e. Arab) peculiar God.”4 According to the Encyclopedia of Religion, “”Allah” is a pre-Islamic name….corresponding to the Babylonian Bel.”5 Due to past experiences with recalcitrant students who found it hard to believe that “Allah” was a pagan name for a peculiar pagan Arabian deity in pre-Islamic times, the following citations are given. “Allah is found…in Arabic inscriptions prior to Islam.” (Encyclopedia Britannica)6 “The Arabs, before the time of Mohammed, accepted and worshipped, after a fasion, a supreme god called allah.” (The Encyplopedia of Islam, ed. Houtsma)7 “Allah was known to pre-Islamic Arabs; he was one of the Meccan deities.” (Encyclopedia of Islam, ed. Gibb)8 “The name Allah goes back before Muhammed.” (Encyclopedia of World Mythology And Legend)10 “The origin of this (Allah) goes back to pre-Muslim times. Allah is not a common name meaning “God” (or a “god”), and the Muslim must use another word or form if he wishes to indicate any other than his own peculiar deity.” (Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics)11 To the testimony of the above standard reference works, we add those of such scholars as Henry Preserved Smith of Harvard University who said, “Allah was already known by name to the Arabs.”12 Dr. Kenneth Cragg, who was the editor of the prestigious scholarly journal “Muslim World” and an outstanding modern Western Islamic scholar, whose works were generally published by Oxford University, comments, “The name Allah is also evident in archeological and literary remains of pre-Islamic Arabia.”13 Dr. W. Montgomery Watt, who was Professor of Arabic and Islamic studies at Edinburgh University and visiting Professor of Islamic studies at College de France, Georgetown University and University of Toronto, has done extensive work on the pre-Islamic concept of Allah. He concludes that, “In recent years I have become increasingly convinced that for an adequate understanding of the career of Muhammed and the origins of Islam, great importance must be attached to the existence in Mecca of belief in Allah as a “high god.”14 Caesar Farah in his book on Islam concludes his discussion of the pre-Islamic meaning of Allah by saying, “There is no reason, therefore, to accept the idea that Allah passed to the Muslims from the Christians and Jews.”15

written by Eee Zee