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To: pyx

Allahu akbar means God is great. Allahu means God. Akbar is a form of the adjective great and is used for an emphatic. You can say it's "great," "greater," or "very great." But there's no "our" in the phrase and it isn't meant to compare one god with another. In Allahu akbar, akbar doesn't mean "greater" than another.


16 posted on 09/04/2004 8:03:45 PM PDT by Graymatter
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To: Graymatter

Kabir=big, akbar=bigger. It's a comparative in the grammatical sense.


17 posted on 09/04/2004 8:11:17 PM PDT by Graymatter
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